> # Client Load Balancing

> Client load balancing helps distribute new connections in your environment so that no one server is overwhelmed with connection requests. When both connection failover and client load balancing are enabled, the first connection attempt establishes the random order in which primary and alternate SequeLink Servers are tried. Subsequent connection attempts use the same sequence. For example, suppose that client load balancing is enabled as shown in Figure 9-1.

> Figure 9-1. Client Load Balancing Example

> First, SequeLink Server B is tried (1). Then, SequeLink Server C may be tried (2), followed by a connection attempt to SequeLink Server A (3); subsequent connection attempts use this same sequence. In contrast, if client load balancing was not enabled in this scenario, each SequeLink Server would be tried in sequential order, primary server first, then alternate servers based on their entry order in the alternate servers list.