• Home
  • Archive
  • Tools
  • Contact Us

The Customize Windows

Technology Journal

  • Cloud Computing
  • Computer
  • Digital Photography
  • Windows 7
  • Archive
  • Cloud Computing
  • Virtualization
  • Computer and Internet
  • Digital Photography
  • Android
  • Sysadmin
  • Electronics
  • Big Data
  • Virtualization
  • Downloads
  • Web Development
  • Apple
  • Android
Advertisement
You are here: Home » When Load Balancing is Required ?

By Abhishek Ghosh June 30, 2013 6:09 am Updated on June 30, 2013

When Load Balancing is Required ?

Advertisement

When Load Balancing is Required ? How you will decide that your website or server needs Load Balancing? Number of pageviews per month does not determines it. Only the visitors or number of pageviews is too much flawed metric to determine the need of Load Balancer. Also, with false sensation that a Load Balancer will save you from downtime can increase your spendings without any reason. So, again we are back to the basic question – When Load Balancing is Required ?

 

When Load Balancing is Required ? You Can Determine Yourself

 

It is very pathetic question to ask to the service provider “When Load Balancing is Required ?” If you were the service provider, you would also try to at least exploit the question by asking – “Well, at least test it once!”. A witty business trick. First know the basics of Load Balancing.

Load Balancing really means the word it has within it – balance the load for maximum performance. We actually can use higher RAM, CDN, Cache to reduce load – that is basically not the reason to use a load balancer. Indeed, you can use load balancer for your computer’s internet connection too ! That is what we have said in the article – Internet load balancing and Multiple Internet Connections. That was possibly not in your calculation that you can use a kind of load balancer for your computer too.

Advertisement

---

Our computers has practically no difference with a Server, except the big fact – out port 80 is usually closed. As a computer with IP, it also requests GET requests via the browsers. So, it is important to know the Mechanism and Types of Load Balancer.

 

When Load Balancing is Required ?

 

What you understood in the article linked above which guides you to configure load balancing for your computer’s internet connection ? It made a fail-proof system, right ? It basically made the computer’s connection scalable. If you need Scalability, Redundancy and to some extent Performance, Load Balancing is required.

This website has medium amount of traffic, but the gush often is from social networks. So we need to make sure that it is scalable. To enforce the balance of need and cost – we need a logic so that, the load balancers are automatically allocated.

Definitely, adding load balancer indirectly helps to increase the page loading speed – you can lead that topic – How To Configure To Speed Up Your Blog. May be, you need more basic idea about Load Balancing written here. Today, all top notch service providers has Load Balancing Service – you can just add and remove via API. First you can add via scripting or through any control panel, like we wrote in Installing Load Balancer OpenApp NAP on Rackspace Cloud Server. Basically all needs load balancing to use the server resource uniformly just like using a CDN is a need. Its the budget that prevent us to use load balancer. If you can calculate your compute cycles, which is basically impossible to calculate when cPanel specifically is installed because itself cPanel add some extra load on the same server (that is why we always say to avoid cPanel, its a real devil both for the server and the users’ understanding that a server is basically a computer) and it abnormally shows a up trend of cpu consumption, that is a need for using a load balancer – users are giving GET requests but probably the bandwidth reaching the practical limit – a tube delivering water can not deliver as much you want and the diameter has a physical limit. Then we can add multiple tubes. Basically it is another type of load balancing – hardware load balancer instead of DNS load balancing. The whole setup can build a Load Balanced Cloud with High Availability.

When Load Balancing is Required

Lot of things to read ? Actually, for billion page views per day, we need the physical machine for tweaking, then the need for a colocation server starts. The pump – self owned motor or pump. The tubes are rented. Bigger websites like Microsoft, Apple has own ‘Tubes’, ‘water supply’ too – this is to get the most dedicated setup, which is in practical life is not possible with colocation plus other factors are there like privacy.

Abhishek-Ghosh Tagged With how much bandwidth is required in loadblancer , how to determine if you need load balancing , how to determine number of load balancers needed , when is load balancing required , why balancing is required , why loadbalancing required

This Article Has Been Shared 443 Times!

Facebook Twitter Pinterest

Abhishek Ghosh

About Abhishek Ghosh

Abhishek Ghosh is a Businessman, Surgeon, Author and Blogger. You can keep touch with him on Twitter - @AbhishekCTRL.

Here’s what we’ve got for you which might like :

Articles Related to When Load Balancing is Required ?

  • Self Hosted WordPress on Cloud Server for Dummies

    Self Hosted WordPress is itself a scary phrase to a non-tech person and add Cloud Server on it. Here is Very Easy Guide to under Self Hosted WordPress.

  • Is Everything is Safe in the Cloud ?

    Is Everything is Safe in the Cloud ? We are representing here few popular systems and highlighting especially the security aspects of the Public Cloud services.

  • Linux : Basics About Unix-like OS

    Linux referred to the usually free, unix-like Operating systems based on the Linux kernel and is GNU GPL based software. Licensing of the Linux kernel is under GNU GPL.

  • Cloud Computing Guide For SaaS or Software as a Service

    Cloud Computing Guide For SaaS or Software as a Service provides a comprehensive guide on this Service Model of Cloud Computing which is important to any user; be of Enterprise Grade or just a free application or storage Service user. Software as a Service or SaaS is the highest point of infrastructure that is provided […]

  • Keyless Door Unlocking Mobile Cloud Based Apps : Gaining More Interest

    Keyless Door Unlocking Mobile Cloud Based Apps like Lockitron, ShareKey are growing interest from both the developers and the users. Let us have a deeper look.

Additionally, performing a search on this website can help you. Also, we have YouTube Videos.

Take The Conversation Further ...

We'd love to know your thoughts on this article.
Meet the Author over on Twitter to join the conversation right now!

If you want to Advertise on our Article or want a Sponsored Article, you are invited to Contact us.

Contact Us

Subscribe To Our Free Newsletter

Get new posts by email:

Please Confirm the Subscription When Approval Email Will Arrive in Your Email Inbox as Second Step.

Search this website…

 

Popular Articles

Our Homepage is best place to find popular articles!

Here Are Some Good to Read Articles :

  • Cloud Computing Service Models
  • What is Cloud Computing?
  • Cloud Computing and Social Networks in Mobile Space
  • ARM Processor Architecture
  • What Camera Mode to Choose
  • Indispensable MySQL queries for custom fields in WordPress
  • Windows 7 Speech Recognition Scripting Related Tutorials

Social Networks

  • Pinterest (24.3K Followers)
  • Twitter (5.8k Followers)
  • Facebook (5.7k Followers)
  • LinkedIn (3.7k Followers)
  • YouTube (1.3k Followers)
  • GitHub (Repository)
  • GitHub (Gists)
Looking to publish sponsored article on our website?

Contact us

Recent Posts

  • What is an Automatic Ethanol Fireplace February 8, 2023
  • Disadvantages of Cloud-Native Computing February 7, 2023
  • Projector Screen Basics February 6, 2023
  • What is Configuration Management February 5, 2023
  • What is ChatGPT? February 3, 2023

About This Article

Cite this article as: Abhishek Ghosh, "When Load Balancing is Required ?," in The Customize Windows, June 30, 2013, February 8, 2023, https://thecustomizewindows.com/2013/06/when-load-balancing-is-required/.

Source:The Customize Windows, JiMA.in

PC users can consult Corrine Chorney for Security.

Want to know more about us? Read Notability and Mentions & Our Setup.

Copyright © 2023 - The Customize Windows | dESIGNed by The Customize Windows

Copyright  · Privacy Policy  · Advertising Policy  · Terms of Service  · Refund Policy

We use cookies on our website to give you the most relevant experience by remembering your preferences and repeat visits. By clicking “Accept”, you consent to the use of ALL the cookies.
Do not sell my personal information.
Cookie SettingsAccept
Manage consent

Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience.
Necessary
Always Enabled
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously.
CookieDurationDescription
cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics11 monthsThis cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional11 monthsThe cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary11 monthsThis cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-others11 monthsThis cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other.
cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance11 monthsThis cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance".
viewed_cookie_policy11 monthsThe cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data.
Functional
Functional cookies help to perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collect feedbacks, and other third-party features.
Performance
Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors.
Analytics
Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.
Advertisement
Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with relevant ads and marketing campaigns. These cookies track visitors across websites and collect information to provide customized ads.
Others
Other uncategorized cookies are those that are being analyzed and have not been classified into a category as yet.
SAVE & ACCEPT