“We wanted a solution which was backward compatible with our frameworks, as we have used mainly MySQL, which was reliable and nearly 100% data consistent. If our application were to execute a commit and receive a successful response, we needed a 100% guarantee that we have rows of data in our database — and for more than that one instance.”
There were many options E-CARD explored. “First, we tried MySQL NDB Cluster. That was a very frustrating experience. After that we tried a few other plugins and extensions of MySQL, but they weren’t complete solutions. At the end of this process, we found Galera with MySQL. It responded to our needs nearly 100% of the time.”
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