# Forge: Load Balancer Methods

DevFeed: [Forge: Load Balancer Methods](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/forge-load-balancer-methods-3665.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://laravel.com/blog/forge-load-balancer-methods>)

Author: James Brooks

Published: 2020-08-06T06:47:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Laravel Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/laravel-blog.md>)

Topics: [Server](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/server.md>), [Web](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web.md>)

Tags: [load-balancer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/load-balancer.md>), [servers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/servers.md>), [web](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web.md>)

## AI overview

Laravel Forge now offers three load-balancing methods: Round Robin, Least Connections, and IP Hash. Existing load balancers can be updated to use the method best suited to a project.

## Source excerpt

Load balancers in Forge are used to distribute web traffic amongst two or more servers and are often used for websites which receive high volumes of traffic. Starting today, you may now choose one of...