# Single Target Routing

> Directing all traffic to one target instead of distributing it, wasting capacity and creating a bottleneck.

Record: `lexicon:single-target-routing`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Performance Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/performance-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-single-target-routing

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Single Monolithic Store](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/single-monolithic-store.md) and before [Single-Primary Read Contention](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/single-primary-read-contention.md).

## Category

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

## Negated by

- [Load Balancing](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/load-balancing.md)

## Linked from

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