# Federated MariaDB Enterprise Spider Topology Operations

- [Spider Federated Overview](/docs/server/server-usage/storage-engines/spider/spider-storage-engine-introduction/mariadb-enterprise-spider-operations/federated-mariadb-enterprise-spider-topology-operations/spider-federated-overview.md): An overview of the federated topology for Spider, where a single Spider node aggregates data from multiple remote data nodes, acting as a unified access point.
- [Federated MariaDB Enterprise Spider Topology Backup and Restore](/docs/server/server-usage/storage-engines/spider/spider-storage-engine-introduction/mariadb-enterprise-spider-operations/federated-mariadb-enterprise-spider-topology-operations/federated-mariadb-enterprise-spider-topology-backup-and-restore.md): Procedures for performing consistent backups and restores in a federated Spider topology using MariaDB Backup and MariaDB Dump, ensuring data synchronization.
- [Federated MariaDB Enterprise Spider Topology Migrate Tables](/docs/server/server-usage/storage-engines/spider/spider-storage-engine-introduction/mariadb-enterprise-spider-operations/federated-mariadb-enterprise-spider-topology-operations/federated-mariadb-enterprise-spider-topology-migrate-tables.md): A guide on how to migrate tables from a standard MariaDB deployment to a Federated Spider topology, distributing data across multiple backend nodes.