We are very excited about the next release of MySQL Group Replication 0.9.0 in MySQL 5.7.15 and the great work that has been done to improve its stability. Release after release, MySQL Group Replication becomes more stable and more user-friendly and has reached a maturity level that made us declare 0.9.0 a release candidate.…

A new Group Replication plugin labs release has came out, a little over a week ago. Exciting news! This shows that the team has been working hard to shape up the plugin so that it meets the required feature set, performance and quality standards to be released as GA.…

Traditionally, setting up high availability (HA) in MySQL has been a challenging task, especially for people without advanced knowledge of MySQL. From understanding concepts and technologies, to the tooling, specific commands and files to execute and edit, there’s a lot of things you need to know even when planning a test deployment (the Quick Start Guide for Group Replication should give you an idea).…

Today we are introducing a new MySQL feature called MySQL InnoDB Cluster. Make sure to watch the demo video on the MySQL YouTube Channel!

Find out more by looking into the MySQL InnoDB Cluster documentation.

If you got questions or feedback please feel free to post on the MySQL Forums.…

Introducing the new MySQL InnoDB Cluster Feature

MySQL has had good support for replication for a long time. After all, it is one of the key features that have enabled companies like Facebook, Booking, Twitter and so many others to grow and scale to such extreme scale with MySQL as their primary database engine.…

Hi all, it is time again to do another preview release of MySQL Group Replication, the plugin that brings multi-master update everywhere support to MySQL, like we described in the Hello World post.

We are very proud to present the eighth preview release of MySQL Group Replication plugin, based on MySQL Server 5.7.15.…

When it comes to “decision time” about which type of MySQL HA (high-availability) solution to implement, and how to architect the solution, many questions come to mind. The most important questions are:

• “What are the best tools to provide HA and Load Balancing?”
• “Should I be deploying this proxy tool on my application servers or on a standalone server?”.

Ultimately, the best tool really depends on the needs of your application and your environment. You might already be using specific tools such as Consul or MHA, or you might be looking to implement tools that provide richer features. The dilemma of deploying a proxy instance per application host versus a standalone proxy instance is usually a trade-off between “a less effective load balancing algorithm” or “a single point of failure.” Neither are desirable, but there are ways to implement a solution that balances all …

In this post, we’ll discuss how an integrated ProxySQL and Percona XtraDB Cluster (Galera) helps manage node states and failovers.

ProxySQL is designed to not perform any specialized operation in relation to the servers with which it communicates. Instead, it uses an event scheduler to extend functionalities and cover any special needs.

Given that specialized products like Percona XtraDB Cluster are not managed by ProxySQL, they require the design and implementation of good/efficient extensions.

In this article, I will illustrate how Percona XtraDB Cluster/Galera can be integrated with ProxySQL to get the best from both.

Brief digression

Before discussing their integration, we need to review a couple of very important concepts in ProxySQL. ProxySQL has a very important logical component: Hostgroup(s) (HG).

A hostgroup is a relation …

I recently had the pleasure of attending the first OpenStack Days East conference in NYC. This was the first OpenStack Days event that we’ve had on the East Coast of the US, but I hope that it’s the first of many!…

Hi all, here is a new post following the blog series on the last MySQLvGroup Replication labs release which already presented: 1) the new features; 2) most asked questions; 3) summary of behaviour and configuration changes; and 4) the performance improvements.…