Introducing multi-source replication on Amazon RDS for MySQL
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This article introduces multi-source replication in Amazon RDS for MySQL, a feature that allows a MySQL DB instance to receive and apply binary log events from multiple source DB instances.
Specifically, the article covers:
- Introduction to multi-source replication topology
- Use cases for multi-source replication
- Best practices and considerations for configuration and operations
- Setting up multi-source replication in Amazon RDS for MySQL
- Example of using replicate_rewrite_db in multi-source replication
The article concludes by encouraging readers to try out this new feature for complex operations with minimal configuration changes.
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