# load balancing algorithms

Rules used by load balancers to select the best server for each client request.

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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.