In an exemplary media implementation, one or more processor-accessible media include processor-executable instructions that, when executed, enable a system to facilitate actions including: operating network load balancing infrastructure in a first configuration; scaling out the network load balancing infrastructure; and operating the scaled-out network load balancing infrastructure in at least one other configuration. In another exemplary media implementation, one or more processor-accessible media include processor-executable instructions that, when executed, enable a system to be configured such that different percentages of system resources may be allocated to different network-load-balancing functions. In one embodiment, the scaling out includes moving at least a portion of network-load-balancing functionality from a device that executes host functionality to another device, that does not execute host functionality and routing network traffic from the other device to the host functionality executing on the device.