[CentOS] MySQL max clustering package?

[JohnS]

On Wed, 2010-03-17 at 12:07 -0500, Neil Aggarwal wrote:

> 
> There are a few things we do:
> 1. When we place an order, we commit the order to the database in
> 	a transaction.
> 2. In a separate transaction, we reduce the qty available of the
> 	product by the amounts ordered.  This transaction may be
> 	a conflict with other transactions.  That is OK.
> 3. The inventory management system keeps the master inventory
> 	of the products.  We have a continuous job that pulls the
> 	latest updates to the inventory and feeds those updates
> 	back to the web database.
> 
> So, even if an inventory number is wrong for a short time, it will
> be updated to an accurate number soon.
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I am just curious is this a hack around some specific problem?  It just
does not merge in my head.

John