Load balancer vs Gateway vs reverse proxy vs forward proxy

#systemdesign #gateway #proxy #basic

Today I will discuss about most use service in system design and difference between them.

load balancer distribute load to different server according to algorithim set in load balancer configuration.

Gateway have additional + load balancer.
it can process the request and send response + distribute load to different server according to alogrithim set in load balancer configuration.
above I have discuss about two scenario.

forward proxy is used to hide the user identity. it make a request to server on behave of client.

reverce proxy is used to hide the server identity. it make a response to client on behave of server.

simple request response using all the services in one system.

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