Glossary

Read Replicas vs. Write Replicas

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Read replicas are copies of the main database that can only handle "read" requests (SELECT), freeing up the main "Primary" database to handle "writes" (INSERT/UPDATE).

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How do read replicas speed up help centers?

Help centers are "Read-Heavy" (thousands of people viewing articles, very few editing them). By pointing all article views to a set of read replicas, the main database stays fast for the actual support agents who need to write tickets.

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