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Load Balancing & Scaling

Distribute traffic, scale horizontally: high availability, performance

Tier 3
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💻 Technical
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+$20k-
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Medium
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Load balancing distributes traffic across multiple servers. Scaling = adding capacity (horizontal: more servers; vertical: bigger servers). Essential for high-traffic systems. - DevOps Engineer L2+ | $120k-$190k