New MySQL Terminology for High Availability

Kenny Gryp is a good friend who is working for Oracle these days and is really really good with MySQL. He recently wrote a great article about something that is changing for all the right reasons, namely the terms you use to refer to a master or slave server (speaking customarily, being an old timer).

The new nomenclature for #mysql replication is good, and will take some time to get used to but this is a good time to get it over with.

The article is available here on the MySQL High Availability Blog