using it. It is not a document explaining how to setup MySQL native replication
either. Copious external resources are available for both. This document
presumes you have the basics down.
-
+
=head1 DESCRIPTION
L<DBIx::Class> supports a framework for using database replication. This system
-is integrated completely, which means once it's setup you should be able to
+is integrated completely, which means once it's setup you should be able to
automatically just start using a replication cluster without additional work or
changes to your code. Some caveats apply, primarily related to the proper use
of transactions (you are wrapping all your database modifying statements inside
L<MySQL::Sandbox>.
If you are using this with a L<Catalyst> based application, you may also want
-to see more recent updates to L<Catalyst::Model::DBIC::Schema>, which has
+to see more recent updates to L<Catalyst::Model::DBIC::Schema>, which has
support for replication configuration options as well.
=head1 REPLICATED STORAGE
is assigned a storage_type, which when fully connected will reflect your
underlying storage engine as defined by your chosen database driver. For
example, if you connect to a MySQL database, your storage_type will be
-L<DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI::mysql> Your storage type class will contain
+L<DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI::mysql> Your storage type class will contain
database specific code to help smooth over the differences between databases
and let L<DBIx::Class> do its thing.
If you want to use replication, you will override this setting so that the
-replicated storage engine will 'wrap' your underlying storages and present
+replicated storage engine will 'wrap' your underlying storages and present
a unified interface to the end programmer. This wrapper storage class will
delegate method calls to either a master database or one or more replicated
databases based on if they are read only (by default sent to the replicants)
-or write (reserved for the master). Additionally, the Replicated storage
+or write (reserved for the master). Additionally, the Replicated storage
will monitor the health of your replicants and automatically drop them should
one exceed configurable parameters. Later, it can automatically restore a
replicant when its health is restored.
a transaction, replicated storage will automatically delegate all database
traffic to the master storage. There are several ways to enable this high
integrity mode, but wrapping your statements inside a transaction is the easy
-and canonical option.
+and canonical option.
=head1 PARTS OF REPLICATED STORAGE
'balancer_args' get passed to the balancer when it's instantiated. All
balancers have the 'auto_validate_every' option. This is the number of seconds
we allow to pass between validation checks on a load balanced replicant. So
-the higher the number, the more possibility that your reads to the replicant
+the higher the number, the more possibility that your reads to the replicant
may be inconsistent with what's on the master. Setting this number too low
will result in increased database loads, so choose a number with care. Our
experience is that setting the number around 5 seconds results in a good