Having a server acting as a primary with multiple secondaries is the most common setup when using Group Replication. Until now though, there was no way to change the current primary member while the group was running without causing some sort of disruption.…
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MySQL Group Replication: Important Behavior and Configuration Changes.
Hi everyone, its been a while since the last release of Group Replication. During this period we have been working hard to improve the plugin and give you a better user experience. Focused on solving several existing bugs, address performance issues and improving user
experience we renamed some variables, introduced new ones and changed some of the plugin policies.…
MySQL Group Replication now on Windows
In the previous releases of the Group Replication plugin for MySQL we introduced support for several operating systems like Mac OS X, Solaris, and FreeBSD. But why stop there? So here it is, the 0.7.0 version of Group Replication is now also available on Windows!…
MySQL Group Replication now on more platforms
A new version of the Group Replication plugin for MySQL is available now. The newest release is available on Mac OS X, Solaris, and FreeBSD.
Additional platform support has been made possible via a new group communication implementation. This new communication system supports communication of messages between servers on many platforms, allowing MySQL to embrace the diversity of the MySQL community and enables Group Replication for more people on more platforms.…
Recovery Enhancements for Group Replication
One of the key features of MySQL Group Replication is its distributed recovery mechanism. Whenever a new member joins a server group, making use of this plugin component, it reaches to a suitable donor and fetches the data that it misses up until the point it is declared online.…
MySQL Group Replication: Plugin Version Access Control.
Here is version 0.4.0 of the MySQL Group Replication plugin, our solution that gives you virtual synchronous updates on any member of a MySQL server group. With this new version you can expect a bunch of bug fixes and new features.…
Getting started with MySQL Group Replication
Please Note! — This post has now been superseded by the new Quick Start Guide.
For a more step to step approach you can also check the teams written documentation.
The multi master plugin for MySQL is here. MySQL Group Replication ensures virtual synchronous updates on any member in a group of MySQL servers, with conflict handling and failure detection.…
MySQL Group Replication: A small Corosync guide
MySQL Group Replication is here and with it comes the need to install and configure the underlying group communication toolkit that supports it: Corosync. Corosync is a well known and reliable Group Communication System that is used in such applications as Pacemaker.…
MySQL Group Replication: Distributed Recovery behind the scenes
The new addition to the MySQL planet, MySQL Group Replication is now on Labs Release for you to try it! It offers you update everywhere capabilities on any group of normal, out of the box, MySQL servers. Concurrent updates on a setup of several MySQL servers is now possible and this with our trademark: the ease of use.…