Compared: Google Cloud Platform Load Balancing options

Google Cloud Load Balancer is a fully distributed, software defined, managed service that can respond to over 1 million queries per second.

Consider the following aspects of Cloud Load Balancing for choosing the appropriate option:
* Global versus regional load balancing
* External versus internal load balancing
* Traffic type
Load balancer Traffic type Global/Regional External/Internal External Ports for Load Balancing
HTTP(S) HTTP or HTTPS Global External HTTP on 80 or 8080; HTTPS on 443
SSL Proxy TCP with SSL offload Global External 25, 43, 110, 143, 195, 443, 465, 587, 700, 993, 995, 1883, and 5222
TCP Proxy TCP without SSL offload. Does not preserve client IP addresses Global External 25, 43, 110, 143, 195, 443, 465, 587, 700, 993, 995, 1883, 5222
Network TCP/UDP TCP/UDP without SSL offload. Preserves client IP addresses. Regional External Any
Internal TCP/UDP TCP or UDP Regional Internal Any
Source - official Google Cloud documentation

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