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What is the primary purpose of a load balancer?
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Distribute incoming requests across multiple servers to prevent overload and eliminate single points of failure
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Maintain persistent TCP connections between clients and backend servers to minimize handshake overhead and reduce latency
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Inspect and transform application-layer payloads in transit to normalize data formats across heterogeneous backend services
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Enforce per-client rate limits and request quotas at a centralized gateway to prevent API abuse and resource exhaustion
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