Tuning MySQL Cluster storage nodes

In this recipe, we will cover some simple techniques to get the most performance out of storage nodes in a MySQL Cluster.

This recipe assumes that your cluster is already working and configured, and discusses specific and simple tips to improve performance.

How to do it...

MySQL Cluster supports a conditional pushdown feature, which allows for a significant reduction in the amount of data sent between SQL and storage nodes during the execution of a query. In typical storage engines, a WHERE query is executed at a higher level than the storage engine. Typically, this is a relatively cheap operation as the data is being moved around in memory on the same node. However, with MySQL Cluster, this effectively involves ...

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