ndbinfo: The NDB Cluster Information Database +----------------------------------+--------+--------------------+---------+---------+ 46 rows in set (0.00 sec) You can also do this by checking the output of  SHOW ENGINES  for a line including  ndbinfo  in the  Engine column and  YES  in the  Support  column, as shown here (emphasized text): 4521 mysql>  SHOW ENGINES\G *************************** 1. row *************************** Engine: ndbcluster Support: YES Comment: Clustered, fault-tolerant tables Transactions: YES XA: NO Savepoints: NO *************************** 2. row *************************** Engine: CSV Support: YES Comment: CSV storage engine Transactions: NO XA: NO Savepoints: NO *************************** 3. row *************************** Engine: InnoDB Support: DEFAULT Comment: Supports transactions, row-level locking, and foreign keys Transactions: YES XA: YES Savepoints: YES *************************** 4. row *************************** Engine: BLACKHOLE Support: YES Comment: /dev/null storage engine (anything you write to it disappears) Transactions: NO XA: NO Savepoints: NO *************************** 5. row *************************** Engine: MyISAM Support: YES Comment: MyISAM storage engine Transactions: NO XA: NO Savepoints: NO *************************** 6. row *************************** Engine: MRG_MYISAM Support: YES Comment: Collection of identical MyISAM tables Transactions: NO XA: NO Savepoints: NO *************************** 7. row *************************** Engine: ARCHIVE Support: YES Comment: Archive storage engine Transactions: NO XA: NO Savepoints: NO *************************** 8. row *************************** Engine: ndbinfo Support: YES Comment: NDB Cluster system information storage engine Transactions: NO XA: NO Savepoints: NO *************************** 9. row *************************** Engine: PERFORMANCE_SCHEMA Support: YES Comment: Performance Schema