MySQL Router 9.1  /  Deploying MySQL Router

Chapter 3 Deploying MySQL Router

Performance Recommendations

For best performance, MySQL Router is typically installed on the same host as the application that uses it. Possible reasons include:

  • To allow local UNIX domain socket connections to the application, instead of TCP/IP.

    Note

    Unix domain sockets can function with applications connecting to MySQL Router, but not for MySQL Router connecting to a MySQL Server.

  • To decrease network latency.

  • To allow MySQL Router to connect to MySQL without requiring extra accounts for the Router's host, for MySQL accounts that are created specifically for application hosts such as myapp@198.51.100.45 instead of a value like myapp@%.

  • Typically application servers are easiest to scale.

You can run multiple MySQL Router instances on your network, and you do not need to isolate MySQL Router to a single machine. This is because MySQL Router has no affinity for any particular server or host.

Figure 3.1 Example MySQL Router Deployment

Example deployment shows a central Group Replication and Highly Available setup with three entities pointing towards or connected to it: MySQL Shell, and two stacks that each include MySQL Router, MySQL Connector, and the Application.