Routers for MariaDB MaxScale 2.4

Overview

MariaDB MaxScale 2.4 supports multiple routers.

Reference material is available for MariaDB MaxScale 2.4.

MariaDB MaxScale 2.4 Routers

The following Routers are supported by MariaDB MaxScale 2.4:

Router

Type

Description

avrorouter

Replication

Avro Router renders Binary Log events to JSON or Avro files and passed through the CDC Protocol to other services, like Kafka or Hadoop

binlogrouter

Replication

Binary Log Router serves binlog events to Replica Servers

cat

Query

Cat Router sends queries to all Servers

cli

Admin

Command-line Interface used by MaxAdmin

hintrouter

Query

Hint Router uses routing hints to specify where to send queries

maxinfo

Admin

MaxInfo Router retrieves information on MariaDB MaxScale

readconnroute

Query

Read Connection Router balances the query load across the available Servers

readwritesplit

Query

Read/Write Splitter sends write operations to the Primary Server and balances the query load of read operations between the Replica Servers

schemarouter

Query

Schema Router provides simple sharding of data across multiple Servers

smartrouter

Query

Smart Router sends queries to the Server or Cluster best able to handle the workload

To see Routers supported in other versions, see "Routers by MariaDB MaxScale Version".