# Load Balancers Concepts – DigitalOcean Documentation

> Explanations and definitions of core concepts in Load Balancers.
- [Load Balancer Status](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/networking/load-balancers/concepts/load-balancer-status/index.html.md): The statuses reflect how many nodes in a load balancer pass their latest health check.
- [Best Practices for Performance on DigitalOcean Load Balancers](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/networking/load-balancers/concepts/best-practices/index.html.md): Get the best performance from your load balancers based on your use case and application architecture, like using HTTP/2, and enabling Droplet monitoring.