From 5dd46f4e98b2136e3893088bf543a681dd7b0c88 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: lemonez <36384768+lemonez@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2021 22:48:56 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md fix typos/grammar related to load balancers --- README.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 266f8b16..f230257b 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -696,9 +696,9 @@ 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 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. +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, read the message, make a load-balancing decision, then open 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. +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. ### Horizontal scaling