# How does the Beats load balancing option work?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-does-the-beats-load-balancing-option-work/239358>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Created:** [June 30, 2020, 6:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-does-the-beats-load-balancing-option-work/239358 "2020-06-30T18:12:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Guerreiro\_Sousa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/guerreiro_sousa/32/46074_2.png) [@Guerreiro\_Sousa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Guerreiro_Sousa)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 6:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-does-the-beats-load-balancing-option-work/239358/1 "2020-06-30T18:12:42Z")

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How does balancing work? Does Beat monitor server availability and distribute events among available machines?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 8:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-does-the-beats-load-balancing-option-work/239358/2 "2020-07-28T20:12:43Z")

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