ClusterControl Now Available on gridscale.io
If you’re familiar with Severalnines’ product offerings, chances are you have probably heard about gridscale too. Well, we have some good news. Our flagship product - ClusterControl - is now available on the gridscale marketplace!...
Database Security 101: Security in Open Source Databases
Data security is one of the most significant aspects of administering a database. Depending on the organizational structure, if you are managing the production database, you must monitor for unauthorized access and usage. This also...
Database Security 101: Understanding Database Access Privileges
Data is the new gold for big companies and organizations It's considered as the lifeblood of most modern businesses and there's a bonanza of opportunities to sell or to market to the large audience of...
COVID-19 Cyber Attacks Call for you to Backup Securely
The COVID-19 pandemic has had its fair share of influence on world media but of interest is the sheer amount of cyber attacks that have escalated since it began. Interestingly enough, is news of a...
Security Considerations for MariaDB Deployments on Hybrid Cloud Environment
Hybrid cloud can be a great way of adding flexibility to your existing on-prem deployments. As we discussed in several blogs, public cloud can be a great addition to your own datacenter, ensuring you can...
MySQL 5.6 EOL Announcement
MySQL 5.6 has reached its EOL in February 2021, and we recommend that you start to plan migrating to MySQL 8.0. The latest version of MySQL is supported until April 2026 and keeps your database...
How to Encrypt Hybrid Cloud Database Traffic
A secure database environment is hard to achieve, but extremely important in order to avoid data breaches, ransomware and other malicious activity. Security of data is a top priority from a business standpoint. When running...
Disaster Recovery Options for PostgreSQL Deployed to a Hybrid Cloud
In our previous Hybrid Cloud blogs, we often mention that one of the primary options of availing the Hybrid Cloud topology setup is to use this as your disaster recovery target. It's common for an...
How do Hybrid Clouds Improve Reliability?
Hybrid cloud is a combination of public and private cloud systems, that are distinct and established in separate locations, each with their own data centers and specifications. They interact through an encrypted connection which allows...
How to Keep a Hybrid Cloud Environment Secure
Having a Hybrid Cloud Environment is a common topology for a Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP), or even to have redundancy on your systems, but there are some security considerations to take into account before implementing...
How Disaster Recovery is Different in a Hybrid Cloud
Disaster recovery has many means and can be implemented in many ways. The one thing to keep in mind is that when you are designing a production environment, you should always consider how you are...
Monitoring PostgreSQL in a Hybrid Environment
Hybrid Cloud is a recent concept that has been increased for a few years, and now is a common topology in any company for a Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP), or even to have redundancy on...