Whiteboard Wednesday: Load Balancing Algorithms Part 1

John Wagnon and Jason Rahm kick off a new Whiteboard Wednesday series on load balancing algorithms with a discussion on round robin, ratio, least connections, and how persistence impacts the connection pooling.

Video Timeline:

• 0:00 - Introduction
• 2:31 - Round Robin Algorithm
• 4:20 - Ratio Algorithm
• 6:30 - Least Connections Algorithm
• 8:12 - Persistence
• 9:54 - Conclusion

Resources

• Load Balancing Fu: Beware the Algorithm and Sticky Sessions
• Solution 6406: Overview of Least Connections (and more)
• About Pools (Chapter from the 11.6 Manual)