MySQL Cluster

MySQL Cluster
Developer(s)Oracle
Initial releaseNovember 2004
Stable release
8.4.5 / April 16, 2025 (2025-04-16)
Operating systemCross-platform
Available inEnglish
TypeRDBMS
LicenseGNU General Public License (version 2, with linking exception) or commercial EULA
Website

MySQL Cluster , also known as MySQL Ndb Cluster is a technology providing shared-nothing clustering and auto-sharding for the MySQL database management system. It is designed to provide high availability and high throughput with low latency, while allowing for near linear scalability. MySQL Cluster is implemented through the NDB or NDBCLUSTER storage engine for MySQL ("NDB" stands for Network Database).