Practice Valiant Load Balancing (VLB) - 3.3.2.5 | Week 2: Network Virtualization and Geo-distributed Clouds | Distributed and Cloud Systems Micro Specialization
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3.3.2.5 - Valiant Load Balancing (VLB)

Learning

Practice Questions

Test your understanding with targeted questions related to the topic.

Question 1

Easy

What is Valiant Load Balancing?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about how traffic can be managed in a network.

Question 2

Easy

Name one advantage of using VLB.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider how traffic can be managed effectively.

Practice 4 more questions and get performance evaluation

Interactive Quizzes

Engage in quick quizzes to reinforce what you've learned and check your comprehension.

Question 1

What is a key principle behind Valiant Load Balancing?

  • Direct routing to destination
  • Routing through an intermediate node
  • Equal distribution of traffic

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about how to manage traffic movement more efficiently.

Question 2

True or False: VLB prevents congestion by routing traffic only through a single path.

  • True
  • False

πŸ’‘ Hint: Reflect on the purpose of load balancing.

Solve and get performance evaluation

Challenge Problems

Push your limits with challenges.

Question 1

Discuss how VLB could be implemented in a scenario where a company predicts an increase in online sales, and the system needs to be capable of handling twice the usual traffic.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider the resources required for traffic management.

Question 2

Analyze the effect of VLB on the network architecture scale-up when transitioning from a small to a large enterprise scale.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about what challenges might arise with growth.

Challenge and get performance evaluation