Chapter 3 — Load Balancing
Purpose
[stub: load-balancing]
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| Author | Amit Singh |
| Scope | system-design |
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4 — Load Balancing
L4 vs. L7 load balancing, round robin, least connections, consistent hashing, and health checks as the mechanics behind traffic distribution.
System Design
Principal/Staff-level system design reference collection for MAANG interview preparation — observability pipelines, distributed systems, reliability engineering, and beyond.
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