What load balancing does Google use?

Maglev
Maglev is Google’s network load balancer. It is a large distributed software system that runs on commodity Linux servers. Unlike traditional hardware network load balancers, it does not require a specialized physical rack deployment, and its capacity can be easily adjusted by adding or removing servers.

Which load balancers provide global load balancing in GCP?

TCP Proxy Load Balancing is implemented on GFEs that are distributed globally. If you choose the Premium Tier of Network Service Tiers, a TCP proxy load balancer is global.

What are the types of load balancers in GCP?

Google Cloud Load Balancing Types

• Internal HTTP(S) Load Balancing.
• External HTTP(S) Load Balancing.
• Internal TCP/UDP Load Balancing.
• External TCP/UDP Network Load Balancing.
• External SSL Proxy Load Balancing.
• External TCP Proxy Load Balancing.
• GCP Cloud Load Balancing Decision Tree.

Does Google Cloud Load Balancer support FTP?

For example, you can load balance based on protocols, such as SMTP or FTP, and you can also perform packet inspection, which isn’t available for the HTTP load balancer.

What is GCP load balancer?

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.

What are load balancers in GCP?

How do I choose a load balancer?

Based on our experience, Incapsula recommends the following best practices and key considerations for IT teams looking to select a load balancing solution:

1. Identify immediate and long term needs.
2. Calculate anticipated loads.
3. High availability (HA)
4. Security concerns.
5. Return on Investment.
6. Total cost of ownership.

Is an API gateway a load balancer?

API Gateway can manage and balance out network traffic just as a Load Balancer, just in a different way. Instead of distributing requests evenly to a set of backend resources (e.g. a cluster of servers), an API Gateway can be configured to direct requests to specific resources based on the endpoints being requested.

Does Google use load balancer?

GSLB is Google’s Global Software Load Balancer. It allows us to balance live user traffic between clusters so that we can match user demand to available service capacity, and so we can handle service failures in a way that’s transparent to users.

What is an F5 load balancer?

F5 load balancer ensures seamless failover in cases where a server is down or overloaded. It redirects the traffic to other servers that could handle the load. HA deployment consists of two BIG-IP (like other load balancers) systems, synchronized with the same configuration: An active system that processes traffic.