I would like to know if adding a read-only node to the managed mysql database help with the load by splitting the select queries between servers automatically?
Thank you
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Hello,
I don’t think that this happens automatically, you need to either use a Load Balancer or a service like ProxySQL, or build the logic into your application.
For example if you use a framework like Laravel this is quite straight forward to implement, you could take a look at this tutorial here on how to do that:
Regards, Bobby
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