A load balancer's primary purpose is to distribute client traffic across available backend servers to improve availability and performance. Modern load balancers can operate across multiple data centers or cloud regions, directing users to the most responsive or nearest site. They do not assign IP addresses like DHCP, they do not need to be on the same subnet as every server, and they support both TCP and UDP (as well as higher-layer protocols), rather than only UDP.
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