# load balancing algorithms

Published articles for load balancing algorithms.

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## How Load Balancers Actually Distribute Traffic

DevFeed: [How Load Balancers Actually Distribute Traffic](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-load-balancers-actually-distribute-traffic-33568.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.algomaster.io/p/how-load-balancers-actually-distribute-traffic>)

Author: Ashish Pratap Singh

Published: 2026-09-09T12:17:03Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [AlgoMaster Newsletter](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/algomaster-newsletter.md>)

Topics: [Load Balancing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/load-balancing.md>), [load balancing algorithms](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/load-balancing-algorithms.md>), [systems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/systems.md>), [Server](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/server.md>)

Tags: [capacity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/capacity.md>), [load-balancing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/load-balancing.md>), [load-balancing-algorithms](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/load-balancing-algorithms.md>), [nginx](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/nginx.md>), [server](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/server.md>)

### AI overview

This tutorial explains how load balancers distribute requests across multiple servers using algorithms such as round robin and weighted round robin. It describes their simplicity, health-check behavior, and limitations when servers differ in capacity or handle long-running requests.

### Source excerpt

When your application runs on multiple servers, you need a way to distribute incoming requests across them.

## Understanding Load Balancing for Beginners

DevFeed: [Understanding Load Balancing for Beginners](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/understanding-load-balancing-for-beginners-17489.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://kodekloud.com/blog/understanding-load-balancing-for-beginners/>)

Author: Pramodh Kumar M

Published: 2026-08-17T17:00:34Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Kubernetes - KodeKloud Blog | DevOps, Cloud, Kubernetes, AI Tutorials & More](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/kubernetes-kodekloud-blog-devops-cloud-kubernetes-ai-tutorials-more.md>)

Topics: [backends](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/backends.md>), [networking](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/networking.md>), [Algorithms](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/algorithms.md>)

Tags: [backend](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/backend.md>), [beginners](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/beginners.md>), [cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud.md>), [connection-draining](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/connection-draining.md>), [devops](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/devops.md>), [failover](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/failover.md>), [health-checks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/health-checks.md>), [high-availability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/high-availability.md>), [kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kubernetes.md>), [layer-4-vs-layer-7](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/layer-4-vs-layer-7.md>), [least-connections](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/least-connections.md>), [load-balancer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/load-balancer.md>), [load-balancer-for-beginners](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/load-balancer-for-beginners.md>), [load-balancing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/load-balancing.md>), [load-balancing-algorithms](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/load-balancing-algorithms.md>), [networking](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/networking.md>), [nginx](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/nginx.md>), [round-robin](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/round-robin.md>), [session-affinity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/session-affinity.md>), [sre](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sre.md>), [sticky-sessions](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sticky-sessions.md>), [thundering-herd](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/thundering-herd.md>), [traffic-management](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/traffic-management.md>)

### AI overview

This beginner-oriented article explains load balancing as both traffic distribution and backend failure detection. It compares round robin and least-connections algorithms, distinguishes Layer 4 from Layer 7 routing, and discusses health checks, failover, draining, sticky sessions, and the risks of overly aggressive checks.

### Source excerpt

Spreading traffic is the easy half of load balancing. The half that decides whether an outage lasts ten seconds or ten minutes is noticing that a backend has stopped working, and most health checks cannot.