Layer 7
Layer 7 load balancer in all its glory
Layer 7
What exactly is a reverse proxy? Reverse proxy v forward proxy
Technically, the only mode on a load balancer that is a real Reverse Proxy is Layer 7 mode. Whereas all Layer 4 load balancing modes such as NAT, DR and TUN are nothing like a reverse proxy. The clients are effectively talking directly (transparently) to the backend servers...
Performance
Why Layer 7 load balancing sucks...
Hardware marketing execs get very excited about the fact that their product can magically scale your application by using ‘amazing Layer 7 technology’ in the load balancer such as cookie inserts and tracking/re-writing...