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Application Load Balancers

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May 1, 2024 3 minute read

Application Load Balancers (ALBs) are a type of load balancer that is designed to distribute incoming application traffic across multiple targets, such as web servers or application instances. ALBs operate at the application layer (Layer 7) of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model, which means that they can make decisions based on the content of the incoming traffic, such as the URL or HTTP headers. ALBs are typically used to improve the performance, availability, and scalability of web applications and services.

Benefits of Using Application Load Balancers

There are several benefits to using ALBs, including:

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