The present invention is related to a method for routing requests among a plurality of database servers. A device intermediary to a client and a plurality of database servers receives a request to access a database provided by the plurality of database servers. The plurality of database servers can include a first database server configured to process write requests and one or more second database servers configured to process read requests. The device determines that the request to access the database is a read request. The device identifies, responsive to determining that the request is a read request, one of the one or more second database servers to send the request instead of the first database server. The device then transmits the request to the identified second database server.