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title: "Cloud DB for MySQL glossary"
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# Cloud DB for MySQL glossary

Available in Classic and VPC

You must know some terms to use Cloud DB for MySQL. Their descriptions are as follows:

### Backup

Feature of Cloud DB for MySQL to view backup information set for each service to keep your database data of subscribing users and perform restoration

### DB Service

Group name for MySQL Server by roles

### Event

Feature of Cloud DB for MySQL to collect the occurred events in MySQL Server and view their history

### Master

Main server with the high availability feature being used

### Monitoring

Features of Cloud DB for MySQL to view server performance and the operating system related to the running MySQL Server and monitoring information related to the query execution

### MySQL Server

DB Server provided in cloud environment by installing MySQL with optimized settings after long-time verification by NAVER service

### Recovery

Read-only server restored through the Backup feature

### Role

Stand Alone, Master, Standby Master, Slave, Recovery as 5 roles of MySQL Server

### Slave

Addible read-only server for read load balancing when using the high availability feature

### Stand Alone

Main server if the high availability feature is not being used

### Standby Master

Convertible Standby server to the new Master upon Failover when using the high availability feature

              Note

              

For more information on terms, see [Glossary](https://www.ncloud.com/guideCenter/glossary) on the NAVER Cloud Platform portal.