NDBCLUSTER, the MySQL Cluster storage engine, is available in binary distributions for Linux, Mac OS X, and Solaris. We are working to make Cluster run on all operating systems supported by MySQL, including Windows. Beginning with MySQL Cluster NDB 6.4.0, there is experimental support for MySQL Cluster on Windows.

If you choose to build from a source tarball or one of the MySQL Cluster public development trees, be sure to use the --with-ndbcluster option when running configure (if building from source on Microsoft Windows platforms, use the WITH_NDBCLUSTER_STORAGE_ENGINE option with configure.js). You can also use the BUILD/compile-pentium-max build scripts provided for most Unix platforms. Note that this script includes OpenSSL, so you must either have or obtain OpenSSL to build successfully, or else modify compile-pentium-max to exclude this requirement. Of course, you can also just follow the standard instructions for compiling your own binaries, and then perform the usual tests and installation procedure. See Section 2.10.3, “Installing from the Development Source Tree”.

BUILD/compile-pentium-max also includes OpenSSL, so you must either have or obtain OpenSSL to build successfully, or else modify compile-pentium-max to exclude this requirement. Of course, you can also just follow the standard instructions for compiling your own binaries, and then perform the usual tests and installation procedure. See Section 2.10.3, “Installing from the Development Source Tree”.

You should also note that compile-pentium-max installs MySQL to the directory /usr/local/mysql, placing all MySQL Cluster executables, scripts, databases, and support files in subdirectories under this directory. If this is not what you desire, be sure to modify the script accordingly.