Tungsten Clustering vs. DIY Solution
Learn why Tungsten Clustering is a better (complete, proven) and more cost-effective (software, 24/7 support and consulting all included) MySQL High Availability (HA), Disaster Recovery (DR) and Geographically-Distributed (Geo-Scale) solution compared to DIY Solution.
For any MySQL clustering to be a complete high-availability and disaster recovery solution, it requires three core components working in sync: connectivity (proxy), management (orchestration) and replication (local/global).
Tungsten Clustering includes three highly integrated and fully tested components Tungsten Proxy, Tungsten Manager and Tungsten Replicator working together to provide both local (individual clusters) and global (multiple clusters working together) data service for continuous 24/7 MySQL operations.
Connectivity
Complete and Integrated
(Tungsten Proxy)
Orchestration
Integrated Business Rules
(Tungsten Manager)
Replication
Advanced Local
(Tungsten Replicator)
“Do It Yourself” may seem attractive to be able to pick and choose technologies, but the level of effort is quite high when considering the high level of orchestration required to maintain a highly available cluster. The effort grows exponentially when adding additional sites or creating a geo-deployment. In a critical system, failure scenarios must be fully enumerated and tested to ensure continuous operations. When questions arise or incidents occur, support is generally not available for a DIY system.
Connectivity
Direct or 3rd party solution
Orchestration
Depends on level of effort and time
Replication
Pick replication choice for local clusters, use asynchronous for global replication
Tungsten Cluster | DIY Solution | |
---|---|---|
Connectivity | Complete and Integrated (Tungsten Proxy) |
Direct or 3rd party solution |
Orchestration | Integrated Business Rules (Tungsten Manager) |
Depends on level of effort and time |
Replication | Advanced Local (Tungsten Replicator) |
Pick replication choice for local clusters, use asynchronous for global replication |
Do-It-Yourself (DIY) MySQL Clustering Solution Comparison
Use Cases Supported
Features & Benefits
Support Services
Intangibles
Tungsten Clustering
Tungsten Clustering comes at an equal or often lower total cost of ownership (TCO) versus alternative solutions and provides access to the best MySQL database engineers at a moments notice via 24/7 human-only enterprise support.
The Tungsten Clustering family of products is the only complete, fully-integrated, fully-tested MySQL HA, DR and geo-clustering solution running on-premises and in the cloud combined with industry-best and fastest, 24/7 support for business-critical MySQL, MariaDB, & Percona Server applications.
Upgrade From the Following Solutions
(aka XtraDB Cluster and MariaDB Cluster)
(such as with ProxySQL and Orchestrator)