voting algorithm for mysql

2002-08-09 Thread Zachary Denison
Hi, I read on the mysql website about a voting algorithm for mysql to automtically switch one of the slave servers to master in the event something happens to the original master server. Can anyone tell me where I can find the documentation on how to set this up. Thank you. Zach.

multiple master mysql servers

2002-06-25 Thread Zachary Denison
Hi, I have setup successfully a mysql master / slave configuration however I would like to setup a system whereby updates could be performed on either system and then propagated to the other server (a master/master configuration) -- is this possible with mysql 4, or has anyone built any hacks t

shared datafiles.

2001-10-21 Thread Zachary Denison
I know this is probably a recipe for disaster, but would I be able to have 2 instances of mysql running, both pointing to the same set of datafiles? Before you ask, my reasoning for doing this would be so that I could get some sort of underlying shared mirrored filesystem and this way I could ha

2-way replication hacks?

2001-10-18 Thread Zachary Denison
Are there currently any "hacks" to force 2-way master/master replication with mysql, (either 3.x or 4.0). I want to mirror a database driven website in various cities/countries, and each local copy needs to get updated and propagate its changes to all other copies. __