# OCI Load Balancer optimization | Cloud Efficiency Hub

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1 documented OCI Load Balancer cost inefficiency, with how to detect it and how to fix it.

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1 documented OCI Load Balancer cost inefficiency, with how to detect it and how to fix it.

## 1 inefficiency

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- OCI Load Balancer  CER-0042

### [Overprovisioned Load Balancer](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/inefficiencies/overprovisioned-load-balancer)

Load balancers incur charges based on provisioned bandwidth shape, even if backend traffic is minimal. If traffic is low, or if only one backend server is configured, the load balancer may be oversized or unnecessary, especially in test or...

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