On Thu, Jun 07, 2001 at 05:42:40PM +0100, Nelson Gomes wrote:
> I have a question:
>
> On a cluster, is it possible to have several MySQL instances (one
> per node) each having several mysqld processes, working concurrently
> on NAS (network storage) device, that is mounted on every node, and
> accessed through a shared filesystem ??
Yes. Folks have reported doing this with a Network Appliance Filer
(specialized NFS server) and several Linux/Unix boxes.
> How does mysql controlles the access to database files? Through file
> system calls ?
File locking.
> Does anyone used mysql on a cluster ? Suggestions ? Anyone ?
>
> (I'm thinking on use Mosix and Global File System (GFS) )
There was some Mosix/GFS related discussion a month or two ago on the
mysql-internals list. You might want to poke around the archives for
it and see what turns up.
Jeremy
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