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ECS is Dell’s third-generation object storage platform designed for traditional and next-generation applications providing flexible deployment, resiliency, and simplicity. ECS is a collection of software that seamlessly incorporates hardware nodes with disks and switches to provide access to object storage data.
Using a load balancer is recommended so that the load can be distributed between internal ECS nodes and ECS clusters in separate locations. ECS does not have specific load balancer requirements.
HAProxy provides a low-cost option for customers who want a reliable load balancer for ECS. Dell provides documentation for using the HAProxy LoadBalancer with Dell’s ECS.