Practice Load Balancing And Autoscaling (12.6.2) - Scalability & Systems
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Load Balancing and Autoscaling

Practice - Load Balancing and Autoscaling

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is Load Balancing?

💡 Hint: Think about how traffic is handled in busy situations.

Question 2 Easy

Why is Autoscaling important?

💡 Hint: Consider fluctuations in website traffic.

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Question 1

What does Load Balancing aim to achieve?

Distribute requests evenly
Reduce server power
Increase data storage

💡 Hint: Consider what happens when too many people visit a single store.

Question 2

True or False: Autoscaling only increases resources.

True
False

💡 Hint: Think about busy vs quiet times on a website.

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Challenge Problems

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Challenge 1 Hard

You are managing a cloud-based application that experiences heavily fluctuating traffic. Design a system that incorporates load balancing and autoscaling. Describe the architecture and the technology choices you would make.

💡 Hint: Consider the types of instances and the metrics that would trigger scaling.

Challenge 2 Hard

Evaluate the impact of not having a load balancing system in place for a popular web application during a major event. What issues could arise?

💡 Hint: Think about user frustration and how it reflects in applications.

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