Consistency
The “consistent” part of consistent hashing comes from the fact that, unlike traditional hashing methods, adding or removing a server from the pool does not significantly change the mapping of requests to servers. Only a portion of the requests are remapped to different servers, minimizing disruptions.
Is Consistent Hashing used in Load Balancer?
Yes, Consistent Hashing is commonly used in load balancers to distribute traffic across a set of backend servers or nodes.
Below is an explanation of how it works: