Master/slave replication first appeared in a beta release of MySQL back in 2000. In the three or so years since then, replication has become an essential feature for most of MySQL’s high-end users. And contrary to many assumptions, MySQL’s replication is quite easy to use, especially when compared to the replication systems that are part of high-end commercial databases. This month and next, let’s take a look at MySQL’s replication feature and the various ways you can put it to use.
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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
There are only a few steps to setting up replication. The first step is to set up a user account to use only for replication. It's best not to use an existing account for security reasons. To do this, enter an SQL statement like the following on the maste
This tutorial describes how to set up database replication in MySQL. MySQL replication allows you to have an exact copy of a database from a master server on another server (slave), and all updates to the database on the master server are immediately repl