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Chapter 18. MySQL Cluster

Table of Contents     [+/-]

18.1. MySQL Cluster Overview     [+/-]
18.2. MySQL Cluster 5.1 Carrier Grade Edition
18.3. Simple Multi-Computer How-To     [+/-]
18.4. MySQL Cluster Configuration     [+/-]
18.5. MySQL Cluster Options and Variables     [+/-]
18.6. Upgrading and Downgrading MySQL Cluster     [+/-]
18.7. Process Management in MySQL Cluster     [+/-]
18.8. Management of MySQL Cluster     [+/-]
18.9. MySQL Cluster Security Issues     [+/-]
18.10. On-line Backup of MySQL Cluster     [+/-]
18.11. Cluster Utility Programs     [+/-]
18.12. MySQL Cluster Replication     [+/-]
18.13. MySQL Cluster Disk Data Tables     [+/-]
18.14. Using High-Speed Interconnects with MySQL Cluster     [+/-]
18.15. Known Limitations of MySQL Cluster     [+/-]
18.16. MySQL Cluster Development Roadmap     [+/-]
18.17. MySQL Cluster Glossary
18.18. Changes in MySQL Cluster 5.1 Carrier Grade Edition     [+/-]

This chapter contains information about MySQL Cluster, which is a high-availability, high-redundancy version of MySQL adapted for the distributed computing environment, using the NDB (also known as NDBCLUSTER) storage engine to enable running several MySQL servers in a cluster.

This storage engine is available in MySQL 5.1 binary releases through MySQL 5.1.23, including RPMs compatible with most modern Linux distributions. Beginning with MySQL 5.1.24, standard MySQL server binaries built by MySQL no longer provide support for the NDBCLUSTER storage engine. Instead, MySQL Cluster users should upgrade to MySQL Cluster 5.1 Carrier Grade Edition 6.2.15 (or a later MySQL Cluster 5.1 Carrier Grade Edition release) which includes binary releases for supported platforms, including RPMs that should work with most Linux distributions. MySQL Cluster users who build from source should be aware that, also beginning with MySQL 5.1.24, NDBCLUSTER sources in the standard MySQL 5.1 tree are no longer maintained; these users should upgrade using the MySQL Cluster 5.1 Carrier Grade Edition 6.2.15 (or later) source release.

This chapter contains information about MySQL Cluster in MySQL 5.1 mainline releases through MySQL 5.1.23, MySQL Cluster 5.1 Carrier Grade Edition 6.2 releases through 5.1.24-ndb-6.2.16, and MySQL Cluster 5.1 Carrier Grade Edition 6.3 releases through 5.1.24-ndb-6.3.14-beta. It also contains historical information about the MySQL Cluster 5.1 Carrier Grade Edition 6.1 series, which is no longer in active development.

Note

Binary releases and RPMs are not available for MySQL Cluster 5.1 Carrier Grade Edition prior to MySQL Cluster 5.1 Carrier Grade Edition 6.2.15.

For more information about MySQL MySQL Cluster 5.1 Carrier Grade Edition, see Section 18.2, “MySQL Cluster 5.1 Carrier Grade Edition”.

MySQL Cluster is currently available and supported on a number of platforms, including Linux, Solaris, Mac OS X, HP-UX, and other Unix-style operating systems on a variety of hardware. For exact levels of support available for on specific combinations of operating system versions, operating system distributions, and hardware platforms, please refer to the Cluster Supported Platforms list maintained by the MySQL Support Team on the MySQL AB Web site.

MySQL Cluster is not currently supported on Microsoft Windows. We are working to make Cluster available on all operating systems supported by MySQL, including Windows, and will update the information provided here as this work continues.

This chapter represents a work in progress, and its contents are subject to revision as MySQL Cluster continues to evolve. Additional information regarding MySQL Cluster can be found on the MySQL AB Web site at http://www.mysql.com/products/cluster/.

Additional resources.  More information may be found in the following places: