How Does Google Do Load Balancing
Google’s Global Load Balancer Knows Where the Clients Are Located and Directs Packets to the Closest Web Service, Providing Low Latency to Users While Using a...
Google’s global load balancer knows where the clients are located and directs packets to the closest web service, providing low latency to users while using a single virtual IP (VIP). Using a single VIP means we can increase the time to live (TTL) of our DNS records, which further reduces latency.
What is load balancing in GCP?
The Google Cloud Load Balancer (GCLB) is a software defined globally distributed load balancing service. It enables GCP users to distribute applications across the world and scale compute up and down with very little configuration and cost. It allows for 0 to 1 million requests per second (rps) with no pre-warming.
How do I create a Google cloud load balancer?
- In the Google Cloud Console, go to the Load balancing page. …
- Under HTTP(S) load balancing, click Start configuration.
- Select From Internet to my VMs, and then click Continue.
- Under Advanced traffic management, select Classic HTTP(S) Load Balancer.
- Click Continue.
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