> > > 1. From what I understand the setup requires a > management server (3rd machine) which will be used to monitor and manage > the two database nodes and the replication. > - Am I correct in thinking that this will have > to be almost the same specs seeing that it will be receiving the sam > amount of traffic which the single master would have received > originally? > > A low end machine, eg an old desktop will do the job of the monitor.
> > 2. Master-master replication will mean that the data > needs to be replicated to both machines everytime thus it may be viable > for high availability but in terms of load balancing / performance it > will degrade the performance. Am I correct? > mmm will do read balancing > > 3. I have also gone through about 6 websites now for the > installation procedures and thus far all of them have different > installation documentation... is there someone with a link or resource > for a reliable installation (RHEL 5/mysql 5.1.5_x64) > > http://mysql-mmm.org/mysql-mmm.html > > I would also be glad for any other suggestions, > warnings, etc... in this regard. > > My personal feeling from the research thus far is that > the current master/slave setup will be the best option for performance > as that has been their main concern recently and during a system failure > it is rather quick and easy enough to get the slave running as the > master. > > I do not have as much experience on this yet so I would > really appreciate assistance. > > Regards > Machiel > -- John Daisley Certified MySQL 5 Database Administrator Certified MySQL 5 Developer Cognos BI Developer Telephone: +44 (0)7918 621621 Email: john.dais...@butterflysystems.co.uk
