The Avi Vantage Platform is built on software-defined architectural principles to create a centrally managed pool of distributed software load balancers. The Avi Vantage Platform delivers automated application services including load balancing, application analytics, predictive autoscaling, and security for on-premises or public cloud applications. The platform is built on software-defined principles, runs on commodity x86 servers, VMs, or containers, and matches the automation and self-service goals of modern enterprises. Avi Vantage is comprised of a centralized Avi Controller and distributed elastic Service Engines that are automatically scaled up and down by the Avi Controller as needed.