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Announcing ClusterControl 1.7.2: Improved PostgreSQL Backup & Support for...
We are excited to announce the 1.7.2 release of ClusterControl - the only database management system you’ll ever need to take control of your open source database infrastructure.ClusterControl 1.7.2...
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Advanced Database Monitoring & Management for TimescaleDB
Included in the 1.7.2 release of ClusterControl we are proud to announce an expansion of the databases we support to include TimescaleDB, a revolutionary new time-series that leverages the stability,...
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Benchmarking Manual Database Deployments vs Automated Deployments
There are multiple ways of deploying a database. You can install it by hand, you can rely on the widely available infrastructure orchestration tools like Ansible, Chef, Puppet or Salt. Those tools are...
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Introducing ClusterControl Spotlight Search
Included in the latest release, ClusterControl 1.7.2 introduces our new and exciting search functionality we’re calling “ClusterControl Spotlight.”ClusterControl Spotlight allows you to...Navigate the...
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How to Deploy PostgreSQL to a Docker Container Using ClusterControl
Docker has become the most common tool to create, deploy, and run applications by using containers. It allows us to package up an application with all of the parts it needs, such as libraries and other...
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How to Automate Deployment of MySQL Galera Cluster using s9s CLI and Chef
In our previous blog, we showed how devops can automate your daily database tasks with Chef. Now, let's see how we can quickly deploy a MySQL Galera Cluster with Chef using s9s CLI.Setting up a Galera...
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How to Setup Asynchronous Replication Between MariaDB Galera Clusters
Galera Cluster, with its (virtually) synchronous replication, is commonly used in many different types of environments. Scaling it by adding new nodes is not hard (or just as simple a couple of clicks...
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Announcing ClusterControl 1.7.3: Improved Support PostgreSQL & New Cloud...
We’re excited to announce the 1.7.3 release of ClusterControl - the only database management system you’ll ever need to take control of your open source database infrastructure. In this release we have...
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How to Automate Database Failover with ClusterControl
Recovery Time Objective (RTO) is the time period within which a service must be restored to avoid unacceptable consequences. By calculating how long it can take to recover from a database failure, we...
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How to Manage MariaDB 10.3 with ClusterControl
MariaDB Server is no longer a straight imitate of MySQL. It grew into a mature fork, which implements new functionalities similar to what proprietary database systems offer in the upstream. MariaDB...
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Database Failover for WordPress Websites
Every profitable enterprise requires high availability. Websites & Blogs are no different as even smaller companies and individuals require their sites to stay live to keep their reputation....
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Monitoring & Ops Management of MySQL 8.0 with ClusterControl
Users of open source databases often have to use a mixture of tools and homegrown scripts to manage their production database environments. However, even while having own homegrown scripts in the...
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Comparing DBaaS Failover Solutions to Manual Recovery Setups
We have recently written several blogs covering how different cloud providers handle database failover. We compared failover performance in Amazon Aurora, Amazon RDS and ClusterControl, tested the...
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Failover & Failback for PostgreSQL on Microsoft Azure
It’s pretty common to use the cloud to store your data or as a failover option in the case of master failure. There are several cloud providers which allow you to store, manage, retrieve, and...
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How to Troubleshoot MySQL Database Issues
As soon as you start running a database server and your usage grows, you are exposed to many types of technical problems, performance degradation, and database malfunctions. Each of these could lead...
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Using MySQL Galera Cluster Replication to Create a Geo-Distributed Cluster:...
In the previous blog in the series we discussed the pros and cons of using Galera Cluster to create geo-distributed cluster. In this post we will design a Galera-based geo-distributed cluster and we...
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Announcing ClusterControl 1.7.4: Cluster-to-Cluster Replication - Ultimate...
We’re excited to announce the 1.7.4 release of ClusterControl - the only database management system you’ll ever need to take control of your open source database infrastructure. In this release we...
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9 ClusterControl Features You Won't Find in Other Database Management Tools
Ensuring smooth operations of your production databases is not a trivial task, and there are a number of tools and utilities to help with the job. There are tools available for monitoring health,...
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Avoiding Database Vendor Lock-In for MySQL or MariaDB
Vendor lock-in is defined as "Proprietary lock-in or customer lock-in, which makes a customer dependent on a vendor for their products and services; unable to use another vendor without substantial...
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Best Practices for Archiving Your Database in the Cloud
With the technology available today there is no excuse for failing to recover your data due to lack of backup policies or understanding of how vital it is to take backups as part of your daily, weekly,...
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