When it comes to “decision time” about which type of MySQL HA (high-availability) solution to implement, and how to architect the solution, many questions come to mind. The most important questions are: “What are the best tools to provide HA and Load Balancing?” “Should I be deploying this proxy tool on my application servers or on a standalone server?”.Ultimately, the best tool really depends on
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