MySQL 8.0 Reference Manual Including MySQL NDB Cluster 8.0

25.2.4 What is New in MySQL NDB Cluster 8.0

The following sections describe changes in the implementation of MySQL NDB Cluster in NDB Cluster 8.0 through 8.0.42, as compared to earlier release series.

NDB Cluster 8.4 is also available for production; while NDB 8.0 is still supported, we suggest that you use NDB 8.4 for new deployments; for more information, see MySQL NDB Cluster 8.4. NDB Cluster 9.3 is available as a Development release for preview and testing of new features currently under development; see What is New in NDB Cluster 9.4.

NDB Cluster 7.6 (see What is New in NDB Cluster 7.6) is a previous GA release which is still supported in production, although we recommend that new deployments for production use MySQL NDB Cluster 8.4. NDB Cluster 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 were previous GA releases which have reached their end of life, and are no longer supported or maintained. We recommend that new deployments for production use MySQL NDB Cluster 8.4.

What is New in NDB Cluster 8.0

Major changes and new features in NDB Cluster 8.0 which are likely to be of interest are shown in the following list:

MySQL Cluster Manager provides support for NDB Cluster 8.0. MySQL Cluster Manager has an advanced command-line interface that can simplify many complex NDB Cluster management tasks. See MySQL Cluster Manager 8.0.43 User Manual, for more information.