From 42aa63b3c201f41048aa3380549848e77f2a9fc7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: shiyujiucsb <16054786+shiyujiucsb@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2020 17:56:55 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Fix layer 7 load balancers typo (#317) --- README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index e682e91c..5f10e943 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ Layer 4 load balancers look at info at the [transport layer](#communication) to ### Layer 7 load balancing -Layer 7 load balancers look at the [application layer](#communication) to decide how to distribute requests. This can involve contents of the header, message, and cookies. Layer 7 load balancers terminates network traffic, reads the message, makes a load-balancing decision, then opens a connection to the selected server. For example, a layer 7 load balancer can direct video traffic to servers that host videos while directing more sensitive user billing traffic to security-hardened servers. +Layer 7 load balancers look at the [application layer](#communication) to decide how to distribute requests. This can involve contents of the header, message, and cookies. Layer 7 load balancers terminate network traffic, reads the message, makes a load-balancing decision, then opens a connection to the selected server. For example, a layer 7 load balancer can direct video traffic to servers that host videos while directing more sensitive user billing traffic to security-hardened servers. At the cost of flexibility, layer 4 load balancing requires less time and computing resources than Layer 7, although the performance impact can be minimal on modern commodity hardware.