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What are the differences between Application Load Balancers and Network Load Balancers? When would you choose each?

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Application Load Balancers and Network Load Balancers operate at different layers of the OSI model and serve different use cases. Application Load Balancer, or ALB, operates at Layer 7, the application layer.

ALBNLBApplication Load BalancerNetwork Load BalancerLayer 7Layer 4

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