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How to run a single website on multiple servers(Load balancing)

Posted on September 17, 2014

Hello,

I got a 3 server at different locations.And i have a website with huge traffic.I want to balance its load to all 3 servers. And currently i am using NFS to share files between the servers.



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There are a few ways that you can approach this. One of the most popular solutions for load balancing is HAProxy. Check out this article for an introduction:

A simpler solution might be to use Nginx. This article should help you get started:

Let us know how it goes. If you have questions about any specific approach, ask away!

Heya,

HAProxy will be a reasonable solution to distribute the load and also improve your overall performance.

If you’re website is WordPress based you can also check this article:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorial-series/load-balancing-wordpress-with-haproxy

Regards

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