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ndbd
In a MySQL Cluster, a set of ndbd processes cooperate in handling data. These processes can execute on the same computer (host) or on different computers. The correspondences between data nodes and Cluster hosts is completely configurable.
ndbd generates a set of log files which are placed in the directory specified by DataDir in the config.ini configuration file.
These log files are listed below. node_id is the node's unique identifier. Note that node_id represents the node's unique identifier. For example, ndb_2_error.log is the error log generated by the data node whose node ID is 2.
Date/Time: Saturday 30 July 2004 - 00:20:01 Type of error: error Message: Internal program error (failed ndbrequire) Fault ID: 2341 Problem data: DbtupFixAlloc.cpp Object of reference: DBTUP (Line: 173) ProgramName: NDB Kernel ProcessID: 14909 TraceFile: ndb_2_trace.log.2 ***EOM***
Important
The last entry in the error log file is not necessarily the newest one
(nor is it likely to be). Entries in the error log are
not
listed in chronological order; rather, they correspond to the order of the trace files as determined in the
ndb_node_id_trace.log.next
file (see below). Error log entries are thus overwritten in a cyclical and not sequential fashion.
It is possible to configure the number of these trace files that will be created before old files are overwritten. trace_id is a number which is incremented for each successive trace file.
It is recommended not to use a directory mounted through NFS because in some environments this can cause problems whereby the lock on the .pid file remains in effect even after the process has terminated.
To start ndbd, it may also be necessary to specify the hostname of the management server and the port on which it is listening. Optionally, one may also specify the node ID that the process is to use.
shell> ndbd --connect-string="nodeid=2;host=ndb_mgmd.mysql.com:1186"
See Section 3.4.2, "The Cluster Connectstring", for additional information about this issue. Section 5.2, "Command Options for MySQL Cluster Processes", describes other options for ndbd.
When ndbd starts, it actually initiates two processes. The first of these is called the "angel process"; its only job is to discover when the execution process has been completed, and then to restart the ndbd process if it is configured to do so. Thus, if you attempt to kill ndbd via the Unix kill command, it is necessary to kill both processes, beginning with the angel process. The preferred method of terminating an ndbd process is to use the management client and stop the process from there.
The execution process uses one thread for reading, writing, and scanning data, as well as all other activities. This thread is implemented asynchronously so that it can easily handle thousands of concurrent activites. In addition, a watch-dog thread supervises the execution thread to make sure that it does not hang in an endless loop. A pool of threads handles file I/O, with each thread able to handle one open file. Threads can also be used for transporter connections by the transporters in the ndbd process. In a multi-processor system performing a large number of operations (including updates), the ndbd process can consume up to 2 CPUs if permitted to do so.
For a machine with many CPUs it is possible to use several ndbd processes which belong to different node groups; however, such a configuration is still considered experimental and is not supported for MySQL 5.0 in a production setting. See Section 10, "Known Limitations of MySQL Cluster".
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