Sell You Boss on the Value of Database Automation
It’s a tough position to be in. You’re a DBA who doesn’t want to risk your job by introducing an automation solution. Or maybe a DevOps or SysAdmin who is being asked to run the database show but don’t...
View ArticleHow to Run and Configure ProxySQL 2.0 for MySQL Galera Cluster on Docker
ProxySQL is an intelligent and high-performance SQL proxy which supports MySQL, MariaDB and ClickHouse. Recently, ProxySQL 2.0 has become GA and it comes with new exciting features such as GTID...
View ArticleBest Practices for Running MongoDB in a Cluster
Deploying a clustered database is one thing, but how you maintain your DBM while in cluster can be a large undertaking for a consistent serving of your applications. One should have an often update on...
View ArticleBenchmarking Managed PostgreSQL Cloud Solutions - Part Two: Amazon RDS
This is the second part of the multi-series Benchmarking Managed PostgreSQL Cloud Solutions. In Part 1 I presented an overview of the available tools, I discussed the reason for using the AWS Benchmark...
View ArticleUnderstanding MongoDB Indexes
Among the tasks involved in database management is improving performance by employing different strategies. Indexing is one of the tips that improve throughput operations by facilitating data access to...
View ArticleUnderstanding the Effects of High Latency in High Availability MySQL and...
High availability is a high percentage of time that the system is working and responding according to the business needs. For production database systems it is typically the highest priority to keep it...
View ArticleUnderstanding the Challenges with Databases and DevOps
DevOps has become one of the fastest growing terms in IT for the past five years, and this comes to no surprise. DevOps is a term that is a compound of the words development and operations, where it...
View ArticleClusterControl Tips & Tricks - Dealing with MySQL Long Running Queries
Long running queries/statements/transactions are sometimes inevitable in a MySQL environment. In some occasions, a long running query could be a catalyst to a disastrous event. If you care about your...
View ArticleDeploying Secure Multicloud MySQL Replication on AWS and GCP with VPN
Why Choose MySQL Replication?Some basics firast about the replication technology. MySQL Replication is not complicated! It is easy to implement, monitor, and tune as there are various resources you can...
View ArticleHow to Deploy Highly Available PostgreSQL with Single Endpoint for WordPress
WordPress is an open source software you can use to create your website, blog, or application. There are many designs and features/plugins to add to your WordPress installation. WordPress is a free...
View ArticleAn Introduction to Time Series Databases
Long gone are the times where “the” database was single Relational Database Management System installed typically on the most powerful server in the datacenter. Such database served all kinds of...
View ArticlePowering Global eCommerce with ClusterControl
In this blog we want to highlight three global eCommerce companies who have leveraged ClusterControl to manage and monitor the databases behind their powerful and innovative applications.Each eCommerce...
View ArticleMySQL Replication for High Availability - New Whitepaper
We’re happy to announce that our newly updated whitepaper MySQL Replication for High Availability is now available to download for free!MySQL Replication enables data from one MySQL database server to...
View ArticleDatabase High Availability for Camunda BPM using MySQL or MariaDB Galera Cluster
Camunda BPM is an open-source workflow and decision automation platform. Camunda BPM ships with tools for creating workflow and decision models, operating deployed models in production, and allowing...
View ArticleMongoDB Schema Planning Tips
One of the most advertised features of MongoDB is its ability to be “schemaless”. This means that MongoDB does not impose any schema on any documents stored inside a collection. Normally, MongoDB...
View ArticleHigh-Performance Telecommunication Projects Driven by ClusterControl
In this blog we wanted to highlight three telecommunications providers who have used ClusterControl to power their database management.As technology gets smaller, easier and more powerful, existing...
View ArticleMaster High Availability Manager (MHA) Has Crashed! What Do I Do Now?
MySQL Replication is very popular way of building highly available database layers. It is very well known, tested and robust. It is not without limitations, though. One of them, definitely, is the fact...
View ArticleAn Introduction to TimescaleDB
TimescaleDB is an open-source database invented to make SQL scalable for time-series data. It’s a relatively new database system. TimescaleDB has been introduced to the market two years ago and reached...
View ArticleAn Introduction to Couchbase
Relational database systems are falling short in recent years generally due to exponential rise of web applications and drastic growth of the internet. The new generation of enterprise requirements...
View ArticleHow to Deploy Open Source Databases
IntroductionChoosing which DB engine to use between all the options we have today is not an easy task. An that is just the beginning. After deciding which engine to use, you need to learn about it and...
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