Alibaba Cloud Load Balancer (SLB)
Alibaba Cloud Load Balancer (SLB) is a robust and highly scalable service designed to automatically distribute incoming network traffic across multiple backend servers, such as Elastic Compute Service (ECS) instances. It enhances application availability, improves fault tolerance, and allows for…
Key facts
- First appeared
- 2014
- Category
- technology
- Problem solved
- Alibaba Cloud Load Balancer addresses the fundamental challenge of ensuring high availability, fault tolerance, and scalability for applications, particularly in the face of fluctuating traffic demands. It eliminates single points of failure, evenly distributes user requests, and allows applications to gracefully handle increased load without manual intervention, which was a significant pain point with traditional on-premise infrastructure.
- Platforms
- Alibaba Cloud
Related technologies
- Alibaba Cloud Anti-DDoS
- Alibaba Cloud Auto Scaling
- Alibaba Cloud Elastic Compute Service (ECS)
- Alibaba Cloud Content Delivery Network (CDN)
- Alibaba Cloud ApsaraDB (e.g., RDS)
- Alibaba Cloud Web Application Firewall (WAF)
- Alibaba Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
- Alibaba Cloud Container Service for Kubernetes (ACK)
Notable users
- Enterprises and startups utilizing Alibaba Cloud for their public-facing applications
- Gaming companies, media streaming platforms, and high-traffic web services in Asia and globally
- Alibaba Group (for its e-commerce, logistics, and cloud services)