Windows Server Failover Clustering
Only available in select Commercial Editions
With the certification and support of MySQL with Windows Server Failover Clustering (WSFC), organizations can safely deploy business-critical applications demanding high levels of availability, powered by MySQL Enterprise Edition and using native Windows Clustering services.
Failures of either MySQL or the underlying server are automatically detected and the MySQL instance is restarted on the Standby node. Applications accessing the database, as well as any MySQL replication slaves, can automatically reconnect to the new host running MySQL using the same Virtual IP address. Administrators can also initiate a failover themselves when they need to take a server offline for maintenance.