1 Installation

Before you try to install a cluster, it is important that you know how a cluster in MySQL Cluster spreads out over multiple computers. It does so by creating three different types of nodes, which do three different jobs:

Image   Storage nodes—These nodes hold the data in the cluster and do most of the actual work processing queries.

Image   Management nodes—These nodes keep the configuration of the cluster and provide a central point from which to manage the cluster.

   SQL nodes—These nodes are typically MySQL daemons that accept, parse, ...

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