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Elastic Cloud Storage (ECS) is the third generation object platform from Dell EMC. It is designed for traditional and next-generation applications. It is known for its flexible deployment, resiliency and simplicity. ECS is a consortium of software, hardware nodes with disks and switches seamlessly working together to provide access to object storage data. In an optimal configuration, a load balancer is recommended to distribute the load across the nodes within ECS and ECS clusters in different locations. ECS has not specific requirement for a particular load balancer. HAProxy provides one choice and is an open source, reliable and free load balancing software solution. It provides a low-cost option for customers who desire to utilize a load balancer with ECS.
This white paper is a reference guide into deploying HA Proxy load balancer with Dell EMC Elastic Cloud Storage (ECS). It provides configuration examples and highlights best practices when utilizing HAProxy load balancer with ECS.