At Soundbreak we play live audio and video 24 hours a day, so we couldn't do a very convincing test of MySQL's new replication features. Through testing, we found that we can use this feature to maintain data synchronization with the backup database server, so that when the main server fails for some reason, the backup machine can be used to process all queries. For such requirements, it is not difficult to configure two servers. I will discuss the entire process in detail and also discuss how to use PHP to redirect queries when the main server fails.
The MySQL internal replication function is established between two or more servers and is implemented by setting the master-slave relationship between them. One of them acts as the master server, and the other acts as the slave server. I will discuss in detail how to configure two servers, making one the master and the other a slave. And describe the process of switching between them. I performed the configuration setting process on MySQL version 3.23.23, and also conducted the test on this version. MySQL developers recommend that it is best to use the latest version and that both master and slave servers use the same version. At the same time, MySQL version 3.23 is still a beta version, and this version may not be backward compatible. So for this reason, in actual websites, I am not using this version yet. One benefit of having fault tolerance is that the server can be upgraded without interrupting any queries.
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