[CentOS] MySQL max clustering package?

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.
>   

that may be OK for an order processing system, but it could be a serious 
problem for something like a banking system where you are dispersing cash.