https://www.pistack.xyz/tags/lvs/ Recent content in Lvs on Pi Stack Hugo en-us Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.pistack.xyz/posts/2026-05-11-self-hosted-lvs-load-balancing-ipvs-keepalived-linux-virtual-server-guide/ Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.pistack.xyz/posts/2026-05-11-self-hosted-lvs-load-balancing-ipvs-keepalived-linux-virtual-server-guide/ <p>When your application outgrows a single server, load balancing becomes the critical infrastructure layer that distributes traffic across multiple backend nodes. While solutions like HAProxy, NGINX, and Envoy dominate the Layer 7 (application layer) conversation, the Linux kernel includes a powerful Layer 4 (transport layer) load balancer that handles billions of packets per second with near-zero overhead: <strong>Linux Virtual Server (LVS)</strong>.</p>