This figure shows the load balancing process. Two sites, represented by a pair of computers each, are designated www.company.com:80 and www.server.com:80. Lines from each computer icon represent requests, and they lead to the Oracle Web Cache, represented by a server icon.

The Oracle Web Cache directs incoming requests from www.company.com:80 to a pair of application servers labeled company1-host and company2-host, both of which have a capacity of 50.

The Oracle Web Cache directs incoming requests from www.server.com:80 to three application servers labeled server1-host, server2-host, and server3-host. Server1-host has a capacity of 150 while server2-host and server3-host have a capacity of 50.