Using Syslog with MySQL Cluster

By default, MySQL Cluster sends log data to a file but you can also send it to the console or to Syslog; this article explains how to send it to Syslog. The example given here is for LINUX.

In this example, I’ll use the “user” syslog facility name and so the first step is to make sure that syslog is configured to route those messages. If this hasn’t already been configured then add the following lines to /etc/rsyslog.conf:

# Log user messages to local files
user.*    /var/log/user

For the changes to take effect, restart the syslog service:

[root@ws1 etc]# service rsyslog restart
Shutting down system logger:                               [  OK  ]
Starting system logger:                                    [  OK  ]

Note that you should make those changes as root.

Still as root, start up a stream of  any additions to the new log file:

[root@ws1 etc]# tail -f /var/log/user

To tell Cluster to use Syslog, add this line into the [ndb_mgmd] section in config.ini:

LogDestination=SYSLOG:facility=user

and then start up your Cluster as normal.

You should now be able to see that MySQL Cluster information is being logged to /var/log/user.

You can adjust how much information is logged either through the config file or from the ndb_mgm tool, for example – to see when global checkpoints are written:

ndb_mgm> all clusterlog checkpoint=15
Executing CLUSTERLOG CHECKPOINT=15 on node 3 OK!
Executing CLUSTERLOG CHECKPOINT=15 on node 4 OK!

MySQL Cluster presentation at Oracle Open World 2010

As part of “MySQL Sunday” at this year’s Oracle Open World, Mat Keep and I will be presenting on the latest MySQL Cluster features. We’ll be presenting at 15:30 (Pacific Time) on 19th September (the event starts with a key note at 12:30).

If you’re attending Oracle Open World then please indicate that you’d like to attend the MySQL Sunday when you register. If you aren’t planning to go to Oracle Open World but will be in the San Francisco area then buying a Discover pass (only $50 if you register by 16 July) will get you into the MySQL Sunday sessions. Register here.

For details on the presentations and speakers, check here.

Webinar today – Scaling Web Services with MySQL Cluster, Part 1: An Alternative to MySQL Server & memcached

The replay of this webinar is now available from http://www.mysql.com/news-and-events/on-demand-webinars/display-od-545.html

MySQL and memcached has become, and will remain, the foundation for many dynamic web services with proven deployments in some of the largest and most prolific names on the web. There are classes of web services however that are update-intensive, demanding real-time responsiveness and continuous availability. In these cases, MySQL Cluster provides the familiarity and ease-of-use of the regular MySQL Server, while delivering significantly higher levels of write performance with less complexity, lower latency and 99.999% availability. This webinar will discuss the use-cases for both approaches, and provide an insight into how MySQL Cluster is enabling users to scale their update-intensive web services.

The webinar starts at 09:00 Pacific/17:00 UK/18:00 CET today (June 9th 2010).

Still time to register (for free) at http://www.mysql.com/news-and-events/web-seminars/display-545.html – even if you can’t attend, this way you’ll get sent a link to the charts and replay.

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Download, install, configure, run and test MySQL Cluster in under 15 minutes

Single host Cluster

A series of quick-start guides are now available to get you up and running with MySQL Cluster in as little time as possible; they are available for LINUX/Mac OS X, Windows and Solaris. The configuration is intentionally a simple one – 2 data nodes, 1 management node and 1 MySQL Server. Once you have this up and running, your next experiment may be to extend this over multiple hosts.

Download the Quick Start Guide for your platform below:

• MySQL Cluster Quick Start for Linux – also works for Mac OS X
• MySQL Cluster Quick Start for Windows
• MySQL Cluster Quick Start for Solaris

These links are also available from the MySQL Cluster download page.

The intent is that these guides should be simple to follow even if you have never tried MySQL Cluster (or even MySQL) before. Any comments or suggested improvements would be appreciated.

MySQL Cluster 7.1.4b binaries released

The binary version for MySQL Cluster 7.1.4b has now been made available at http://www.mysql.com/downloads/cluster/

A description of all of the changes (fixes) that have gone into MySQL Cluster 7.1.4b (compared to 7.1.3) can be found in the MySQL Cluster 7.1.4b Change Log.

Breakfast seminar on what’s new with MySQL – London

If you’re in London on Thursday 24th June then there’s a great chance to find out what’s new in MySQL.

Join us for an Oracle MySQL Breakfast Seminar to better understand Oracle’s MySQL strategy and what’s new with MySQL!
Agenda:
09:00 a.m.    Welcome Coffee/Tea
09:30 a.m.    Oracle’s MySQL Strategy
10:00 a.m.    What’s New – The MySQL Server & MySQL Cluster
10.45 a.m.    Coffee/Tea Break
11:00 a.m.    What’s New – MySQL Enterprise & MySQL Workbench
11:45 a.m.    Q&A
12:00 noon    End of the Breakfast Seminar

Cost?
None, it’s a free event! But places are limited and the seminar is held on a first come first served basis, so register quickly!

Location:

Sun Microsystem’s Customer Briefing Center
Regis House
45 King William Street
London EC4R 9AN
Tel: (020) 7628 3000

Image courtesy of Anirudh Koul.

MySQL Cluster Scores with Pyro and Cell C at the FIFA World Cup – new case study

The Pyro Group has selected the MySQL Cluster database to power their InRoam SDP (Service Delivery Platform). InRoam enables Cell C and their network partners to provide low cost, border-less mobile communications services to hundreds of thousands of football fans from around the world as they descend on South Africa for the 2010 FIFA World Cup tournament.

This new case study can be downloaded from http://www.mysql.com/why-mysql/case-studies/mysql_cs-pyro_telecoms.php

Solution Overview

• Pyro InRoam SDP is an intelligent application enabling subscribers to communicate with ease across borders
• Migrated from a Microsoft platform with SQL Server to offer greater choice and less restrictive licensing
• MySQL Cluster selected to power the SDP as a result of high transactional throughput, low latency, carrier-grade availability and low cost
• MySQL Cluster database supports 7 million roaming subscribers per day, performing 1,000 reads or 500 writes per second on up to 1TB of data accessed over SQL and the native NDB C++ API