Load Balancer

A service overview and catalog of Load Balancer provided by the UC Berkeley IT Service Hub.

Description

The Berkeley IT Load Balancer service is provided to application and infrastructure teams who provide services in campus data centers. A virtual load balancer instance is provided to the requesting group who can then configure the load balancer appropriately for their needs.

Benefits & Features

A load balancer distributes incoming traffic across multiple servers to keep applications fast, stable, and available.

Improved availability by rerouting traffic when a server fails
Scalability through smooth distribution of growing workloads
Better performance by preventing any single server from being overloaded
Health monitoring to ensure only healthy servers receive requests
Enhanced security through traffic filtering and SSL/TLS offloading

Getting Started

To request a new Load Balancer service, changes to an existing service, or consultation, please complete the Load Balancer Request Form.
Details of the Load Balancer Service and how it is deployed can be found in our Load Balancer Service Details and Global Load Balancer Service knowledge articles.

Service Details

Eligibility	This service is available to Faculty, Students, and Staff
Contact	Please see Network Services Support Information for details on how to contact us.
Availability	Please see Network Services Support Information for availability expectation and support timelines.
Cost	For campus community members this service is provided as part of the Data Network Assessment. There are no additional charges to departments or users.
Data Classification	This service is rated for Protection Level P2, Availability Level A4, and Recovery Level RL5 data. Compliance: Users are responsible for ensuring data handled within this service complies with the Data and IT Resource Classification Standards.