https://www.infoq.com InfoQ Clusters feed https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/03/uber-mysql-uptime-consensus/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Clusters <img src="https://res.infoq.com/news/2026/03/uber-mysql-uptime-consensus/en/headerimage/consensus-1772309087126.jpeg"/><p>Uber redesigned its MySQL fleet using a consensus-driven architecture based on MySQL Group Replication, reducing cluster failover time from minutes to seconds. By moving leader election and failure detection into the database layer, Uber improved availability, simplified external orchestration, and strengthened consistency across thousands of production clusters.</p> <i>By Leela Kumili</i> Fault Tolerance MySQL Relational Databases Protocol Scalability Cloud Architecture Infrastructure Clusters Database Replication Paxos Reliability Distributed Systems Availability Architecture & Design DevOps Development news Wed, 11 Mar 2026 14:15:00 GMT https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/03/uber-mysql-uptime-consensus/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Clusters Leela Kumili 2026-03-11T14:15:00Z /news/2026/03/uber-mysql-uptime-consensus/en