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Explain the difference between hardware and software load balancers.
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- Dedicated physical appliances (F5, Citrix NetScaler)
- High performance and reliability
- Expensive and less flexible
- Vendor lock-in
- Difficult to scale quickly
Software Load Balancers:
- Run on standard servers or virtual machines
- More cost-effective and flexible
- Easier to configure and update
- Can be cloud-native
- Examples: HAProxy, NGINX, Traefik
Most modern applications prefer software load balancers due to their flexibility and integration with cloud environments.
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