Attention: Skip reading this blog post if you can afford unlimited storage space.  If you could afford unlimited storage space, you wouldn't have to worry about backup retention at all, since you could store your...

ProxySQL became a very important bit of infrastructure in the database environments. It works as a load balancer, it helps to shape the flow of the traffic and reduce the downtime. With great power comes...

What are replication slots? Back in the days when "Replication Slots" were not yet introduced, managing the WAL segments were a challenge. In standard streaming replication, the primary has no knowledge of the replica status. ...

With the release of a new version of ClusterControl (1.7.5), we can see several new features, one of the main ones being the support for MongoDB 4.2. MongoDB 4.2 is on the market for a...

In case you haven't seen it, we just released ClusterControl 1.7.5  with major improvements and new useful features. Some of the features include Cluster Wide Maintenance, support for version CentOS 8 and Debian 10, PostgreSQL...

A few months ago we blogged about the release of PostgreSQL 12, with notable improvements to query performance (particularly over larger data sets and overall space utilization) among other important features. Now, with the ClusterControl...

Undoubtedly, there is a long list of maintenance tasks that have to be performed by system administrators, especially when it comes to critical systems. Some of the tasks have to be performed at regular intervals,...

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 uses the Apache HTTP Server to serve its web interface, but it is also possible to use nginx. nginx + PHP fastcgi is well-known for its capabilities to run on a small memory footprint...

The database backend affects the application, which can then impact organizational performance. When this happens, those in charge tend to want a quick fix. There are many different roads to improve performance in MySQL. As...

This is the second part of a two-part series blog for Maximizing Database Query Efficiency In MySQL. You can read part one here. Using Single-Column, Composite, Prefix, and Covering Index Tables that are frequently receiving...

Slow queries, inefficient queries, or long running queries are problems that regularly plague DBA's. They are always ubiquitous, yet are an inevitable part of life for anyone responsible for managing a database.  Poor database design...