Google Cloud Load Balancing

Google Cloud Load Balancing (GCLB) is a fully distributed, software-defined load balancing service that handles global traffic distribution for applications running on Google Cloud Platform. It efficiently distributes user traffic across instances in multiple regions, ensuring high availability,…

Key facts

First appeared: 2014
Category: technology
Problem solved: GCLB was created to solve the complex challenge of distributing high volumes of global internet traffic reliably and efficiently to applications, while automatically scaling to handle variable loads and ensuring high availability across multiple geographic regions, without requiring customers to provision or manage physical hardware load balancers.
Platforms: Google Cloud Platform

Related technologies

Cloud CDN
Cloud DNS
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
Cloud Armor
Google Cloud Storage
Google Cloud Run
Google Cloud Functions
Google Compute Engine (GCE)
Google App Engine
Cloud Identity-Aware Proxy (IAP)

Notable users

Many other enterprises and startups leveraging Google Cloud for global reach and scalability.
Spotify
King
The New York Times
Snap Inc.