DZone

In the past, only system admins and network administrators needed to understand load balancers. But in the age of high volume traffic managed through DevOps practices, it’s necessary for everyone to have a basic understanding of load balancers and their role in the modern application infrastructure.

Load balancers, also referred to as application delivery controllers (ADCs), are hardware or software tools used for distribution of network traffic across servers. They are used to improve the performance of websites and applications.

Source: DZone