Why a load balancer and not a CDN? A CDN can definitely help. Here's a good guide to an SSL handshake: https://www.incapsula.com/cdn-guide/cdn-and-ssl-tls.html

Why a load balancer and not a CDN? A CDN can definitely help. Here's a good guide to an SSL handshake: https://www.incapsula.com/cdn-guide/cdn-and-ssl-tls.html#ssl-handshake https://www.incapsula.com/cdn-guide/cdn-and-ssl-tls.html#ssl... The handshake adds 2+ additional round trips, so a CDN can definitely help this.