Typically, the MySQL
database runs on each Aspera Orchestrator node across shared MySQL data. This MySQL database
is delivered with the Aspera Common Components and is supported by the Aspera Support team. An
external MySQL database with an high availability solution of its own is also a possible
solution, although IBM Aspera will not support that option.
Note: The Oracle MySQL cluster
solution comes with the NDB engine; this will not interoperate with Orchestrator because
only MySQL with the InnoDB engine is supported.
Make sure that the date and time is identical on all nodes in the cluster (including the
shared storage). Consider using NTP (Network Time Protocol) to synchronize the software clock
of your Linux systems with Internet timeservers.