Offload YugabyteDB Read Traffic with Follower Reads
YugabyteDB follower reads serve SELECT queries from replicas instead of the Raft leader, reducing leader load at the cost of possible read staleness.
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yugabytedbTrading a Little Staleness for Lower Latency: Follower Reads in YugabyteDB
Follower reads route SELECT queries to nearby replicas, cutting cross-region read latency at the cost of a configurable staleness bound (default 30 s). Enable it with yb_read_from_followers, verify with a benchmark, and keep leader reads for read-after-write consistency.
YugabyteDB Follower Reads: Local Reads Without Pretending Data Is Fresh
Follower reads let a YugabyteDB session read from a local Raft follower instead of a cross-region leader. Here's the trade, a worked YSQL example, and how to verify it.