GCP Cloud Load Balancing

GCP Cloud Load Balancing is a fully distributed, software-defined managed service that handles immense traffic volume globally. It allows users to distribute incoming traffic across multiple instances of an application in single or multiple regions, ensuring high availability, performance, and…

Key facts

First appeared: 2014
Category: technology
Problem solved: GCP Cloud Load Balancing solves the challenge of distributing network traffic efficiently across application instances to prevent overload, ensure high availability, and provide low-latency access globally. It abstracts away the complexity of managing physical load balancer infrastructure, offering elastic scalability and global reach for modern cloud applications.
Platforms: Google Cloud Platform

Related technologies

Cloud DNS
Cloud Logging
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
Cloud Run
Google Compute Engine (GCE)
VPC Network
Cloud CDN
Cloud Monitoring
App Engine

Notable users

PayPal
Google (internal services leverage similar tech)
Major enterprises adopting GCP for global applications
Spotify
The New York Times
Snap Inc.