Implementing the golden backup rule for your databases
Data security is crucial in today’s world. Personally Identifiable Information (PII) is everywhere - emails, names, addresses, personal ID numbers and so on. There are regulations in place that organizations managing PII have to comply...
Clustercontrol adds Valkey in latest release
Clustercontrol (CC) v2.2.0 is now live, offering a new Redis alternative in response to recent licensing changes, along with improved support for MariaDB 11.4 and Ubuntu 24.04. Let’s explore the key updates and see what’s...
The Sovereign Cloud brief
Cloud computing is a core part of today's world with more and more organizations moving their critical applications to the cloud. This shift highlights the need to manage and protect data, especially with the growing...
Best practices for Elasticsearch security
In the early days of Elasticsearch, security features were less robust than those of the latest versions. For instance, versions prior to version 6.3 did not include the open-source X-Pack extension. As of version 8.0,...
ClusterControl’s major version 2.0 release enhances its fit for modern workloads
We’re thrilled to announce the release of ClusterControl (CC) v2.0! This major release introduces a host of exciting new capabilities designed to scale and enhance ClusterControl’s fit for modern workloads and applications. ClusterControl’s evolution -...
Simplifying database orchestration anywhere with Terraform and ClusterControl
Infrastructure as Code (IaC) has become key to modern software development. Terraform – one of the most popular IaC tools – won the hearts of DevOps teams by offering a vast ecosystem of providers that...
ClusterControl now easily deployable in Kubernetes with our Helm Chart
We're pleased to announce that ClusterControl (CC) now integrates with Kubernetes environments via our newly introduced Helm Chart. Packaging ClusterControl into a singular Helm Chart simplifies deployment with just a few commands. For DevOps teams...
Improving LLM Fidelity with Retrieval Augmented Generation using pgvector
Large language models (LLMs) have taken the world by storm, wowing us with their ability to generate remarkably human-like text. But for all their prowess, these AI marvels still face major roadblocks – especially when...
Scaling with Elasticsearch: use cases
We scale database clusters for many reasons; primarily, we do so to spread the load amongst the cluster peers. Scaling can be done up or out. Scaling up is what is commonly also known as...
ClusterControl Terraform provider now available
We're pleased to announce that ClusterControl (CC) now integrates with the widely-used Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tool - Terraform. With our Terraform Provider, users can build provisioning workflows into the deployment sequences of their ClusterControl-managed...
What’s new in PG15
PostgreSQL releases major versions relatively often, about once a year. This is because the PostgreSQL Global Development Group (PGDG) is committed to providing new features and improvements to the database on a regular basis. Of...
Vector Similarity Search with PostgreSQL’s pgvector – A Deep Dive
As the AI revolution surges forward, promising significant innovations, it also introduced new types of vector databases. A vector database stores data as high-dimensional vectors called embeddings, which are mathematical representations of features or attributes...