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How To Set Up A Load-Balanced MySQL Cluster

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the someone-teach-me-please dept.

hausmasta writes "This tutorial shows how to configure a MySQL 5 cluster with three nodes: two storage nodes and one management node. This cluster is load-balanced by a high-availability load balancer that in fact has two nodes that use the Ultra Monkey package which provides heartbeat (for checking if the other node is still alive) and ldirectord (to split up the requests to the nodes of the MySQL cluster)."

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  1. It doesn't look easy by BadAnalogyGuy · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... and they just stare at you and ask incredulously, "You had to do WHAT with the seat?"

  2. Re:'Ultra Monkey'? by Conanymous+Award · · Score: 4, Funny

    But, imagine a Beowulf Cluster of Ultra Monkeys...

  3. Re:'Ultra Monkey'? by Mr.Dippy · · Score: 2, Funny

    imagine a Beowulf Cluster of Ultra Monkeys running Breezy Badger with a Hooray Hedghog backup...

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    -Dipster
  4. Re:'Ultra Monkey'? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    So, your business card reads "fucking CTO?"

  5. Monkey Management by daitengu · · Score: 3, Funny

    I use a Monkey Management Technique for my mySQL servers. If one server goes down, I have a monkey that jumps up and down at the datacenter and gets real mad until someone fixes it.

    .. Works like a charm!