Of course, there are other methods of assignment as well:
* Less work: Assignassign more tasks to the servers by performing less{{clarify|date=November 2022}} (the method can also be weighted).
* Hash: allocates queries according to a [[hash table]].
* Power of Twotwo Choiceschoices: pick two servers at random and choose the better of the two options.<ref>{{cite web |title=NGINX and the "Power of Two Choices" Load-Balancing Algorithm |url=https://www.nginx.com/blog/nginx-power-of-two-choices-load-balancing-algorithm/ |website=nginx.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191212194243/https://www.nginx.com/blog/nginx-power-of-two-choices-load-balancing-algorithm/ |archive-date=2019-12-12 |date=2018-11-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Test Driving "Power of Two Random Choices" Load Balancing |url=https://www.haproxy.com/blog/power-of-two-load-balancing/ |website=haproxy.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190215173140/https://www.haproxy.com/blog/power-of-two-load-balancing/ |archive-date=2019-02-15 |date=2019-02-15}}</ref>