Tungsten Clustering vs. Galera Cluster
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 Codership's Galera Cluster and its derivatives, MariaDB Cluster and Percona XtraDB Cluster.
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)
Galera Cluster is a decent solution for local MySQL HA needs, especially when dealing with smaller sized transactions. As workloads increase, transactions become larger, or if geo distribution is needed, Galera Cluster becomes less attractive due to significant performance overhead. Also a 3rd-party proxy or load balancer would be needed for maximum performance and availability benefits.
Connectivity
Direct (benefits from 3rd party proxy or load balancer)
Orchestration
Limited
Replication
Sync replication for local needs, N/A for multi-site/global needs
Tungsten Cluster | Galera Cluster | |
---|---|---|
Connectivity | Complete and Integrated (Tungsten Proxy) |
Direct (benefits from 3rd party proxy or load balancer) |
Orchestration | Integrated Business Rules (Tungsten Manager) |
Limited |
Replication | Advanced Local (Tungsten Replicator) |
Sync replication for local needs, N/A for multi-site/global needs |
Galera Cluster 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)