High Availability

An availability group is set of leaves which store data redundantly to ensure high availability. Each availability group contains a copy of every partition in the system - some as masters and some as replicas. Currently, SingleStore DB supports up to two availability groups. You can set the number of availability groups via the redundancy_level variable on the master aggregator. From this point forward, we’ll discuss the redundancy-2 case.

The placement of replica partitions in a cluster can be specified via the leaf_failover_fanout variable. SingleStore DB supports two modes for partition placement: paired and load_balanced. In paired mode, each leaf in an availability group has a corresponding pair node in the other availability group. A leaf and its pair share the same set of partitions, but the masters are split evenly between them. In the event of a failure, SingleStore DB will automatically promote replica partitions on a leaf’s pair. In load_balanced mode, master partitions are evenly placed on leaves. The master partitions on every leaf in an availability group have their replica partitions spread evenly among a set of leaves in the opposite availability group. For more information, see Managing High Availability.

By default, the ADD LEAF command will add a leaf into the smaller of the two groups. However, if you know your cluster’s topology in advance, you can specify the group explicitly with the INTO GROUP N suffix. By grouping together machines that share resources like a network switch or power supply, you can isolate common hardware failures to a single group and dramatically improve the cluster’s uptime.

SingleStore DB automatically displays which availability group a leaf belongs to in the SHOW LEAVES command.

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