In the following section, we answer questions that are frequently asked about MySQL Cluster and the NDBCLUSTER storage engine.

Questions

Questions and Answers

B.10.1: Which versions of the MySQL software support Cluster? Do I have to compile from source?

MySQL Cluster is not supported in MySQL Server 5.6 releases. Instead, MySQL Cluster is released as a separate product, available as MySQL Cluster NDB 7.1 and MySQL Cluster NDB 7.2. You should use MySQL Cluster NDB 7.2 for new deployments, and plan to upgrade if you are using a previous version of MySQL Cluster. For an overview of improvements made in MySQL Cluster NDB 7.1, see MySQL Cluster Development in MySQL Cluster NDB 7.1; for information about improvements made in MySQL Cluster NDB 7.2, see MySQL Cluster Development in MySQL Cluster NDB 7.2.

For detailed information about deploying and using MySQL Cluster, see MySQL Cluster NDB 6.1 - 7.1 and MySQL Cluster NDB 7.2.