How ClusterControl Saved Christmas – Part 3
The Real-Time Workshop Welcome to the 3rd of a 6 part holiday series called, How ClusterControl Saved Christmas! If you missed part one, start here: Part 1 Inside Santa’s Streaming Architecture for Naughty & Nice...
Enhancing database operations with ClusterControl and Model Context Protocol (MCP)
Organizations are increasingly adopting AI-driven solutions to streamline operations, and there’s growing interest in using AI agents to help manage complex database environments. In theory, these agents can automate monitoring, tuning, and even incident response,...
How ClusterControl Saved Christmas – Part 2
Freedom Isn’t Free When You’re Stuck in Someone Else’s Cloud Welcome to the second of a 6 part holiday series called, How ClusterControl Saved Christmas! If you missed part one, start here: Part 1 A...
How ClusterControl Saved Christmas – Part 1
Repatriation, Control, and the Start of Santa’s Database Modernization Journey Welcome to the first of a 6 part holiday series called, How ClusterControl Saved Christmas! Releasing twice a week, each part will take a look...
The Monolithic Trap: How Today’s Cloud Culture Trades Resilience for Short-Term Profit
2025 marks a turning point in digital maturity. Consumers and enterprises now expect continuous uptime as digital services have effectively become utilities. For sectors that run healthcare, finance, logistics or public services on this critical...
Automating Backups and Disaster Recovery in PostgreSQL at Scale: pgBackRest vs. Barman
The importance of Disaster Recovery (DR) strategies, especially for your core RDBMs workloads, cannot be overstated in today’s always on world. That’s why it’s important to have a well designed strategy to ensure that data...
ClusterControl 2.3.4 Adds MySQL Group Replication, Streamlined Air-Gapped Installation, and Controller Pooling for Scalable Management
We’re happy to announce the release of ClusterControl v2.3.4, delivering powerful updates that strengthen high availability, secure deployment options, and scalability for enterprise-scale database management. As with every release, we’ve focused on tackling real-world challenges...
From MEM to Automation: Managing MySQL Enterprise with ClusterControl
When Oracle announced the deprecation of MySQL Enterprise Monitor (MEM), many organizations running MySQL Enterprise Server suddenly faced a gap in their operations stack. MEM had long been part of the Enterprise subscription, providing monitoring...
Query observability and performance tuning with pg_stat_monitor and pg_stat_statements
With the rapid evolution of database technologies and the constant demand for quick solutions, being able to understand the internal state of a system is crucial to achieving success. Observability tools give you a comprehensive view...
Best practices for securing PostgreSQL in hybrid environments
PostgreSQL adoption keeps accelerating, especially across hybrid architectures that span on-premises, private, and public clouds. But with that growth comes risk. Hybrid setups introduce new attack surfaces — from inconsistent firewall rules and multiple IAM...
The hidden complexity of backup workflows in on-prem and hybrid environments
It's the middle of the night, your most important application goes down, and your team confidently reaches for the backups. But then, disaster strikes. The backups are incomplete, out-of-date, or even corrupted. This is a...
Migration and upgrades: achieving near zero-downtime in PostgreSQL
Migrating or upgrading a PostgreSQL database carries significant risk, particularly for organizations with strict uptime requirements. Whether the objective is a major version upgrade, hardware relocation, or a shift between cloud environments, maintaining uninterrupted service...