Tips for Performing Database Maintenance with ClusterControl
Database Maintenance is a set of tasks that requires work on your database or set of database servers that involves improvement for its security, performance, optimization, upgrades, or even test such as benchmarking after changes...
Tips for Upgrading ClusterControl
ClusterControl is an automation tool for managing open source databases. It supports various databases such as MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, Timescale, and MongoDB. It is used to handle the full “deploy, monitor, and scale” cycle of...
How to Easy Manage Database Updates and Security Patches
Database security requires careful planning, but it is important to remember that security is not a state, it is a process. Once the database is in place, monitoring, alerting and reporting on changes are an...
Cluster-Wide Database Maintenance and Why You Need It
Undoubtedly, there is a long list of maintenance tasks that have to be performed by system administrators, especially when it comes to critical systems. Some of the tasks have to be performed at regular intervals,...
Upgrading Your Database to PostgreSQL Version 10 – What You Should Know
As more and more posts on PostgreSQL 11 appear on the web, the more outdated you may feel when using Postgres 9. Although the PostgreSQL 10 version release only happened just months ago, people are...
Heartbleed OpenSSL Bug: Impact on ClusterControl Users & Recommendations on How to Protect Your Systems
In the wake of recent concerns and debates raised around the Heartbleed bug, we wanted to update Severalnines ClusterControl users on any impact this bug might have on ClusterControl & associated databases and/or applications. Background...
Patch Updates and New Version Upgrades of Your Database Clusters
Database vendors regularly issue critical patch updates to address software bugs or known vulnerabilities, but for a variety of reasons, organizations are often unable to install them in a timely manner, if at all. Evidence...