5 ms·

We had to stick to layer 4/TCP via an ELB (as opposed to an ALB).

• Xorlev 9y ago
  gRPC connections are persistent, so a single client will always talk to a single backend in that configuration. It's fine if you have lots of clients but can easily lead to load imbalances. That's why projects such as Envoy exist. I'd link it, but I'm on mobile. Keep an eye on it.
  • puzzle 9y ago
    You can use round robin load balancing in gRPC without Envoy.
    • tacticus 9y ago
      And it's not difficult to swap it out for a consistent hash balancer or other solution.
• johnbellone 9y ago
  You are doing L4 load balancing with the ELB? So you can’t do sticky session management? Is that a problem you run into, if so, how did you handle it?