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L4 load balancing term

transport-layer balancing — routes by IP/port, doesn't see content

Fast, protocol-agnostic, can't make routing decisions based on URL/headers. AWS NLB. Right when you need throughput and don't need content-based routing.

aliases: layer 4 load balancing, TCP load balancer, NLB

topics: networking, infrastructure

references:

• AWS — Network Load Balancer