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		AtNightWeCode on May 14, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why is load balancing gRPC tricky? Not really a gRPC problem. Typically in the cloud one need to drop the connections after something like 2-4 minutes no matter what. Tweak it.

AtNightWeCode on May 14, 2021 [–]

I really wonder how one get the powers to down-vote on HN. What is the down-vote for? Is it a specific gRPC problem? For I for sure work with LBs that are set to timeout at 4min. And most of the backend clients are set to drop sockets after 120s. This causes challenges for all traffic.

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