Microservices with Azure

Is a cluster resource manager similar to an Azure load balancer?

While load balancing is a key part of managing a cluster, this is not what a cluster resource manager does. A traditional load balancer can be of two types, a network load balancer (NLB) or an application load balancer (ALB). The primary job of a load balancer is to make sure that all of the services hosted receive a similar amount of work. Some load balancers are also capable of ensuring session stickiness and some are even capable or optimizing the request routing-based on the turnaround time or current machine load.

While some of these strategies are efficient and best suited for a monolithic or tiered architecture, they lack the agility to handle faults and upgrades. A more ...