Benjamin Cane 3/20/2026

When You Go to Production with gRPC, Make Sure You’ve Solved Load Distribution First

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This technical article details how migrating from REST/HTTP/1 to gRPC/HTTP/2 changes load distribution behavior due to connection multiplexing. It explains why traditional Layer-4 load balancers can fail, causing uneven traffic, and recommends using HTTP/2-aware infrastructure or client-side load balancing for effective gRPC deployment.

When You Go to Production with gRPC, Make Sure You’ve Solved Load Distribution First

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