Bypassing the load balancer without regrets
Marios Kogias, Rishabh Iyer, Edouard Bugnion
Abstract
Load balancers are a ubiquitous component of cloud deployments and the cornerstone of workload elasticity. Load balancers can significantly affect the end-to-end application latency with their load balancing decisions, and constitute a significant portion of cloud tenant expenses.
Topics & Concepts
WorkloadCloud computingComputer scienceLoad balancing (electrical power)Latency (audio)Elasticity (physics)CornerstoneDistributed computingLoad managementOperating systemComputer networkEngineeringTelecommunicationsMathematicsComposite materialVisual artsMaterials scienceArtElectrical engineeringGeometryGridCloud Computing and Resource ManagementPeer-to-Peer Network TechnologiesSoftware System Performance and Reliability