> the other can carry 1000 but you are flying blind. This is a bad analogy, because 'flying blind' in a plane means you can't use it effectively. Being able to

> the other can carry 1000 but you are flying blind. This is a bad analogy, because 'flying blind' in a plane means you can't use it effectively. Being able to see out of a plane isn't a 'bonus'; it can't be used without this feature. Whereas plenty of people can and do use a load-balancer without heavy monitoring. (not to mention that there are strong moves towards self-driving transportation at the moment) The analogy also doesn't work because a loadbalancer that can handle 1000 units is going to have far fewer problems that are in need of diagnosis than one whose limit is 100 units; when the traffic level is between 100 and 1000. When the traffic is at 100, then yes, you're going to want monitoring on the 100-unit LB, because you're trying to squeeze extra performance out of it. Whereas the 1000-unit one isn't even sweating at that point.