Load Balancing

Load Balancing

📖 Definition

Load Balancing distributes traffic across multiple backend service instances to improve system availability and processing capacity. Common strategies include round-robin, weighted round-robin, least connections, consistent hashing, etc.

🔗 How Higress Uses This

Higress supports multiple load balancing strategies, can dynamically adjust weights based on service health status, and supports intelligent load distribution among multiple models in AI scenarios.

💡 Examples

  • 1 Round-robin strategy evenly distributes requests to all instances
  • 2 Weighted strategy allows high-performance instances to handle more traffic
  • 3 Consistent hashing ensures requests from the same user reach the same instance

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FAQ

What is Load Balancing?
Load Balancing distributes traffic across multiple backend service instances to improve system availability and processing capacity. Common strategies include round-robin, weighted round-robin, least connections, consistent hashing, etc.
How does Higress support Load Balancing?
Higress supports multiple load balancing strategies, can dynamically adjust weights based on service health status, and supports intelligent load distribution among multiple models in AI scenarios.

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