MySQL Cluster is a write-scalable, real-time, ACID-compliant transactional database, designed to deliver 99.999% availability. With a distributed, multi-master architecture and no single point of failure, MySQL Cluster scales horizontally on commodity hardware with auto-sharding (partitioning) to serve read and write intensive workloads, accessed via SQL and NoSQL interfaces.

It is available as both open source and commercial editions. The Community (OSS) Edition is available under the free software/opensource GNU General Public License (commonly known as the "GPL"). MySQL Cluster is provided as a separate download so that users can have access to builds from the latest source releases of the MySQL Cluster Carrier Grade Edition (http://www.mysql.com/downloads/clustercge/).

Get up and running fast. Download the Quick Start Guide for your platform below:

• MySQL Cluster Quick Start for Linux - also works for Mac OS X
• MySQL Cluster Quick Start for Windows
• MySQL Cluster Quick Start for Solaris

Download the Evaluation Guide to learn the fundamentals of how to design and select the proper components for building a successful Proof-of-Concept with MySQL Cluster evaluation. The Guide works through basic functional testing and evaluation best-practices.

• MySQL Cluster 7.2 Evaluation Guide