Cloud service load balancing

A system, comprising:

• a processor configured to:
• analyze, at a load balancing node of a cloud service, a data packet associated with a data request, wherein the cloud service comprises a plurality of computing nodes;
• select a computing node included in the plurality of computing nodes to service the data request, based at least in part on a determination via an analysis that the selected computing node is associated with a workload associated with the data request;
• and
• provide the data packet associated with the data request to the selected computing node, wherein the computing node selects a workload from one or more workloads hosted by the computing node to handle the data request;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processor and configured to provide the processor with instructions.

A computer program product, the computer program product being embodied in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:

• analyzing, at a load balancing node of a cloud service, a data packet associated with a data request, wherein the cloud service comprises a plurality of computing nodes;
• selecting a computing node included in the plurality of computing nodes to service the data request, based at least in part on a determination via said analyzing that the selected computing node is associated with a workload associated with the data request;
• and
• providing the data packet associated with the data request to the selected computing node, wherein the computing node selects a workload from one or more workloads hosted by the computing node to handle the data request.