If you're diving into the world of web infrastructure, you've probably heard about load balancing. It's like the traffic cop of the internet, makin...
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The article is well-covered and addresses an essential topic.
While it primarily discusses load-balancing, it also serves as a failover mechanism.
I believe the concept of load-balancing goes beyond distributing traffic across web servers. Many front-end servers deliver UI elements, JavaScripts and assets. Modern browsers do leverage caching, powerfull front-end technologies like Angular, React etc provide data processing and deliver seamless user experience.
From a portal’s perspective, the heavier workload typically lies within the application’s middle-tier or API servers. These servers interface with databases, process requests, and prepare data tailored to user needs. They need to manage concurrency, heavy data operations, and resource competition efficiently.
In my experience, effective load-balancing can also involve functional segregation of API servers. For instance, I’ve implemented setups where multiple API server groups with identical functionality are isolated by functional criteria, such as separating data by State of the Country or business unit. User requests are routed to the appropriate API server group based on the user group, ensuring both better performance and logical isolation.
Thank you very much @rkedlaya for your input. You are spot on—load balancing isn't just about spreading traffic across servers. It's also key for keeping things running smoothly and acting as a backup when needed.
I love your idea of splitting API servers based on function. It shows how load balancing can be customized to fit specific needs. By directing requests based on function, we boost performance and keep things organized, which is crucial for handling lots of data and resources efficiently. Maybe I can cover this in an article in the future.
very well written, thanks for sharing. very very helpful.
Thank you very much @franklinthaker. I'm happy I could share what I learned, and I'm glad others are finding it helpful.
Keep posting <3
Easy and Great Read!
Thank you very much @thesohailjafri
As someone who is learning about backend development this was a great way to understand the load balancing concept Thank you
Thank you so much @ammar629 and all the best on your backend journey. I have learned a few things on the backend side that I will be sharing soon.
I'm following you and looking forward to what you write next
Excellent job! Your concise and straightforward explanation helped me quickly grasp multiple load balancing approaches. Keep up the good work!
Thank you very much @svijaykoushik, I keep it concise to make it easy for me to grasp the approaches from time to time. I am glad that it is useful for others too.
Good, Thank you so much!
Thank you very much @sjhjane
Good content .
Thank you very much @raman000
Thanks for sharing
Thank you very much @bawa_geek for reading it.
Fantastic explanation, short and sweet and easy, helped me a lot
Thank you very much @indranil_kamulkar_62bc9a2. Glad that it helped you.
I'm new to backend using Django
How do I implement this in my projects
@juniourrau
Hi @uchechukwu_noble_28129eb5, honestly I haven't tried Django properly yet but based on my understanding here is what I have in mind.
Normally when you host/deploy a Django app you will need Gunicorn as the WSGI/Process Manager to manage the worker processes to communicate with your Django application. You can set nginx to handle the HTTP requests
If you want to use nginx as a load balancer, it is when you have multiple servers hosting your Django application and you want to distribute your load around the server properly. You can set it like the article above based on your strategy.
My recommendation is to first go with the normal setup and understand the interworking of how it works, then later on you can start experimenting with the load balancer once you understand how to deploy your application with docker.
Good share...
Thank you very much @sabir_mustafa
nice Content! Thanks for sharing :)
Thank you very much @katah_
Well explained!!!
Got to learn something in a effective and easier.
Thanks for yoir input!!!
Thank you very much @codegicode, glad to help you learn this faster
Great content👏🏻
Thank you very much @elpidaguy
I learned something new today. Thank you!
Thank you very much @benborla. Glad that I can contribute something to you today.
Good!
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You have good exp with NGINX. Great
Thanks, I would not say that I have good experience. Still learning it.
Great!
Thank you very much @connectionshint
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Simple & clear!