How does global Load balancer works

How does Load Balancer works?

Load balancer uses an algorithm to forward the request to the different based on some filters.

1. CPU based algorithm
2. round robin technique
3. Load balancer also keeps the heart beat to check if services connected to it are working fine.
4. global load balancers distributes the request based on IP and geographical locations.

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