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Master-Slave Replication

Master-slave replication uses one master for reads and writes and one or more read-only slaves. If the master fails, reads can continue while a slave is promoted or a new master is created.

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  • Relational database management system (RDBMS)
  • Master-master replication
  • Replication
  • Fail-over

Source: system-design-primer/README.md at master · donnemartin/system-design-primer · GitHub. Checked 2026-11-03.