Re: Cluster performance in web environment

[John David Duncan]

>> My own advice is like this: First, use 5.1.  There's not really much
>> reason to use 5.0 Cluster anymore.  Second, Dolphin SCI cards cost as
>> little as $1500 per box and can be well worth it.
>
> What this really means Cluster 5.0 and Cluster 5.1... As similar to  
> MYSQL
> Version 5.0 and 5.1 .... Is that different versions available in the  
> MYSQL
> CLUSTER 5.0 and 5.1?

I mean MySQL 5.1.

MySQL 5.1 is not yet generally available for production use.  However,  
MySQL Cluster in MySQL 5.1 is generally better than 5.0

> Don't really get this point..
> Only tables with ndbcluster storage engine will be reflected to the  
> other
> nodes then how can we maintain tables with InnoDB/MYISAM storage  
> engines in
> the different nodes.

InnoDB & MyISAM tables will be local to the MySQL server where they  
are resident.  Only NDB (cluster) tables will be visible from multiple  
MySQL servers.

JD