Is MySQL centralized or distributed?

Is MySQL a distributed database?

MySQL Cluster is the distributed database combining linear scalability and high availability. It provides in-memory real-time access with transactional consistency across partitioned and distributed datasets.

Does MySQL support distributed transaction?

Among the MySQL Connectors, MySQL Connector/J 5.0. 0 and higher supports XA directly, by means of a class interface that handles the XA SQL statement interface for you. XA supports distributed transactions, that is, the ability to permit multiple separate transactional resources to participate in a global transaction.

Is SQL server distributed database?

A distributed SQL database is a single relational database which replicates data across multiple servers. Distributed SQL databases are strongly consistent and most support consistency across racks, data centers, and wide area networks including cloud availability zones and cloud geographic zones.

Are database servers centralized or distributed?

Centralized databases store data on a single CPU bound to a single certain physical/geographical location. Distributed databases, however, rely on a central DBMS which manages all its different storage devices remotely, as it is not necessary for them to be kept in the same physical and/or geographical location.