How are load balancers used in modern application deployments?

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mr Craig Ferguson · Accepted Answer

Bring up new compute units, test the compute units, and switch the traffic from old units to new units.

mr Craig Ferguson · Answer

Turn off traffic and take down compute units, then update and bring the compute units back up.

mr Craig Ferguson · Answer

Allow traffic to continue as new compute units are brought up and old compute units are taken down.

mr Craig Ferguson · Answer

Allow http and https traffic to continue as old compute units are discontinued before new units are brought up.

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