What is ProxySQL?
It has an advanced multi-core architecture. It's built from the ground up to support hundreds of thousands of concurrent connections, multiplexed to potentially hundreds of backend servers. It helps you squeeze the last drop of performance out of your MySQL cluster, without controlling the applications that generate the queries.
ProxySQL is a tool in the Database Tools category of a tech stack.
Who uses ProxySQL?
Companies
11 companies reportedly use ProxySQL in their tech stacks, including Groww, Mola TV, and 000webhost.
Developers
31 developers on StackShare have stated that they use ProxySQL.
ProxySQL Integrations
MySQL, MariaDB, Netdata, Percona, and Percona Monitoring and Management are some of the popular tools that integrate with ProxySQL. Here's a list of all 5 tools that integrate with ProxySQL.
ProxySQL's Features
- Query caching
- Query Routing
- Supports failover
ProxySQL Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to ProxySQL?
MaxScale
It is a database proxy that extends the high availability, scalability, and security of MariaDB Server while at the same time simplifying application development by decoupling it from underlying database infrastructure.
HAProxy
HAProxy (High Availability Proxy) is a free, very fast and reliable solution offering high availability, load balancing, and proxying for TCP and HTTP-based applications.
Vitess
It is a database solution for deploying, scaling and managing large clusters of MySQL instances. It’s architected to run as effectively in a public or private cloud architecture as it does on dedicated hardware. It combines and extends many important MySQL features with the scalability of a NoSQL database.
MySQL
The MySQL software delivers a very fast, multi-threaded, multi-user, and robust SQL (Structured Query Language) database server. MySQL Server is intended for mission-critical, heavy-load production systems as well as for embedding into mass-deployed software.
PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system
that supports an extended subset of the SQL standard, including
transactions, foreign keys, subqueries, triggers, user-defined types
and functions.
