A developer wants to deploy a highly available web server cluster and decides to put a load balancer in front of multiple clustered nodes that run the same web service. The goal is for the load balanc

"Active" alone is insufficient to describe a multi-node cluster with load balancing; it implies one active component without specifying the redundancy model.

A passive configuration typically involves a backup node that only becomes active if the primary node fails, without sharing the load.

Active-passive involves one primary active node and one or more standby passive nodes that take over upon failure, which is different from distributing load across all nodes.

An active-active high-availability configuration involves multiple nodes simultaneously processing requests, with a load balancer distributing the workload across all active instances. This setup maximizes resource utilization and provides redundancy as traffic can be distributed even if one node fails.