# Multiple Targets

> The precondition that more than one interchangeable backend exists across which traffic can be spread.

Record: `lexicon:multiple-targets`
Kind: constraint
Layer: [Performance Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/performance-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-multiple-targets

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Memory Model](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/memory-model.md) and before [Partition Key](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/partition-key.md).

## Category

- [Scalability / Performance / Optimization](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/scalability-performance-optimization.md)

## Required by

- [Load Balancing](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/load-balancing.md)

## Linked from

- [Scalability / Performance / Optimization](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-scalability-performance-optimization.md)