When to Use Which Strategy

  • Round Robin:
    • Best for stateless applications where each request is independent.
    • Works well when all servers are equally capable and requests are uniform.
    • Example: A micro services architecture where each request is processed quickly and independently, such as fetching static content.
  • Sticky Load Balancing:
    • Ideal for stateful applications that maintain session information, such as online shopping carts or personalized dashboards.
    • Useful when session data isn’t easily shared across servers.
    • Example: An e-commerce website where users’ session data (e.g., shopping carts) is stored in memory on the server, so subsequent requests need to go to the same server.