You MUST have a third server as a managment node but this can be shut down after the cluster starts. Also note that I do not recommend shutting down the managment server (see the extra notes at the bottom of this document for more information). You can no
You may know about the MySQL Cluster, which is a complex architecture to achieve high availability and performance. One of the advantages of MySQL Cluster is that each node is a peer to the others, whereas in a normal replicating system you have a master
Replication FAQ. Q: How do I configure a slave if the master is running and I do not want to stop it? A: There are several possibilities. If you have taken a snapshot backup of the master at some point and recorded the binary log filename and offset (fr