Database cluster... without Master/Slave?

Hi there!

I'm wondering if it is possible to have a set of SQLdb servers to which data is written and have them replicate, avoiding conflicting information.

I imagine that a Master/Slave structure would be mandatory, I would like to know if a system where servers have no hierarchy could support replication.

Currently I'm using MySQL, but I would be happy to move to another database if needed.

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Any ideas? :)

From serverfault RadiantHex

• You could have a multi-master setup / cluster.

  See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-master_replication

  Postgresql has similar features to Mysql but it considered more enterprise class, yet is also OSS. It is easy to get excellent support for it via #postgresql on irc.freenode.net

  I'm not sure if there would be some affects on ACID though.

  Warner : What would you say makes Postgres more "enterprise class"?

  Brennan : Postgres has been historically more of an enterprise class database because: Better adherence to SQL Superior ACID compliance. A richer feature set It did not install a risky storage engine by default (MyIsam) Full support for foreign keys Full transactions support Please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_relational_database_management_systems & http://troels.arvin.dk/db/rdbms/ for more details
  From Brennan

• Multi master setup is the only one setup whith no hierarchy to comes to my mind right know. By the way, there's the DRDB option for replicating data that might fit your needs using DRDB and Heartbeat for failover.

  From Maxwell