Open Source Database Adoption – Taking a Look at Percona’s Survey Results
Are you still struggling to pick the best open source database software for your organisation? You would have penned down a must-have feature list right from deploying, managing, and monitoring a database but finding the...
Announcing ClusterControl 1.7.5: Advanced Cluster Maintenance & Support for PostgreSQL 12 and MongoDB 4.2
We’re excited to announce the 1.7.5 release of ClusterControl - the only database management system you’ll ever need to take control of your open source database infrastructure. This new version features support for the latest...
ClusterControl Takes the Spotlight as Top IT Management Software; Chosen as Rising Star of 2019 by B2B Review Platform
ClusterControl is all about delivering robust, open source, database management for the IT management needs of our clients. This goal drives us every day, so much so that it lead us to receive two awards...
Announcing ClusterControl 1.7.4: Cluster-to-Cluster Replication – Ultimate Disaster Recovery
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 launch a new function...
Tips for Migrating from Proprietary to Open Source Databases
Back in the day proprietary databases were the only acceptable options. “No one ever got fired for buying from Oracle/Microsoft/IBM” was the saying. Huge, monolithic databases used for every single purpose. Paid support - that’s how...
A Guide to MySQL Galera Cluster Streaming Replication: Part Two
In the first part of this blog we provided an overview of the new Streaming Replication feature in MySQL Galera Cluster. In this blog we will show you how to enable it and take a...
A Guide to MySQL Galera Cluster Streaming Replication: Part One
Streaming Replication is a new feature which was introduced with the 4.0 release of Galera Cluster. Galera uses replication synchronously across the entire cluster, but before this release write-sets greater than 2GB were not supported....
What's New in PostgreSQL 12
On October 3rd 2019 a new version of the world's most advanced open source database was released. PostgreSQL 12 is now available with notable improvements to query performance (particularly over larger data sets and overall...
Announcing the Beta Launch of Backup Ninja
Severalnines is excited to launch our newest product Backup Ninja. Currently in beta, Backup Ninja is a simple, secure, and cost-effective SaaS service you can use to backup the world’s most popular open source databases;...
What’s New in MySQL Galera Cluster 4.0
MySQL Galera Cluster 4.0 is the new kid on the database block with very interesting new features. Currently it is available only as a part of MariaDB 10.4 but in the future it will work...
PostgreSQL Top Learning & Training Resources
Oftentimes, people want to know about “That One Place” to get all their learning and training resources for PostgreSQL. When I get such a question from a colleague, my typical response it to tell them...
Autonomous by Oracle: The Database That’s Cheaper Than Free
It is a known fact that over 80% of businesses fail within their first five years. Studies have shown that the number one reason for this failure is poor cash flow management. New business owners...