MySQL 8 second release candidate is out (MySQL 8.0.4). Besides fixes to replication issues we have also delivered a couple of enhancements in this release. Let me quickly summarize them.
We have brought further enhancement to MySQL Group Replication 5.7 release by backporting some most requested features to MySQL 5.7.20 release:
And to MySQL 5.7.19 release:
The Member weight for automatic primary election on failover feature will allow user to influence primary member election using a integer member weight value.…
MySQL 8.0.3 release candidate is out with amazing new replication features, along with changes in couple of replication default options. Thanks to our users for their constant feedback and valuable inputs, MySQL is changing defaults whenever possible to remove configuration overhead for practical deployment of MySQL server.…
MySQL is not only a relational database, but can also be used as a sch
emaless/NOSQL document store, or a mix of both. This is realized by the JSON datatype, and is useful for any data that is hard to fit in the ”tabular” format of a traditional table.…
MySQL 8.0.1 introduced a work with replication threads mutexes in order to improve performance. In MySQL 8.0.2 the same work was extended, focusing in usability, and revamped how replication deals with disk-full conditions, improving the responsiveness of both monitoring commands and administrative commands such as KILL, as well as making status messages much more precise and helpful.…
Great news! MySQL 8.0.3 is out and it is a release candidate. In the replication team we have been busy working on interesting new enhancements and also doing some clean up. Some of these new features are out in this release.…
In development milestone release (DMR) version 8.0.2 we are changing several replication options. The motivation behind this is simply that we want our users to enjoy default installations with the best efficient setup, configuration and performance. We also don’t want users to struggle getting them to work optimally.…
In initial Group Replication release, 5.7.17, we included the Single-Primary Mode with automatic membership and fail-over features. The MySQL Server 8.0.2 release has brought further enhancement to Group Replication Single-Primary Mode that will allow users to influence primary member election using integer member weight value.…
In MySQL 8.0.2, users will see the additional columns in the existing Group Replication Performance Schema tables which will provide extended information about Group Replication. Now user can view role and MySQL version of each member of the group, which earlier required a complex set of query.…
Group Replication has been around for some time now and the feedback from community is overwhelming. One of the suggestions (BUG#84795) received is related to deploying a mechanism to prevent a server from being updated after stopping group replication.…