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# Sharded MariaDB Enterprise Spider Topology Operations

Learn about ODBC operations in MariaDB Enterprise Spider topology. This section covers configuring and managing ODBC connections to distributed Spider environments for seamless data access.

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[Spider Sharded Overview](/docs/server/server-usage/storage-engines/spider/spider-storage-engine-introduction/mariadb-enterprise-spider-operations/sharded-mariadb-enterprise-spider-topology-operations/spider-sharded-overview.md)
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Provides an overview of using Spider for sharding in MariaDB Enterprise Server, allowing data distribution across multiple nodes for horizontal scalability.
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[Sharded MariaDB Enterprise Spider Topology Add a Shard](/docs/server/server-usage/storage-engines/spider/spider-storage-engine-introduction/mariadb-enterprise-spider-operations/sharded-mariadb-enterprise-spider-topology-operations/sharded-mariadb-enterprise-spider-topology-add-a-shard.md)
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Instructions on how to expand a sharded Spider topology by adding new data nodes (shards) and rebalancing the data distribution.
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[Sharded MariaDB Enterprise Spider Topology Backup and Restore](/docs/server/server-usage/storage-engines/spider/spider-storage-engine-introduction/mariadb-enterprise-spider-operations/sharded-mariadb-enterprise-spider-topology-operations/sharded-mariadb-enterprise-spider-topology-backup-and-restore.md)
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Guidelines for backing up and restoring a sharded Spider topology, ensuring consistency across multiple shards using tools like MariaDB Backup.
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