How to use the ClusterControl Query Monitor for MySQL, MariaDB and Percona Server
The MySQL database workload is determined by the number of queries that it processes. There are several situations in which MySQL slowness can originate. The first possibility is if there is any queries that are...
Secure MongoDB and Protect Yourself From the Ransom Hack
In this blogpost we look at the recent concerns around MongoDB ransomware and security issues, and how to mitigate this threat to your own MongoDB instance. Recently, various security blogs raised concern that a hacker...
Tips and Tricks – How to Shard MySQL With ProxySQL in ClusterControl
Having too large a (write) workload on a master is dangerous. If the master collapses and a failover happens to one of its slave nodes, the slave node could collapse under the write pressure as...
The DevOps Guide to Database Backups for MySQL and MariaDB
This week we’re happy to announce that our new DevOps Guide to Database Backups for MySQL & MariaDB is now available for download (free)! This guide discusses in detail the two most popular backup...
Receive Email Notifications from ClusterControl
As sysadmins and DBAs, we need to be notified whenever something critical happens to our database. But would it not be nicer if we were informed upfront, and still have time to perform pre-emptive maintenance...
Custom Database Alerts by Combining Metrics with MongoDB
In the previous blog posts, we gave a brief introduction to the ClusterControl Developer Studio and the ClusterControl Domain Specific Language. We covered some useful examples, e.g., how to extract information from the Performance Schema,...
Database Cluster Management: Manual vs Automation
In a previous blog, we looked at the efficiency gains when automating the deployment of a Galera cluster for MySQL. In this post, we are going to dive into cluster management. Should we manage our...
We’ve Signed up Football Video and Data Platform Wyscout Used by Real Madrid, Arsenal, Juventus & Many More
Press release: everywhere in the world, 12th October 2016 - Severalnines, Europe’s leading database infrastructure software provider, today announced Wyscout, the world’s leading company providing video, data and technology to football people all over...
Load Balanced MySQL Galera Setup: Manual Deployment vs ClusterControl
If you have deployed databases with high availability before, you will know that a deployment does not always go your way, even though you’ve done it a zillion times. You could spend a full day...
New ClusterControl Subscriptions for Managing MySQL, MongoDB and PostgreSQL
We’ve got your databases covered: check out our new pricing plans for ClusterControl, the single console to deploy, monitor and manage your entire database infrastructure. Whether you’re looking to manage standalone instances, need high availability...
Severalnines and WooServers Bring ClusterControl to Web Hosting
New partnership helps start-ups challenge Google, Amazon and Microsoft Stockholm, Sweden and anywhere else in the world - 07 September 2016 - Severalnines, the provider of database automation and management software for open source databases,...
MongoDB Features – Sharded Deployments, Cluster-Consistent Backups, Advisors in ClusterControl 1.3.2 Release
The Severalnines team is pleased to announce the release of ClusterControl 1.3.2. This release contains new features, such as deploying MongoDB sharded clusters and scheduling cluster-consistent backups, MongoDB Advisors, a new alarm viewer and new...