Load balancing strategies for Amazon RDS for SQL Server read replicas to scale read workloads and reduce latency
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This article discusses load balancing strategies for Amazon RDS for SQL Server read replicas to scale read workloads and reduce latency.
Specifically, the article covers:
- An overview of Amazon RDS for SQL Server read replicas and their benefits
- Three use cases for load balancing read workloads across replicas using different Amazon Route 53 routing policies:
- Weighted routing for equally distributing load
- Latency routing to serve users from nearest replica
- Geolocation routing to serve users within geographic boundaries
- Step-by-step instructions for configuring the routing policies
- Testing and validating the load balancing setups
- Cleanup steps to remove the deployed resources
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