Tag: high concurrency

  • MaxScale Multiplexing and Caching – Part 5

    In this in-depth exploration, Kester Riley illustrates how MaxScale’s multiplexing system allows many client sessions to share far fewer backend connections. The author breaks down when multiplexing excels, where it becomes fragile, and how to design workloads so that they benefit rather than break under connection sharing.

  • MaxScale Multiplexing and Caching – Part 1

    Kester Riley opens the series by laying out the core challenge behind modern MariaDB workloads: how to handle thousands of concurrent connections without overwhelming the database. The author explains why MaxScale sits at the heart of solving this, and introduces the key themes of the series, connection multiplexing, intelligent caching, thread optimization, and real-world performance…