Running MongoDB with Ops Manager
Database administration goes beyond ensuring smooth operations to having historic performance that will offer some baselines for capacity planning, get real-time performance for load spikes, automating...
View ArticleAnnouncing ClusterControl 1.7.6: HA Stack Deployments in the Cloud with HAProxy
We’re excited to announce the 1.7.6 release of ClusterControl - the only database management system you’ll ever need to take control of your open source database infrastructure. This new edition...
View ArticlePostgreSQL Load Balancing in the Cloud Made Easy
We’d mentioned many times the advantages of using a Load Balancer in your database topology. It could be for redirecting traffic to healthy database nodes, distribute the traffic across multiple...
View ArticleManaging Your Open Source Databases from Your iPad
With the current COVID-19 situation ongoing, plenty of people have started to work from home. Among those are people whose job is to manage database systems. The lockdowns which have been announced all...
View ArticleSysAdmin Working from Home? Tips to Automate MySQL, MariaDB, Postgres & MongoDB
Wednesday, April 22, 2020 - 16:00 to 16:30Are you an SysAdmin who is now responsible for your companies database operations? Then this is the webinar for you. Learn from a Senior DBA the basics you...
View ArticleTips for Managing MongoDB Remotely
Working remotely due to the Covid-19 pandemic means an increase in the importance of isolated infrastructures; more specifically ones that can only be accessed through an internal network, but in a way...
View ArticleMy Favorite PostgreSQL Extensions - Part One
This is in continuation of my previous blog entry wherein I had touched upon a topic of PostgreSQL Extensions. PostgreSQL Extensions are a plug and play set of enhancements that add an extra...
View ArticleTips for Reducing Production Database Infrastructure Costs
The database tier is one of the most important layers in a system architecture. It must be set up correctly from the beginning due to it being stateful, it is harder to scale as compared to other...
View ArticleUsing SSH Tunneling as a VPN Alternative
Using a VPN connection is the most secure way to access a network if you are working remotely, but as this configuration could require hardware, time, and knowledge, you should probably want to know...
View ArticleAn Overview of MongoDB User Management
Database User Management is a particularly important part of data security, as we must understand who is accessing the database and set the access rights of each user. If a database does not have a...
View ArticleTips for Managing PostgreSQL Remotely
A wide range of resources are available for you when managing your PostgreSQL database clusters remotely. With the right tools managing it remotely is not a difficult task. Using fully-managed services...
View ArticleMy Favorite PostgreSQL Extensions - Part Two
This is the second part of my blog “My Favorite PostgreSQL Extensions” wherein I had introduced you to two PostgreSQL extensions, postgres_fdw and pg_partman. In this part I will explore three...
View ArticleAmazon RDS for PostgreSQL Alternatives - ClusterControl for PostgreSQL
Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL is a managed service for PostgreSQL available as part of Amazon Web Services. It comes with a handful of management functions that are intended to reduce the workload of...
View ArticlePGTune Alternatives - ClusterControl PostgreSQL Configuration
If you are new to PostgreSQL the most common challenge you face is about how to tune up your database environment. When PostgreSQL is installed it automatically produces a basic postgresql.conf file....
View ArticlepgDash Alternatives - PostgreSQL Database Monitoring with ClusterControl
Database monitoring and alerting is a particularly important part of database operations, as we must understand the current state of the database. If you don’t have good database monitoring in place,...
View ArticleMySQL Workbench Alternatives - ClusterControl Configuration Management
MySQL configuration management consists of two major components - MySQL configuration files and runtime configuration. Applying configuration changes on the runtime environment can be done through...
View ArticleNoSQL Data Streaming with MongoDB & Kafka
Developers describe Kafka as a "Distributed, fault-tolerant, high throughput, pub-sub, messaging system." Kafka is well-known as a partitioned, distributed, and replicated commit log service. It also...
View ArticleManage Engine Applications Manager Alternatives - ClusterControl Database...
If you’re looking for a monitoring system, you probably read about many different options with different features and different costs based on these features.Manage Engine Applications Manager is an...
View ArticleMySQL Workbench Alternatives - ClusterControl Database User Management
MySQL user and privilege management is very critical for authentication, authorization and accounting purposes. Since MySQL 8.0, there are now two types of database user privileges:Static privileges -...
View ArticleComparing Amazon RDS Point-in-Time Recovery to ClusterControl
The Amazon Relational Database Service (AWS RDS) is a fully-managed database service which can support multiple database engines. Among those supported are PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MariaDB....
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