Why Cloud Repatriation Matters Now More Than Ever
As companies face unprecedented economic volatility and evolving regulations around privacy and data control, many are rethinking their cloud-first strategies. Cloud repatriation—the process of moving workloads from public cloud environments back to on-premise or private...
Automating Day 2 operations: Scaling, upgrades and maintenance
The first launch of your database is not the end; it is the beginning of Day-2 operations. Day-2 operations include critical, ongoing tasks such as rolling upgrades, patching, capacity scaling, and continuous performance tuning. These...
Sovereign DBaaS Decoded Season 3 Episode 3, The pendulum swings, summary
In Season 3 Episode 3 of Sovereign DBaaS Decoded, host Vinay Joosery speaks with John White, COO at US Signal, discussing the motivations behind the cloud repatriation movement, its current landscape, and future implications for...
Sovereign DBaaS Decoded Season 3 Episode 2, The cloud of Babel, summary
In Season 3 Episode 2 of Sovereign Database Decoded, host Vinay Joosery speaks with Justin Garrison, Head of Products at Sidero Labs, about the repatriation movement and navigating the complexities of unified cloud and on-premises...
PostgreSQL Bi-Directional Logical Replication — A Deep Dive
PostgreSQL offers a robust, open-source, reliable, and flexible database system allowing businesses to scale their data operations effectively. PostgreSQL continues to improve to meet the needs of modern applications. One of its recent improvements is...
Clustercontrol adds PostgreSQL Bi-Directional Logical Replication and Valkey Sentinel v8.0 in latest release
Clustercontrol v2.3.1 is here, packed with powerful new enhancements to simplify database management and ensure high availability across databases. This release introduces PostgreSQL Bi-Directional Logical Replication and expands support for Valkey Sentinel v8.0, an open-source...
ClusterControl brings flexible pay-as-you-go self-serve experience to on-prem workloads
Our brand promise, “Database ops your way”, rests on three pillars: accessibility, portability and selection. That is why we’re thrilled to share that ClusterControl’s powerful automation platform for managing on-prem and hybrid deployments is now...
FIPS Compliance and Why It Matters for Modern Data Security
Cryptography has always been at the heart of data security, but it wasn’t always the standardized process we see today. In the past, it was more of an art, with different organizations developing their own...
Elasticsearch performance optimization
Performance optimization, or "performance tuning," is an ongoing process, not a one-time task. After making changes and testing them, continuous monitoring is essential to determine if further adjustments are necessary. This applies to Elasticsearch and...
Clustercontrol adds Percona Server Pro, and support for MySQL v8.4, Elasticsearch v8.15, Valkey v8.0 in latest release
Clustercontrol (CC) v2.3.0 is now live, featuring new enterprise binaries support for Percona Server Pro clusters and support for MySQL v8.4, Elasticsearch v8.15, and Valkey v8.0. Let’s dive into these key updates and discover what’s...
Recapping Data Community Conference 2024: sustainability, AI, security and Sovereign DBaaS
We recently attended and spoke at the 2024 Data Community Conference in Bern. Leading voices in IT and database management came together for one day to discuss wide-ranging topics, covering everything from improving sustainability within...
SREday London 2024: Our conference highlights
From Conf42 to SREdays, the brothers Mark and Miko Pawlikowski bring developers, DevOps engineers, analysts, executives, etc from all over the world to learn from each other. Conf42 is a series of online tech events...