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Are the 3 node database clusters load balanced or just for redundancy?

I think the title covers it.

Is the 3 node managed database more performant because 3 nodes are handling requests? Or is it just more robust because there isn't a single point of failure but read / write performance is not enhanced?

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Hi there,

In a 3 node (High availability) Managed Database cluster, the two additional nodes exist for data redundancy and automatic failover. Your data is replicated across each node in the cluster, and if one goes down, any traffic is subsequently redirected to the additional nodes. Read/write performance is unaffected.

Additional information can be found in the following Linode documentation:

Kindest regards,
Eric

Thanks for the info!

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