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Book of Cloud

Cloud concepts, explained like a teammate would. Clear definitions with real-world context-patterns, tradeoffs, and gotchas you’ll actually hit in production.

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Load Balancing Strategies

Load balancing can be implemented at various layers of the OSI model, including Layer 4 (Transport) and Layer 7 (Application). Layer 4 load balancers route traffic based on IP address and TCP/UDP protocols, while Layer 7 load balancers can make routing decisions based on the content of the request (e.g., URL, HTTP headers). Choosing the […]

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