A Beginners Guide to MySQL Replication Part 5: Group Replication


 

This article is part of Aisha Bukar’s 6 part series on MySQL Replication. The entries include:

Part 1: Introduction to MySQL Replication Part 2: Configuring Source and Replicas Part 3: Multi-Source Replication Part 4: Using GTID Based Replication  MySQL Group replication is a remarkable feature introduced in MySQL 5.7 as a plugin. This technology allows you to create a reliable group of database servers. One of the most important features of MySQL’s group replication is that it allows these servers to store redundant data. This allows the database state to be replicated across multiple servers making it efficient