on Galera Master-Master sysnced cluster with 2 Nodes, loaded with 2G data and with set sst_method mariabackup 1. Load 10G data on Node1 2. Check that data is replicated on Node 2 3. Stop mysql on Node 2 4. Start mysql on Node 2 5. Stop mysql on Node 2 6. Drop small DB on Node 1 7. Start mysql on Node 2 8. Unexpectedly mysqld failed to start Here it occurred the follow: --instead of IST galera initiated SST all data was dropped on Node 2 and was started SST, SST however failed. -- stop mysql on Node 2 -- change sst_method to rsync -- start mysql on Node 2 ; mysql failed again -- return sst_method to mariabackup -- start again mysql on Node 2 : service mysql start --wsrep_cluster_address=gcomm://192.168.104.196 this time galera initiated --wsrep_recover : /usr/sbin/mysqld --user=mysql --wsrep_recover --disable-log-error few after mysqld crashed mysql 26364 27.0 0.0 0 0 ? Zl 13:20 0:00 [mysqld]