Author: jstephens
Date: 2007-02-13 05:39:06 +0100 (Tue, 13 Feb 2007)
New Revision: 4918
Log:
Shared/network filesystems not recommended or supported for Cluster.
Modified:
branches/telcos/refman-5.1/faqs.xml
branches/telcos/refman-5.1/mysql-cluster.xml
trunk/refman-4.1/mysql-cluster.xml
trunk/refman-5.0/faqs.xml
trunk/refman-5.0/mysql-cluster.xml
trunk/refman-5.1/faqs.xml
trunk/refman-5.1/mysql-cluster.xml
Modified: branches/telcos/refman-5.1/faqs.xml
===================================================================
--- branches/telcos/refman-5.1/faqs.xml 2007-02-13 04:02:31 UTC (rev 4917)
+++ branches/telcos/refman-5.1/faqs.xml 2007-02-13 04:39:06 UTC (rev 4918)
Changed blocks: 1, Lines Added: 40, Lines Deleted: 0; 2072 bytes
@@ -3635,6 +3635,46 @@
</answer>
</qandaentry>
+
+ <qandaentry>
+ <question>
+ <para>
+ What filesystems can I use with MySQL Cluster? What about
+ network filesystems or network shares?
+ </para>
+ </question>
+
+ <answer>
+ <para>
+ Generally, any filesystem that is native to the host
+ operating system should work well with MySQL Cluster. If you
+ find that a given filesystem works particularly well (or
+ not so especially well) with MySQL Cluster, we invite you to
+ discuss your findings in the
+ <ulink url="&base-url-forum-list;?25">MySQL Cluster
+ Forums</ulink>.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ We do not test MySQL Cluster with <literal>FAT</literal>
+ or <literal>VFAT</literal> filesystems on Linux. Because of
+ this, and due to the fact that these are not very useful for
+ any purpose other than sharing disk partitions between Linux
+ and Windows operating systems on multi-boot computers, we
+ do not recommend their use with MySQL Cluster.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ MySQL Cluster is implemented as a shared-nothing solution;
+ the idea behind this is that the failure of a single piece
+ of hardware should not cause the failure of multiple cluster
+ nodes, or possibly even the failure of the cluster as a
+ whole. For this reason, the use of network shares or network
+ filesystems is not supported for MySQL Cluster. This also
+ applies to shared storage devices such as SANs.
+ </para>
+ </answer>
+ </qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
Modified: branches/telcos/refman-5.1/mysql-cluster.xml
===================================================================
--- branches/telcos/refman-5.1/mysql-cluster.xml 2007-02-13 04:02:31 UTC (rev 4917)
+++ branches/telcos/refman-5.1/mysql-cluster.xml 2007-02-13 04:39:06 UTC (rev 4918)
Changed blocks: 2, Lines Added: 12, Lines Deleted: 5; 1827 bytes
@@ -217,15 +217,22 @@
<primary>MySQL Cluster</primary>
<secondary>general description</secondary>
</indexterm>
-
+
<para>
<firstterm>MySQL Cluster</firstterm> is a technology that enables
clustering of in-memory databases in a shared-nothing system. The
shared-nothing architecture allows the system to work with very
- inexpensive hardware, and without any specific requirements on
- hardware or software. It also does not have any single point of
- failure because each component has its own memory and disk.
+ inexpensive hardware, and with a minimum of specific requirements
+ for hardware or software.
</para>
+
+ <para>
+ MySQL Cluster is designed not to have any single point of
+ failure. For this reason, each component is expected to have its
+ own memory and disk, and the use of shared storage mechanisms such
+ as network shares, network filesystems, and SANs is not
+ recommended or supported.
+ </para>
<para>
MySQL Cluster integrates the standard MySQL server with an
@@ -381,7 +388,7 @@
<emphasis role="bold">Note</emphasis>: In many contexts, the term
<quote>node</quote> is used to indicate a computer, but when
discussing MySQL Cluster it means a <emphasis>process</emphasis>.
- It is posible to run any number of nodes on a single computer, for
+ It is possible to run any number of nodes on a single computer, for
which we use the term <firstterm>cluster host</firstterm>.
</para>
Modified: trunk/refman-4.1/mysql-cluster.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/refman-4.1/mysql-cluster.xml 2007-02-13 04:02:31 UTC (rev 4917)
+++ trunk/refman-4.1/mysql-cluster.xml 2007-02-13 04:39:06 UTC (rev 4918)
Changed blocks: 2, Lines Added: 12, Lines Deleted: 5; 1797 bytes
@@ -218,15 +218,22 @@
<primary>MySQL Cluster</primary>
<secondary>general description</secondary>
</indexterm>
-
+
<para>
<firstterm>MySQL Cluster</firstterm> is a technology that enables
clustering of in-memory databases in a shared-nothing system. The
shared-nothing architecture allows the system to work with very
- inexpensive hardware, and without any specific requirements on
- hardware or software. It also does not have any single point of
- failure because each component has its own memory and disk.
+ inexpensive hardware, and with a minimum of specific requirements
+ for hardware or software.
</para>
+
+ <para>
+ MySQL Cluster is designed not to have any single point of
+ failure. For this reason, each component is expected to have its
+ own memory and disk, and the use of shared storage mechanisms such
+ as network shares, network filesystems, and SANs is not
+ recommended or supported.
+ </para>
<para>
MySQL Cluster integrates the standard MySQL server with an
@@ -382,7 +389,7 @@
<emphasis role="bold">Note</emphasis>: In many contexts, the term
<quote>node</quote> is used to indicate a computer, but when
discussing MySQL Cluster it means a <emphasis>process</emphasis>.
- It is posible to run any number of nodes on a single computer, for
+ It is possible to run any number of nodes on a single computer, for
which we use the term <firstterm>cluster host</firstterm>.
</para>
Modified: trunk/refman-5.0/faqs.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/refman-5.0/faqs.xml 2007-02-13 04:02:31 UTC (rev 4917)
+++ trunk/refman-5.0/faqs.xml 2007-02-13 04:39:06 UTC (rev 4918)
Changed blocks: 1, Lines Added: 42, Lines Deleted: 1; 2076 bytes
@@ -3643,8 +3643,49 @@
</answer>
</qandaentry>
-
+
<qandaentry>
+ <question>
+ <para>
+ What filesystems can I use with MySQL Cluster? What about
+ network filesystems or network shares?
+ </para>
+ </question>
+
+ <answer>
+ <para>
+ Generally, any filesystem that is native to the host
+ operating system should work well with MySQL Cluster. If you
+ find that a given filesystem works particularly well (or
+ not so especially well) with MySQL Cluster, we invite you to
+ discuss your findings in the
+ <ulink url="&base-url-forum-list;?25">MySQL Cluster
+ Forums</ulink>.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ We do not test MySQL Cluster with <literal>FAT</literal>
+ or <literal>VFAT</literal> filesystems on Linux. Because of
+ this, and due to the fact that these are not very useful for
+ any purpose other than sharing disk partitions between Linux
+ and Windows operating systems on multi-boot computers, we
+ do not recommend their use with MySQL Cluster.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ MySQL Cluster is implemented as a shared-nothing solution;
+ the idea behind this is that the failure of a single piece
+ of hardware should not cause the failure of multiple cluster
+ nodes, or possibly even the failure of the cluster as a
+ whole. For this reason, the use of network shares or network
+ filesystems is not supported for MySQL Cluster. This also
+ applies to shared storage devices such as SANs.
+ </para>
+ </answer>
+ </qandaentry>
+
+
+ <qandaentry>
<question>
Modified: trunk/refman-5.0/mysql-cluster.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/refman-5.0/mysql-cluster.xml 2007-02-13 04:02:31 UTC (rev 4917)
+++ trunk/refman-5.0/mysql-cluster.xml 2007-02-13 04:39:06 UTC (rev 4918)
Changed blocks: 2, Lines Added: 11, Lines Deleted: 4; 1675 bytes
@@ -223,10 +223,17 @@
<firstterm>MySQL Cluster</firstterm> is a technology that enables
clustering of in-memory databases in a shared-nothing system. The
shared-nothing architecture allows the system to work with very
- inexpensive hardware, and without any specific requirements on
- hardware or software. It also does not have any single point of
- failure because each component has its own memory and disk.
+ inexpensive hardware, and with a minimum of specific requirements
+ for hardware or software.
</para>
+
+ <para>
+ MySQL Cluster is designed not to have any single point of
+ failure. For this reason, each component is expected to have its
+ own memory and disk, and the use of shared storage mechanisms such
+ as network shares, network filesystems, and SANs is not
+ recommended or supported.
+ </para>
<para>
MySQL Cluster integrates the standard MySQL server with an
@@ -382,7 +389,7 @@
<emphasis role="bold">Note</emphasis>: In many contexts, the term
<quote>node</quote> is used to indicate a computer, but when
discussing MySQL Cluster it means a <emphasis>process</emphasis>.
- It is posible to run any number of nodes on a single computer, for
+ It is possible to run any number of nodes on a single computer, for
which we use the term <firstterm>cluster host</firstterm>.
</para>
Modified: trunk/refman-5.1/faqs.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/refman-5.1/faqs.xml 2007-02-13 04:02:31 UTC (rev 4917)
+++ trunk/refman-5.1/faqs.xml 2007-02-13 04:39:06 UTC (rev 4918)
Changed blocks: 1, Lines Added: 41, Lines Deleted: 1; 2069 bytes
@@ -3675,8 +3675,48 @@
</answer>
</qandaentry>
-
+
+
<qandaentry>
+ <question>
+ <para>
+ What filesystems can I use with MySQL Cluster? What about
+ network filesystems or network shares?
+ </para>
+ </question>
+
+ <answer>
+ <para>
+ Generally, any filesystem that is native to the host
+ operating system should work well with MySQL Cluster. If you
+ find that a given filesystem works particularly well (or
+ not so especially well) with MySQL Cluster, we invite you to
+ discuss your findings in the
+ <ulink url="&base-url-forum-list;?25">MySQL Cluster
+ Forums</ulink>.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ We do not test MySQL Cluster with <literal>FAT</literal>
+ or <literal>VFAT</literal> filesystems on Linux. Because of
+ this, and due to the fact that these are not very useful for
+ any purpose other than sharing disk partitions between Linux
+ and Windows operating systems on multi-boot computers, we
+ do not recommend their use with MySQL Cluster.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ MySQL Cluster is implemented as a shared-nothing solution;
+ the idea behind this is that the failure of a single piece
+ of hardware should not cause the failure of multiple cluster
+ nodes, or possibly even the failure of the cluster as a
+ whole. For this reason, the use of network shares or network
+ filesystems is not supported for MySQL Cluster. This also
+ applies to shared storage devices such as SANs.
+ </para>
+ </answer>
+ </qandaentry>
+ <qandaentry>
<question>
Modified: trunk/refman-5.1/mysql-cluster.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/refman-5.1/mysql-cluster.xml 2007-02-13 04:02:31 UTC (rev 4917)
+++ trunk/refman-5.1/mysql-cluster.xml 2007-02-13 04:39:06 UTC (rev 4918)
Changed blocks: 1, Lines Added: 11, Lines Deleted: 4; 1342 bytes
@@ -218,15 +218,22 @@
<primary>MySQL Cluster</primary>
<secondary>general description</secondary>
</indexterm>
-
+
<para>
<firstterm>MySQL Cluster</firstterm> is a technology that enables
clustering of in-memory databases in a shared-nothing system. The
shared-nothing architecture allows the system to work with very
- inexpensive hardware, and without any specific requirements on
- hardware or software. It also does not have any single point of
- failure because each component has its own memory and disk.
+ inexpensive hardware, and with a minimum of specific requirements
+ for hardware or software.
</para>
+
+ <para>
+ MySQL Cluster is designed not to have any single point of
+ failure. For this reason, each component is expected to have its
+ own memory and disk, and the use of shared storage mechanisms such
+ as network shares, network filesystems, and SANs is not
+ recommended or supported.
+ </para>
<para>
MySQL Cluster integrates the standard MySQL server with an
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| • svn commit - mysqldoc@docsrva: r4918 - branches/telcos/refman-5.1 trunk/refman-4.1 trunk/refman-5.0 trunk/refman-5.1 | jon | 13 Feb |
