Choosing a MySQL Replication Strategy

MySQL supports several replication formats:

• Statement-Based Replication (SBR), which replicates entire SQL statements
• Row-Based Replication (RBR), which replicates only changed rows.
• Mixed-Based Replication (MBR), which is a combination of the two.

With Statement-Based Replication, SQL statements are propagated using the standard statement-based, binary logging format. That is the default replication format in the version of MySQL that ships with the platform.

Row-based binary logging is a mechanism that logs changes in individual table rows. With row-based replication, the master writes events to the binary log that indicate how individual table rows are changed.

When mixed format is in effect, statement-based logging is used by default, but automatically switches to row-based logging when it is necessary to do so.

Learn More:

• Replication: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/replication.html
• Replication formats: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/replication-formats.html
• Comparison of Statement-Based and Row-Based Replication:
  http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/replication-sbr-rbr.html
• How To Set Up Database Replication In MySQL:
  http://www.howtoforge.com/mysql_database_replication