Intelligent load balancer selection in a multi-load balancer environment

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon program code executable by a computer system, the program code causing computer system to:

• generate a user interface for deploying a virtual IP address (VIP) on a load balancer in a network environment, wherein the network environment includes a plurality of load balancers, and wherein the user interface presents a plurality of criteria for selecting one of the plurality of load balancers;
• receive, from a user, a selection of one or more of the plurality of criteria;
• collect, from each load balancer in the plurality of load balancers, statistics that are relevant to the one or more criteria;
• and
• select a load balancer from among the plurality of load balancers based on the one or more criteria and the collected statistics.

A computing device comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon program code that, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to:
• generate a user interface for deploying a virtual IP address (VIP) on a load balancer in a network environment, wherein the network environment includes a plurality of load balancers, and wherein the user interface presents a plurality of criteria for selecting one of the plurality of load balancers;
• receive, from a user, a selection of one or more of the plurality of criteria;
• collect, from each load balancer in the plurality of load balancers, statistics that are relevant to the one or more criteria;
• and
• select a load balancer from among the plurality of load balancers based on the one or more criteria and the collected statistics.