can you query the local rqlite, or do you always have to go to the leader?
docs - Queries, by default, are also serviced by the cluster Leader.
it is great, fun, easy.
Last time I looked into it, you CAN bypass the rqlite raft layer, and hit the local sqlite directly, but you are not guaranteed consistency. Depending on your use case, that may be okay.
How long have you been using it? I've always been disappointed with similar systems, etcd including.
It's basically holding tenant and operator master registry that app nodes pull down resulting in very light load on rqlite. The architecture is resilient to control layer being down (just can't provision new tenants).