A great database proxy with great support
Pros
- Open source proxy server
- Great performance
- Offers load balancing
- Modular architecture
Cons
- Improve balancing based on SQL queries
- Improve swap memory consumption
- It has a slight delay
Return on Investment
- Reduce the number of database nodes
- Improve the performance of the applications that use the databases
- A new layer is added in the service architecture
Alternatives Considered
HAProxy
Usability
Other Software Used
HAProxy, MySQL, ScaleArc for MySQL