Does a software load balancer also work as operative as a hardware load balancer? Decide which performs the best in this hardware load balancer vs. software load balancer.
The following are the essential features that distinguish a hardware load balancer from a software load balancer:
| Hardware load balancer | Software load balancer |
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• It relies on firmware to supply the program that operates the load balancer. • Special management provisions are provided to update the firmware version along with bugs and patches fixes. |
• These are sensitive to the Operating System versions. • Advanced testing should be deployed to avoid any load balancer disruptions that are caused by changing OS version. |
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