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### Sticky sessions
Using sticky sessions, all traffic for one user will always be sent to the same server. Which means that session related data can be
stored on disk rather than on a shared database. This is the default behavior for Grafana and if only want multiple servers for fail over this is a good solution since it requires the least amount of work.
stored on disk rather than on a shared database. This is the default behavior for Grafana and if you only want multiple servers for fail over this is a good solution since it requires the least amount of work.
### Stateless sessions
You can also choose to store session data in a Redis/Memcache/Postgres/MySQL which means that the load balancer can send a user to any Grafana server without having to log in on each server. This requires a little bit more work from the operator but enables you to remove/add grafana servers without impacting the user experience.
If you use MySQL/Postgres for session storage, you first need a table to store the session data in. More details about that in [[sessions]]({{<relref"../installation/configuration.md">}}#session)
For Grafana itself it doesn't really matter if you store the session data on disk or database/redis/memcache. But we recommend using a database/redis/memcache since it makes it easier manage the grafana servers.
For Grafana itself it doesn't really matter if you store the session data on disk or database/redis/memcache. But we recommend using a database/redis/memcache since it makes it easier to manage the grafana servers.
