Upgrading PostgreSQL 11 to PostgreSQL 13 with TimescaleDB and PostGIS in Linux using pg_upgrade
Businesses and enterprises using old versions of PostgreSQL (PG) face challenges when upgrading to at least the most recent stable version from PostgreSQL 12 or PostgreSQL 13. There are many reasons why upgrading to the...
Preparing Your Databases For a COVID Battle with ClusterControl
During these COVID-ridden days, chances are that your database instances are facing a lot of problems. Some of these problems might be related to performance issues (we mean, have you ever thought about how many...
Overview of SQL Server Requirements on Linux and Comparison with Windows SQL Server
In a previous article, Introduction to SQL Server on Linux, we learned about the SQL Server on Linux overview, features, performance, and high-availability concepts at a high level. Traditionally, SQL Server is a Windows-based relational...
Introduction to SQL Server on Linux
Microsoft SQL Server is an excellent choice for a relational database with key benefits including performance, security, reliability, and total cost of ownership. A few exciting features of SQL Server are outlined below: SQL Server...
Microsoft SQL Server on Linux coming soon to ClusterControl
It is our mission to provide support for the most popular databases so that ops teams only need one control plane to automate their database lifecycle operations. That’s why we’re excited to announce our upcoming...
Still Looking for a Machine That Unleashes the Power in Your Database Instances?
If you are a frequent reader of database-related blogs, you have probably heard about the Severalnines blog. Well, we mean, you are reading it right now, aren’t you? And if you’re reading the Severalnines blog,...
ClusterControl supports Redis with version 1.9
If you are a frequent user of ClusterControl, you might have heard that the Severalnines team recently released ClusterControl version 1.9.0. The full changelog can be found here, but in this blog post, we are...
Your DBA is Absent: What Do You Do?
If you are running a company, chances are that you already have a lot of things to take care of - you need to hire developers, designers, perhaps a couple of security experts, as well...
What’s the Use of Developer Studio in ClusterControl?
If you are a frequent user of Severalnines’ products, you have probably heard of one of its flagship products - ClusterControl. And since you have probably heard of ClusterControl, you have probably heard of at...
Are my MySQL server connections encrypted and safe?
One of the greatest factors and fundamentals of data governance is security. It is a good practice to have database security implemented in place whenever you have your data management involved for enterprise or mass...
What Monitoring Tool Do You Use To Keep An Eye On Your Database Clusters?
Choosing a monitoring tool that helps you keep an eye out on your database clusters might not be a very easy task. At least not until you know what you need out of it and...
What Do You Use To Monitor Query Performance?
If you have found yourself in the shoes of a database administrator or a database-savvy developer or a system administrator, you have most likely already heard about queries. Heck, it’s impossible not to, right? Queries...