ndbd — The NDB Cluster Data Node Daemon Type Numeric Default Value 12 Minimum Value 0 Maximum Value 65535 Set the number of times to retry a connection before giving up; 0 means 1 attempt only (and no retries). The default is 12 attempts. The time to wait between attempts is controlled by the  --connect-retry- delay  option. • --connect-retry-delay= # Command-Line Format --connect-retry-delay=# Type Numeric Default Value 5 Minimum Value 0 Maximum Value 4294967295 Determines the time to wait between attempts to contact a management server when starting (the time between attempts is controlled by the  --connect-retries  option). The default is 5 seconds. This option takes the place of the  --connect-delay  option, which is now deprecated and subject to removal in a future release of NDB Cluster. • --connect-string Command-Line Format --connect-string=connection-string Type String Default Value [none] Same as  --ndb-connectstring . • --core-file Write core file on error; used in debugging. Instructs  ndbd  or  ndbmtd  to execute as a daemon process. This is the default behavior.  --nodaemon can be used to prevent the process from running as a daemon. This option has no effect when running  ndbd  or  ndbmtd  on Windows platforms. 4241 • --defaults-extra-file • --daemon ,  -d Command-Line Format --daemon Type Boolean Default Value TRUE Command-Line Format --core-file Command-Line Format --defaults-extra-file=path