MySQL Cluster is a high-availability,
high-redundancy version of MySQL adapted for the distributed
computing environment. It uses the NDBCLUSTER
storage engine to enable running several MySQL servers in a cluster.
This storage engine is available and in binary releases from
MySQL-Max 4.1.3. Beginning with MySQL 4.1.10a, it is also available
in RPMs compatible with most modern Linux distributions. (If you
install using RPM files, note that both the
mysql-server and mysql-max
RPMs must be installed to have MySQL Cluster capability.)
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/.
Many MySQL Cluster users and some of the MySQL Cluster
developers blog about their experiences with Cluster, and
make feeds of these available through
PlanetMySQL.
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