In a distributed system, distributing workloads evenly among nodes to prevent…

Concept

In a multi-node system, load balancing is the resource-management process that distributes work across available nodes. Its purpose is to avoid hot spots, improve resource use, and maintain responsive service.

Application

The item describes work being spread evenly so that no node becomes overloaded. That behavior is precisely the workload-distribution role of load balancing.

Contrast

• Security concerns protection against unauthorized access, alteration, and disruption.

• Cost concerns expenditure and resource pricing rather than how work is assigned among nodes.

• Scalability concerns handling growth in demand or capacity; load balancing can support scalability, but the stated act of distributing current work is load balancing.

Cross-check

If requests were concentrated on one node while others were idle, the distribution would be unbalanced. Redistributing those requests among the nodes directly corrects that condition.

Result

Therefore, the issue described is Load Balancing.