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Cloud Load Balancing
Distribute traffic across multiple instances for high availability
Intent & Description
Cloud Load Balancing distributes traffic across multiple instances of your applications for high availability and reliability. It supports global load balancing, SSL/TLS termination, protocol-aware routing, and integration with Cloud CDN. Includes HTTP(S), TCP/UDP, and internal load balancing options.
Real-world Use Case
Use when scaling applications globally, ensuring high availability, or optimizing performance across regions.
Source
Advantages
- Global load balancing
- Integrated with other GCP services
- SSL/TLS termination
- Health checking and auto-healing
Disadvantages
- Additional infrastructure cost
- Configuration complexity
- Potential single point of failure
- Requires proper health checks