NLB Insights | Sumble

What is NLB?

NLB typically refers to Network Load Balancing. It is a technology used to distribute network traffic across multiple servers. This ensures high availability, scalability, and reliability by preventing any single server from being overwhelmed. Common uses include distributing web traffic, balancing database connections, and providing fault tolerance for applications.

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What other technologies are related to NLB?

NLB Competitor Technologies

ALB

ALB (Application Load Balancer) is an alternative load balancer offered by AWS that operates at the application layer (Layer 7) and provides more advanced features than NLB for HTTP/HTTPS traffic.

mentioned alongside NLB in 15% (1.1k) of relevant job posts

ELB

ELB is a general term for Elastic Load Balancer. NLB is one specific type of ELB (Network Load Balancer), making other ELB options like ALB competitors.

mentioned alongside NLB in 2% (253) of relevant job posts

NLB Complementary Technologies

VPC

A VPC (Virtual Private Cloud) is a virtual network in AWS. NLB operates within a VPC, making it a core component for routing traffic within the network.

mentioned alongside NLB in 1% (609) of relevant job posts

AWS EC2

EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) provides virtual servers in AWS. NLB distributes traffic to EC2 instances, making it a complementary service.

mentioned alongside NLB in 1% (897) of relevant job posts

Transit Gateway

Transit Gateway connects multiple VPCs and on-premises networks. NLB can be used in conjunction with Transit Gateway to route traffic across different networks.

mentioned alongside NLB in 4% (113) of relevant job posts