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# Load Balancing

- [Load Balancing in MariaDB Galera Cluster](https://mariadb.com/docs/galera-cluster/high-availability/load-balancing/load-balancing-in-mariadb-galera-cluster.md): Load balancing strategies for MariaDB Galera Cluster, with MariaDB MaxScale as the recommended database-aware proxy and guidance on read-write splitting versus round-robin connections.
- [Galera Load Balancer (glbd)](https://mariadb.com/docs/galera-cluster/high-availability/load-balancing/galera-load-balancer.md): Galera Load Balancer (glbd) is a deprecated multi-threaded TCP connection balancer for MariaDB Galera Cluster, retained for historical reference; new deployments should use MariaDB MaxScale.