svn commit - mysqldoc@docsrva: r1725 - in trunk: refman-4.1 refman-5.0 refman-5.1

[jon]

Author: jstephens
Date: 2006-04-05 13:43:04 +0200 (Wed, 05 Apr 2006)
New Revision: 1725

Log:

Clarify some info regarding node groups & partitions. (Tomas)



Modified:
   trunk/refman-4.1/ndbcluster.xml
   trunk/refman-5.0/ndbcluster.xml
   trunk/refman-5.1/ndbcluster.xml

Modified: trunk/refman-4.1/ndbcluster.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/refman-4.1/ndbcluster.xml	2006-04-05 11:33:32 UTC (rev 1724)
+++ trunk/refman-4.1/ndbcluster.xml	2006-04-05 11:43:04 UTC (rev 1725)
@@ -436,6 +436,11 @@
             least one copy of the partition assigned to it (that is, at
             least one replica) available to the cluster.
           </para>
+          
+          <para>
+            A partition belongs entirely to a single node group; a node
+            group can store several partitions.
+          </para>
         </listitem>
 
         <listitem>
@@ -443,7 +448,8 @@
             <emphasis role="bold">Replica</emphasis>: This is a copy of
             a cluster partition. Each node in a node group stores a
             replica. Also sometimes known as a <firstterm>partition
-            replica</firstterm>.
+              replica</firstterm>. The number of replicas is equal to
+            the number of nodes per node group.
           </para>
         </listitem>
 

Modified: trunk/refman-5.0/ndbcluster.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/refman-5.0/ndbcluster.xml	2006-04-05 11:33:32 UTC (rev 1724)
+++ trunk/refman-5.0/ndbcluster.xml	2006-04-05 11:43:04 UTC (rev 1725)
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@
             groups in a cluster must have the same number of nodes.
           </para>
         </listitem>
-
+        
         <listitem>
           <para>
             <emphasis role="bold">Partition</emphasis>: This is a
@@ -436,14 +436,20 @@
             least one copy of the partition assigned to it (that is, at
             least one replica) available to the cluster.
           </para>
+          
+          <para>
+            A partition belongs entirely to a single node group; a node
+            group can store several partitions.
+          </para>
         </listitem>
-
+        
         <listitem>
           <para>
             <emphasis role="bold">Replica</emphasis>: This is a copy of
             a cluster partition. Each node in a node group stores a
             replica. Also sometimes known as a <firstterm>partition
-            replica</firstterm>.
+              replica</firstterm>. The number of replicas is equal to
+            the number of nodes per node group.
           </para>
         </listitem>
 

Modified: trunk/refman-5.1/ndbcluster.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/refman-5.1/ndbcluster.xml	2006-04-05 11:33:32 UTC (rev 1724)
+++ trunk/refman-5.1/ndbcluster.xml	2006-04-05 11:43:04 UTC (rev 1725)
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@
             groups in a cluster must have the same number of nodes.
           </para>
         </listitem>
-
+        
         <listitem>
           <para>
             <emphasis role="bold">Partition</emphasis>: This is a
@@ -433,14 +433,20 @@
             least one copy of the partition assigned to it (that is, at
             least one replica) available to the cluster.
           </para>
+          
+          <para>
+            A partition belongs entirely to a single node group; a node
+            group can store several partitions.
+          </para>
         </listitem>
-
+        
         <listitem>
           <para>
             <emphasis role="bold">Replica</emphasis>: This is a copy of
             a cluster partition. Each node in a node group stores a
             replica. Also sometimes known as a <firstterm>partition
-            replica</firstterm>.
+              replica</firstterm>. The number of replicas is equal to
+            the number of nodes per node group.
           </para>
         </listitem>