> - synchronous multi-master cluster (Galera, Group Replication)
Which doesn't work, see [1]. What other features of those you listed the authors claim that work, and just don't when you look deeper?
Lot of the big companies are using MySQL as a NoSQL database, and that's not a bad way to use MySQL, but it's a pretty bad relational database, see [2].
If you've read the aphyr link with this (and the rest of his conclusion):
> Unfortunately, even in totally healthy clusters, with no node failures or network failures, Galera Cluster does not satisfy its claims of Snapshot Isolation
...how on earth can you straight-facedly claim that it's a plus point for MySQL over PostgreSQL?
Which doesn't work, see [1]. What other features of those you listed the authors claim that work, and just don't when you look deeper?
Lot of the big companies are using MySQL as a NoSQL database, and that's not a bad way to use MySQL, but it's a pretty bad relational database, see [2].
[1]: https://aphyr.com/posts/327-call-me-maybe-mariadb-galera-clu...
[2]: https://grimoire.ca/mysql/choose-something-else