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Primary-Replica Architecture
Quick Definition
Architecture with primary for writes, replicas for reads
Full Definition
Architecture with primary handling writes and replicas handling reads.
Examples
write-read separation, failover, high availability
Related Terms
replication
read-replica
More Database Terms
Cassandra
Distributed NoSQL database with high availability and scalability
NoSQL
Non-relational databases with flexible data models and scaling
Trigger
Special procedure that auto-executes on table events
Normalization
Organizing tables to reduce redundancy and improve integrity
Foreign Key
Field referencing primary key to establish table relationships
Partitioning
Dividing tables into smaller pieces for better performance