:Setting Up Master-Master Replication On Four Nodes With MySQL 5 On Debian Etch
Setting Up Master-Master Replication On Four Nodes With MySQL 5 On Debian Etch Nov 22, 2008, 03 :03 UTC (0 Talkback[s]) (3321 reads) (Other stories by Falko Timmer)
"Since version 5, MySQL comes with built-in support for master-master replication, solving the problem that can happen with self-generated keys. In former MySQL versions, the problem with master-master replication was that conflicts arose immediately if node A and node B both inserted an auto-incrementing key on the same table. The advantages of master-master replication over the traditional master-slave replication are that you don't have to modify your applications to make write accesses only to the master, and that it is easier to provide high-availability because if the master fails, you still have the other master."
