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load balancing
The even distribution of processing across available resources such as servers in a network or disks in a storage area network (SAN). Load balancing might split incoming transactions evenly to...
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Definition: load balancing
The even distribution of processing across available resources such as servers in a network or disks in a storage area network (SAN). Load balancing might split incoming transactions evenly to all servers, or it may redirect transactions to the next available server as needed. See clustering.
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