Load balancer

A method comprising:

• in a load balancer:
• selectively performing ordering of requests from one or more cores,
• allocating the requests into queue elements prior to allocation to one or more receiver cores of the one or more cores to process the requests, and
• performing operations of:
• adjusting a number of queues associated with a core of the one or more cores by changing a number of consumer queues (CQs) allocated to a single domain and
• adjusting a number of target cores in a group of target cores to be load balanced.

At least one computer-readable medium comprising instructions stored thereon, that if executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

• configure a load balancer to perform offloaded operations from an application, wherein:
• the load balancer is to selectively perform ordering of requests from one or more cores,
• the load balancer is to allocate the requests into queue elements prior to allocation to one or more receiver cores of the one or more cores to process the requests, and
• the offloaded operations comprise:
• adjust a number of queues associated with a core of the one or more cores by changing a number of consumer queues (CQs) allocated to a single domain and
• adjust a number of target cores in a group of target cores to be load balanced.