19.3 Principles

19.3.1 Binlog Formats

19.3.2 Differences Between Master and Slave

19.3.3 Crashes

19.3.4 Binlog Files and Indexes

In this section, we describe the architectural principles of replication. These are high-level goals that replication shall achieve. The principles have been used as guidelines to construct the Rules of replication (next section).