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Load Balancing
Distributes workload evenly across available processing resources
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- What
- Routes incoming work to the least-loaded resource based on real-time metrics like CPU, memory, or active task count.
- When to use
- Multiple agents or servers handle requests and you need to prevent bottlenecks and keep response times consistent.
- Watch out
- Metrics lag behind reality; a freshly-routed task may spike load faster than monitoring can detect and rebalance.
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Load Balancing: Overview
Distributes workload evenly across available processing resources
- Real-time load monitoring
- Dynamic resource allocation
- Queue management
- Performance optimization
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