First open source database clustering soln

BANGALORE: MySQL AB, developer of the popular open source database, launched MySQL Cluster, a new open source database clustering technology for applications requiring continuous availability. MySQL Cluster combines the MySQL database with a clustering architecture to deliver 99.999 percent availability to mission-critical database applications. It is the first, enterprise-scale database clustering software.

"The increasing volume of critical data, transactions and users in today’s ‘always on’ Internet and networked environments has made high availability a necessity for companies," said Mårten Mickos, MySQL AB CEO. "MySQL Cluster has the availability, scalability and throughput for the most demanding applications, and its affordability makes clustering an option for any organization. This product demonstrates our commitment to make superior database management available and affordable to all."

 

High Availability Version of World’s Most Popular Open Source Database

MySQL Cluster features the MySQL database coupled with a distributed, in-memory clustering architecture to maximize the availability and throughput of critical data. In a database cluster, data is distributed over a group of inter-connected databases residing on multiple servers, or nodes. With MySQL Cluster, the databases in the cluster work as one powerful, fault-tolerant database running on low-cost commodity hardware and software.

Benefits:

High performance and throughput: MySQL Cluster is a main memory database that provides a response time of 5-10 millisecond and throughput of 100,000 replicated transactions per second (on a typical low-end configuration of a four-node cluster, with two CPUs per node)

No single point of failure:

MySQL Custer implements a distributed, highly fault tolerant architecture with no single point of failure.

Fast failover:

In the event of failure, MySQL Cluster provides sub-second failover, enabling users to deliver service without interruption.

Scalability:

Users can incrementally grow their applications as business needs increase, using commodity hardware with near-linear scalability.

Low-cost:

MySQL Cluster runs on commodity hardware and open source software, and its "