Network Redundancy Design Quiz

What you'll be asked

1. Which of the following describes a primary benefit of implementing a load balancer in a network architecture?
2. In a High Availability (HA) cluster using an Active-Passive configuration, what is the primary role of the passive node?
3. Which load balancing algorithm is most appropriate when all backend servers have identical hardware specifications and the traffic is expected to be uniform?
4. When designing for fault tolerance, what is the 'Mean Time Between Failures' (MTBF) metric primarily used to measure?
5. You are designing a globally distributed application where users must be directed to the data center with the lowest latency. Which load balancing strategy is most effective?

Answers and explanations come after you submit.