LOAD BALANCING

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Overview

What Load Balancing Is

Cloudflare Load Balancing distributes traffic across multiple servers (origins) to ensure high availability, better performance, and resilience. It monitors server health and automatically reroutes traffic in case of failures.

The Airport Analogy

Imagine an airport with multiple check-in counters. A smart coordinator directs passengers to the fastest, available counter. If a counter closes, passengers are automatically redirected to other counters without noticing.

Features

  • Smart traffic distribution
  • Automatic health checks
  • Instant failover
  • Multiple steering policies
  • Zero downtime
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USERS BY REGION🌎AMERICASUSERSSão Paulo🌍EUROPEUSERSFrankfurt🌏ASIA PACIFICUSERSSingaporeLOAD BALANCINGSTEERING POLICY🎲 Random⚖️ Weighted🌍 Geo⚡ LatencyHEALTH CHECKS✓HTTP 200 OK✓Latency < 500msPOOL: PRIMARY🖥️Origin Aus-east-1✓ Healthy🖥️Origin Bus-west-2✓ Healthy🖥️Origin Ceu-west-1✗ UnhealthyPOOL: FALLBACK🖥️Origin D✓ Standby🖥️Origin E✓ Standby📊 Traffic: 10K rps⚡ Latency: 45ms✓ Uptime: 99.99%✓SERVED BYOrigin ALatency: 35ms✓SERVED BYOrigin BLatency: 48ms⚡FAILOVER TOOrigin DOrigin C failedLEGENDAHealthy OriginUnhealthy OriginFallback Pool