# Read Traffic Offload

> The ability to divert read queries to replicas, relieving the primary.

Record: `lexicon:read-traffic-offload`
Kind: capability
Layer: [Performance Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/performance-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-read-traffic-offload

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Overlapping Work](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/overlapping-work.md) and before [Reduced Load](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/reduced-load.md).

## Category

- [Scalability / Performance / Optimization](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/scalability-performance-optimization.md)

## Enabled by

- [Read Replica](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/read-replica.md)

## Linked from

- [Scalability / Performance / Optimization](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-scalability-performance-optimization.md)