I ntroducon to MemSQL Core Architecture MemSQL ulizes a distributed, shared-nothing architecture that runs on a cluster of servers, and leverages memory and disk infrastructure for high throughput on concurrent workloads. No two nodes in a MemSQL cluster share CPU, memory, or disk. Figure 9. MemsSQL architecture Our architecture is built for horizontal scalability on commodity hardware, in your data center or in the cloud. MemSQL enables high performance and fault tolerance on large data sets and high-velocity data. 16