Why Multi Master Replication?
Master-Slave configuration is a great solution when your system is read bound. But what happens if you want to support high write loads, while keeping the option to select the data using a single SQL statement?
Multi Master replication is the solution for that. However, there are several methods in the market for that, and when choosing the right method, you should carefully define your needs: synchronous method or async one, row based or statement based (traffic between servers) and if time delayed replication is required (for quick recovery from delete for example).
The Multi Master Replication Options
I just kicked the first Israeli MySQL User Group in association with Wix this week, and I wanted to share with you Michael Naumov's presentation from our first event.
In his talk, Michael presented four methods to support Multi Master replication: MySQL 5.6 Native, NDB, Tungsten and Galera.
Bottom Line
Careful selection of the right MySQL Multi Master replication can save you production issues and can boost your system. Now all left is to define what is needed and what is the matching solution for that.
Keep Performing,
Moshe Kaplan
