Optimasi Jaringan Server Untuk Mengatasi Lonjakan Trafik Dengan Horizontal Scalling dan Load Balancing

In the current digital era, web servers often slow down or become inaccessible due to overload, which occurs when there are too many client requests simultaneously. One solution to this problem is to add server units, also known as horizontal scaling. In this study, we implemented the addition of server units interconnected with the main server acting as a load balancer using Nginx. This approach aims to maintain an optimal response time for the web server in handling simultaneous client requests. The results of this study indicate that using Nginx as a load balancer significantly improves the performance and reliability of web servers in managing client request surges.