Load balancers improve application performance by increasing response time and reducing network latency. They perform several critical tasks such as the following: Distribute the load evenly between servers to improve application performance.

A cluster is a group of Virtual Machines that work together in High Availability Mode. One Cluster Member is the Active, and the second Cluster Member is the Standby.

In the Cloud Security Blueprint, the South Hub handles various types of traffic, including East- West traffic between workload spokes, traffic from spokes to the internet (egress), and traffic between cloud instances and on-premises networks in hybrid cloud environments. This central hub helps facilitate the flow of traffic and ensures security across cloud and on-premises resources.