Re: NDB Cluster Source code

[Mikael Ronström]

Hi Sandy,
I wrote a book MySQL Cluster 7.5 inside and out that covers
a number of things about the internals of NDB.

The code for replication inside NDB is handled by code in
the directories storage/ndb/src/kernel/blocks.

Very quick intro to those is the following:
QMGR: Takes care of heartbeats, entry into the cluster
NDBCNTR: Handles part of the restart process and assists QMGR
DBDIH: Responsible for database recovery, handles data distribution

The actual replication happens as part of the transaction protocol.
DBTC is the transaction controller.

Transaction participants are controlled from DBLQH (Local Query Handler)
assisted by DBTUP (Tuple manager), DBACC (Hash index), DBTUX (Ordered index),
BACKUP (Checkpoints and backup), RESTORE (recovery).

Also DBUTIL, TRIX, SUMA have roles in replication.

If you have more questions feel free to ask. I check the forum every now
and then. If you have more detailed questions you can reach me at
mikael dot ronstrom at gmail dot com.