ShardingSphere > User Manual > Sharding-Proxy
Introduction
Sharding-Proxy is second project of ShardingSphere. It is a database proxy, is deployed as a stateless server, and supports MySQL protocol now.
- Use standard MySQL protocol, application do not care about whether proxy or real MySQL.
- Any MySQL command line and UI workbench supported in theoretically. MySQL Workbench are fully compatible right now.
Comparison
| Sharding-JDBC | Sharding-Proxy | Sharding-Sidecar | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Database | Any | MySQL |
MySQL |
| Connections Cost | More | Less |
More |
| Heterogeneous Language | Java Only | Any |
Any |
| Performance | Low loss | High loss |
Low loss |
| Centre-less | Yes | No |
No |
| Static Entry | No | Yes |
No |
Sharding-Proxy can support heterogeneous languages and provide an operation entry for DBA.