Load distribution
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Load distributing is meant to improve performance on a computer network by evenly dispersing jobs to different nodes or routes. By doing this, no one route or node is overused, thus improving reliability.
[edit] Problems
One of the major problems caused by load distributing is bandwidth usage. If a network has few routes to a destination, the only links to the destination will become congested, causing bottlenecks for traffic to other destinations. This is why it is advised that many routes be available if load distributing is used in a network.