This tutorial will demonstrate a way to create a simple MySQL RDS cluster. A subsequent tutorial will provide details for more robust cluster setup.

Upgrade in MySQL Cluster is often possible with zero downtime. Upgraded (and downgrades) are performed through rolling restarts. Review sections Upgrading and Downgrading MySQL Cluster NDB 7.2 and ...

Oracle has updated its MySQL Cluster software to make it more appealing to large Web service providers, among other users of large-volume distributed databases.

According to Oracle, which acquired MySQL when it bought Sun Microsystems for $7.4bn in 2010, MySQL Cluster 7.4 has faster in-memory processing and can run analytics workloads more efficiently.

Oracle has announced the general availability of MySQL Cluster 7.2 as a GPL download, and claims to have achieved a benchmark of 1 billion queries per minute and 110 million updates per minute on ...