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# Topologies

- [Standalone](https://mariadb.com/docs/tools/mariadb-enterprise-operator/topologies/standalone.md): This guide covers configuring standalone MariaDB Enterprise Server with minimal settings for development. Avoid using it in production due to risks like single point of failure and necessary downtime
- [High Availability](https://mariadb.com/docs/tools/mariadb-enterprise-operator/topologies/high-availability.md)
- [Asynchronous Replication](https://mariadb.com/docs/tools/mariadb-enterprise-operator/topologies/high-availability/replication.md)
- [Synchronous Multi-Master With Galera](https://mariadb.com/docs/tools/mariadb-enterprise-operator/topologies/high-availability/galera.md)
- [Multi-cluster](https://mariadb.com/docs/tools/mariadb-enterprise-operator/topologies/high-availability/multi-cluster.md): Explains how to deploy and operate multi-cluster MariaDB Enterprise topologies, replicating data between clusters across one or many Kubernetes clusters for high availability and disaster recovery.
- [MaxScale Database Proxy](https://mariadb.com/docs/tools/mariadb-enterprise-operator/topologies/maxscale.md)
- [Data Plane](https://mariadb.com/docs/tools/mariadb-enterprise-operator/topologies/data-plane.md)