Few months ago, I wrote about a faster way to do certain table modifications online. It works well when all you want is to remove auto_increment or change ENUM values. When it comes to changes that really require table to be rebuilt – adding/dropping columns or indexes, changing data type, converting data to different character [...]
Master-Master or Master with Many Slaves
April 6, 2007 By 7 Comments
I just found post by Kevin, in which he criticizes Master-Master approach, finding Master with many slaves more optimal. There is surely room for master-N-slaves systems but I find Master-Master replication much better approach in many cases. Kevin Writes “It requires extra hardware thats sitting in standby and not being used (more money and higher [...]
