How to Manage All Your MySQL or MariaDB Databases
According to Forrester, a DBA in a large enterprise manages between 8 and 275 databases, with the industry average being 40 databases to a DBA. Larger databases usually require extra effort around tuning, backup,...
9 Tips for Going in Production with Galera Cluster for MySQL
Are you going in production with Galera Cluster for MySQL? Here are 9 tips to consider before going live. These are applicable to all 3 Galera versions (Codership, Percona XtraDB Cluster and MariaDB Galera Cluster)....
Webinar Replay: How To Set Up SQL Load Balancing with HAProxy
Thanks to everyone who attended and participated in last week’s webinar on ‘How To Set Up SQL Load Balancing With HAProxy’! If you missed the sessions or would like to watch the webinar again &...
Webinar Replay: Introducing ClusterControl 1.2.6 – Managing Your MySQL, MariaDB & MongoDB Clusters
Thanks to everyone who attended and participated last week’s joint webinar on ClusterControl 1.2.6! We had great questions from participants (thank you), most of which are transcribed below with our answers to...
Clustering SugarCRM with MySQL Galera for High Availability and Performance
SugarCRM is the leader in open source CRM systems, and has been adopted by some of the largest firms, including IBM. The CRM software includes all sales, marketing and support tools out of the box, and...
Webinar Replay: Migrating to MySQL, MariaDB Galera and/or Percona XtraDB Cluster
Thanks to everyone who attended this week’s webinar; if you missed the sessions or would like to watch the webinar again & browse through the slides, they are now available online. Special thanks to Seppo...
How to use the ClusterControl REST API to Automate Your Database Cluster
For ops folks with multiple environments and instances to manage, a fully programmable infrastructure is the basis for automation. ClusterControl exposes all functionality through a REST API. The web UI also interacts with the REST...
How to Deploy Galera Cluster for MySQL using Docker Containers
Virtual Machines are great, and very useful when trying out new software. However, they might be an unnecessarily heavyweight solution when testing clusters, especially if these consist of multiple nodes running exactly the same software....
How to Cluster Liferay with MySQL Galera and Ceph for High Availability and Performance
Liferay is an open-source content management system written in Java. It is used by a number of high traffic sites, as this survey suggests. Clustering Liferay and other components such as the database and the file system...
Webinar Replay: Repair & Recovery for Your MySQL, MariaDB & MongoDB / TokuMX Clusters
Thanks to everyone who attended this week’s webinar; if you missed the sessions or would like to watch the webinar again and browse through the slides, they are now available online. Special thanks to...
Point-in-Time Recovery for MySQL Galera Cluster
**Update: 6th May, 2016 - This blog post has been updated to reflect ClusterControl v1.3.0 Data protection is vital for DB admins, especially when it involves data that is accessed and updated 24 hours a day....
Webinar Replay: Galera 3.0 Introduction and Cluster Management – with MySQL 5.6, Global Transaction IDs and WAN
The Severalnines & Codership teams came together to co-host two webinar sessions on Galera 3.0, MySQL 5.6, Global Transaction IDs and WAN. The sessions were held during EMEA/APAC as well as NA/LATAM timezones, which worked...