Hi Cole,

When you first requested int-mysql-master IP address, it probably
failed to resolve and a negative response (NXDOMAIN) was cached for
300 seconds. This could happen if you are requesting int-mysql-master
IP before it was fully initialized.

Nick

On Apr 7, 7:17 am, Cole <[email protected]> wrote:
> If this is true, then what could be causing the delay?
>
> Thanks,
> Cole
>
> On Apr 6, 4:15 pm, Nickolas Toursky <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Hi Cole,
>
> > This value is intented to be used as the minimum possible TTL for the
> > zone as per RFC 1035, but in fact it only reflects negative caching
> > time to live. In other words, for this number of seconds NXDOMAIN
> > reponse (DNS entry not found) is returned by resolver after it has
> > failed to resolve domain name.
>
> > Regards,
> > Nick
>
> > On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 9:07 PM, Cole <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > If you are logged into Scalr and on the Home tab, just click
> > > applications, then in your application (must be running), under
> > > options select "Edit DNS Zone".  Once you have the DNS options up, you
> > > will see right at the top Minimum TTL listed as 300 -- and you can not
> > > change this value.  Any ideas?
>
> > > Thanks,
> > > Cole
>
> > > On Apr 2, 8:08 pm, Alex Kovalyov <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >> On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 8:36 PM, Cole <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > >> > In Scalr's DNS I have noticed the is has a setting for Minimum TTL
> > >> > which cannot be changed, and is set at 300.
>
> > >> May I ask you to point me to the place where you're seeing this value?
>
> > >> > overriding the 20 ttl for the int-myswl-master.  Is there anyway to
> > >> > change this so that the DNS updates quickly in case of a failure?
>
> > >> > On Apr 2, 2:04 am, Cole <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >> >> Hi,
>
> > >> >> Thank you so much for your response, it was very helpful.
>
> > >> >> I have a few morequestionsas well.
> > >> >> I have setup a mysql farm on scalr with 3 instances, but I am having
> > >> >> trouble accessing the master through a Windows instance that is also
> > >> >> on the same AWS account. This windows instance is hosting the domain
> > >> >> name I own.
>
> > >> >> The issue is that after I shut down the master mySql server (to
> > >> >> simulate a crash) and let a slave automatically promote itself to a
> > >> >> master, it takes a long time for the DNS (5 minutes at least) to be
> > >> >> correctly resolved on this windows instance.
>
> > >> >> If from a cmd prompt I do:
> > >> >> nslookup int-mysql-master.db2test.mydomain.com
>
> > >> >> I will get the follow response:
> > >> >> Server:  ip-172-16-0-23.ec2.internal
> > >> >> Address:  172.16.0.23
> > >> >> *** ip-172-16-0-23.ec2.internal can't find int-mysql-
> > >> >> master.db2test.forexonthego.com: Non-existent domain
>
> > >> >> The odd thing though, is if I keep doing the nslookup, after a while
> > >> >> it will finally show me the correct address, at which point I can then
> > >> >> login to mysql through the int-mysql-master.  If I just use the
> > >> >> correct internal IP that scalr shows in the dns panel, I can log in
> > >> >> that way (long before the dns starts resolving correctly).
>
> > >> >> Incase this helps, in Scalr the dns settings for the things I can
> > >> >> change are:
> > >> >> www 14400 IN CNAME db2test.mydomain.com.
> > >> >> db2test.mydomain.com. 14400 IN NS ns3.scalr.net.
>
> > >> >> At godaddy (my domain registra) I added to the name servers to have
> > >> >> db2test pointing to ns1.scalr.net, ns2.scalr.net, and ns3.scalr.net
> > >> >> Any ideas for this?
>
> > >> >> Thanks,
> > >> >> Cole
>
> > >> >> On Apr 1, 10:03 am, Nickolas Toursky <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > >> >> > Hi Cole,
>
> > >> >> > 1. MySQL data snapshotting routine locks databases for write queries
> > >> >> > for some time, but they are still available for reads. Lock time
> > >> >> > heavily depends on data storage engine chosen. For large databases 
> > >> >> > you
> > >> >> > should consider using either LVM or EBS storage. Anyway, exact lock
> > >> >> > time could only be determined experimentally for your setup.
>
> > >> >> > 2. Databases backup feature uses 'mysqldump' utility with all of its
> > >> >> > dis/advantages. Backups are stored on S3. Again, backup time depends
> > >> >> > on many factors and could not be predicted in general.
>
> > >> >> > 3. If EBS was chosen as data storage engine, all the EBS management
> > >> >> > will be done automatically. You don't have to setup 
> > >> >> > volumes/snapshots
> > >> >> > on the EBS tab.
>
> > >> >> > 4. All the availability zones in the US are placed on the east 
> > >> >> > coast.
> > >> >> > If you need your instances to be in the different availability 
> > >> >> > zones,
> > >> >> > you should choose 'Place in different zones' option for 'Placement' 
> > >> >> > in
> > >> >> > the role settings ("Placement and type" tab).
>
> > >> >> > 5. int-mysql subdomain round-robins through all the MySQL instances,
> > >> >> > this is correct. You should use int-mysql-master for write queries.
>
> > >> >> > Nick
>
> > >> >> > On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 8:01 AM, Cole <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > >> >> > > Hello,
>
> > >> >> > > I've just setup Scalr so that I can get some highly available 
> > >> >> > > MySQL
> > >> >> > > servers up on EC2.  I am new, and looking for any documentation or
> > >> >> > > info about Scalr, and I can't hardly find anything, so if you 
> > >> >> > > know of
> > >> >> > > any, please point me in the right direction.
>
> > >> >> > > In the mean time, I have a fewquestionsthat would really help me 
> > >> >> > > out
> > >> >> > > if you could answer.
>
> > >> >> > > 1. When setting up a mysqllvm farm, if I enable "Bundle and save 
> > >> >> > > mysql
> > >> >> > > data snapshot every 48hrs"  Will the database be unavailable 
> > >> >> > > while the
> > >> >> > > bundle is taking place? If so, how long will it be unavailable?
>
> > >> >> > > 2. If I enable "Periodically backup databases every 15 mins" will 
> > >> >> > > the
> > >> >> > > backup cause any interruption to the database service?  If so how
> > >> >> > > long, and what type of backup is being performed (an export?) and
> > >> >> > > where is it stored?
>
> > >> >> > > 3. If under storage engine in the MySQL Settings tab I select 
> > >> >> > > EBS, do
> > >> >> > > I need to also specify to attach an empty EBS volume under the EBS
> > >> >> > > tab? Or will doing that create a second EBS drive?
>
> > >> >> > > 4. When I build a farm I have to select an east or west coast 
> > >> >> > > region.
> > >> >> > > How can I put a slave in a different zone for redundancy?
>
> > >> >> > > 5.  In the information I could find, Scalr uses a single master 
> > >> >> > > multi
> > >> >> > > slave system for MySQL -- but DNS round robins, so that write 
> > >> >> > > could go
> > >> >> > > to any of the instances, not just the master.  This seems more 
> > >> >> > > like a
> > >> >> > > master-master setup.  Which one is it?  And is there some type of
> > >> >> > > locking mechanism that prevents errors, such as a primary key 
> > >> >> > > being
> > >> >> > > issued to two different instances at the same time?
>
> > >> >> > > Thanks in advance for you help,
> > >> >> > > Cole
>
>
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