On 9/23/16, 10:11 AM, "Maria-discuss on behalf of l vic" <maria-discuss-bounces+fsb=thefsb.org@lists.launchpad.net on behalf of lvic4594@gmail.com> wrote:

Is there is a good way to remove a node from a galera cluster besides just killing it?

Yes. I use normal shutdown of the mysql server. `mysqladmin shutdown` is one way. On Ubuntu `service mysql stop` is another. The Galera node will say goodbye to the cluster and write its position to a file so it can resume from there when restarted.

/ Are there are any implications of killing a node?

Many. Apart from all the usual reasons to not kill a mysqld process, expect SST after restarting it. Tom