Tungsten University

TungstenCluster Master Class

Learn All You Need To Know

Tungsten Cluster is a complete solution for MySQL high availability (HA), disaster recovery (DR), and geo-clustering. It works on-premises and in the cloud, with industry-best 24/7/365 support for business-critical MySQL, MariaDB, & Percona Server applications.

Gain a clear, practical understanding of Tungsten Cluster’s architecture and operations, including the roles of the Manager, Connector, and Replicator, and how they work together to deliver continuous MySQL availability and zero-downtime maintenance.

Whether you’re new to Tungsten or looking to deepen your understanding of its internals, this master class sets a strong foundation for mastering Tungsten Cluster.

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Schedule

Follow the training sessions for the Tungsten Cluster master class as per the schedule below.

Basic

Under the Hood

This session explains key benefits and compares core topologies: STA, CAP, CAA, DAA, and DDG.

Tungsten Replicator – How we Move Your Data

This session clarifies extractor and applier roles, explains lifecycle states, and maps each pipeline stage including parallel apply.

Simple Cluster Installation

This session covers environment decisions, prerequisite checks, and documentation resources and checklists to streamline setup.

Working with Command Line Tools

This session covers command-line tools and how to use them safely in production environments.

Intermediate

Maintenance

This session demonstrates when and how to place the cluster in maintenance, shun nodes, apply configuration changes, and re-introduce nodes cleanly.

Monitoring & Troubleshooting

This session explains datasource and replicator states, shows how to read cctrl status for roles/latency, and pinpoints problems using the logs.

Backup & Recovery

This session covers backup planning, compares tools, and shows how to run cluster-integrated backups with datasource/cluster backup commands and cron automation.

Provisioning Datasources

This session explains how tprovision runs on the target host, triggers a backup on the chosen source, streams and restores it, removes old THL, and brings the node back into the cluster.

Connector (Proxy) Deep Dive

This session walks through connector utilities, QoS controls, and load balancing.

Multi Cluster Topologies – Composite Active-Passive

This session covers planning and prerequisites, operational behavior, and the relay role that becomes Primary on a controlled switch between sites.

Using the API

This session explains API foundations, how to set admin users, control authentication and ports, and change listen addresses for remote access.

Using the Tungsten Cluster TMI

This session reviews the topologies available through the TMI, explains prerequisites and security rules, and shows how to get a cluster running.

Advanced

Maximize Performance With Parallel Apply

This session explains schema-based partitioning, safe concurrency rules, and configuration.

Multi Cluster Topologies — Composite Active-Active

This session details prerequisites and risks, conflict-avoidance strategies, and Connector behavior during site failure and re-routing.

Multi Cluster Topologies – Dynamic Active-Active

This session explains prerequisites and considerations, Connector write/read affinity options, and how recovery behavior can automatically reset back to the preferred site when it returns.

Distributed Datasource Groups (DDG)

This session explains DDG architecture, when it avoids cross-site failover, and how reads are local while writes go to the global Primary.

Securing Your Cluster With SSL

This session explains what “SSL” means in practice (TLS), why organizations require it, and how keystores/truststores work for Java-based services in Tungsten Cluster.

Replicating Out of a Cluster

This session explains architecture and use cases, supported targets, and how the standalone Replicator remains cluster-aware while enabling filtering and bi-directional options.