Hybrid cloud is the cloud deployment model that is primarily used for load balancing. Load balancing is the process of distributing workloads and network traffic across multiple servers or resources to optimize performance, reliability, and scalability1. Load balancing can help prevent overloading or underutilizing any single server or resource, as well as improve fault tolerance and availability. Hybrid cloud is a mix of two or more different deployment models, such as public cloud, private cloud, or community cloud2. Hybrid cloud allows organizations to leverage the benefits of both public and private clouds, such as cost efficiency, scalability, security, and control3. Hybrid cloud can also enable load balancing across different cloud environments, depending on the demand, cost, and performance requirements of each workload. For example, an organization can use a private cloud for sensitive or mission-critical applications that require high security and performance, and a public cloud for less sensitive or variable applications that require more scalability and flexibility. By using a hybrid cloud, the organization can balance the load between the private and public clouds, and optimize the resource utilization and cost efficiency of each cloud.
The other cloud deployment models are not primarily used for load balancing, although they may have some load balancing capabilities within their own environments. Public cloud is the infrastructure that is shared by multiple tenants and open to the public. Anyone can use the public cloud by subscribing to it. Public cloud offers high scalability, elasticity, and cost-effectiveness, but may have lower security, privacy, and control than private cloud2. Community cloud is the infrastructure that is shared by similar consumers who collaborate to set up a cloud for their exclusive use. For example, government organizations can form a cloud for their exclusive use. Community cloud offers some benefits of both public and private clouds, such as shared costs, common standards, and enhanced security, but may have lower scalability and flexibility than public cloud2. Private cloud is the infrastructure that is for the exclusive use of a single organization. The cloud may or may not be operated by the organization. Private cloud offers high security, privacy, and control, but may have lower scalability, elasticity, and cost-effectiveness than public cloud2. References:
* 1: What is Load Balancing? | How Load Balancing Works | F5
* 2: The NIST Definition of Cloud Computing
* 3: What is Hybrid Cloud? | IBM
* : Hybrid Cloud Load Balancing - Kemp Technologies
* : [Hybrid Cloud Load Balancing: What You Need to Know - CloudHealth by VMware]