From: Jimmy Brake
Date: June 30 2004 5:20pm
Subject: setting up mysql cluster on smallish machines
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Hi!

We would like to setup mysql cluster on our cluster of Athlon 850 ~ 2200 
mghz servers that have between 512 to 1024 megabytes of memory per 
machine and run Suse 9.0 as the OS. We have about 10 servers we can 
dedicate to a mysql cluster.  Will the mysql cluster software work on 
machines this small as compared to the monster machine recommended on 
mysql.com? If mysql cluster will work on these machines will the 
performance be as good or better than the present production release of 
mysql?

At present we have 2 mysql servers that answer about 60 requests per 
second and are setup with in a master / slave setup. The load average on 
these machines is about  .03 on average. Our small (family owned and 
operated) business is growing at a modest pace and we would like to not  
invest in large machines and would prefer to continue to invest in many 
small machines(which we have had better luck with).

Jimmy