How to use Cluster-to-Cluster Replication in a Galera Cluster
Previously, we announced a new ClusterControl 1.7.4 feature called Cluster-to-Cluster Replication. It automates the entire process of setting up a disaster recovery cluster off your primary cluster, with replication in between. With this feature: One...
Announcing CCX Database as a Service from Severalnines
We at Severalnines are thrilled to announce the release of CCX, our brand new database as a service (DBaaS) offering! It’s a fully managed service built atop the powerful ClusterControl automated operational database management...
Using Automation to Speed up Release Tests on Galera Cluster With ClusterControl
Release tests are typically one of the steps in the whole deployment process. You write the code, and then you verify how it behaves on a staging environment, and then, finally, you deploy the new...
How to Deploy the Open edX MySQL Database for High Availability
Open edX is a platform for online educational activities. Given the situation the world is in, all such platforms are encountering higher loads and their importance has significantly increased. Those are not just the “helper”...
How to Deploy MariaDB Cluster 10.5 for High Availability
MariaDB Cluster 10.5 deployment has been supported in ClusterControl since version 1.8.1. MariaDB 10.5 is equipped with: More Granular Privileges InnoDB Performance Improvements Full GTID Support for Galera Cluster More Metadata for Replication and...
How to Deploy Percona XtraDB Cluster 8 for High Availability
Percona XtraDB Cluster 8.0 is based on Percona Server for MySQL 8.0 embedded with Galera writeset replication API and Galera replication library, to form a highly available multi-master replication for MySQL-based database server. Percona XtraDB...
Announcing ClusterControl 1.8.1: Improved Security, Backup for MongoDB Sharded Clusters & Galera 4 Support
We’re excited to announce the 1.8.1 release of ClusterControl - the only database management system you’ll ever need to take control of your open source database infrastructure. In addition to several new security enhancements, ClusterControl...
How to Deploy Percona XtraDB Cluster
Percona XtraDB Cluster is a cluster solution based on the synchronous replication handled by Galera library. It is one of the most common high availability solutions for MySQL. It supports multiple writers and the conflict...
How to Perform an Online Upgrade of Percona XtraDB Cluster to Percona XtraDB Cluster 8.0
Percona XtraDB Cluster based on MySQL 8.0 has been out there for some time, so it’s not surprising more and more people are attempting to migrate into it. You may wonder how to approach this...
Clustering Moodle on Multiple Servers for High Availability and Scalability
Moodle is an open-source e-learning platform (aka Learning Management System) that is widely adopted by educational institutions to create and administer online courses. For larger student bodies and higher volumes of instruction, moodle must be...
How to Deploy a MariaDB Cluster for High Availability
MariaDB Cluster is a multi-primary replication system built from MariaDB Server, MySQL wsrep patch and Galera wsrep provider. Galera is based on synchronous (or ‘virtually synchronous’) replication method, which ensures the data applied to other...
What’s New in MariaDB Server 10.5?
MariaDB Server 10.5 is a fresh, new, and stable version from MariaDB that was released on June, 24th 2020. Let’s take a look at the features that it will bring us. More Granular Privileges With...