Migrating Google Cloud SQL for MySQL to an On-Prem Server
Google Cloud SQL for MySQL is a fully-managed database service that helps you set up, maintain, manage, and administer your MySQL relational databases on Google Cloud Platform. However, there are differences between Cloud SQL and...
Database Load Balancing on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Using HAProxy
Using a Load Balancer is a good idea for any database technology, as you can redirect applications to the available or healthy database nodes and even distribute the traffic across multiple servers to improve performance....
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...
Comparing Galera Cluster Cloud Offerings: Part Two Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
In our last blog we discussed the offerings available within Amazon Web Services (AWS) when running a MySQL Galera Cluster. In this blog, we'll continue the discussion by looking further at what the offerings are...
Cloud Vendor Deep-Dive: PostgreSQL on Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Where to Start? The best place I could find to start was none other than the official documentation. There is also a GCP Youtube channel for those who prefer multimedia. Once finding myself into the...