Tips for Storing PostgreSQL Backups on Amazon AWS
Data is probably one of the most valuable assets in a company. Because of this we should always have a Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) to prevent data loss in the event of an accident or...
Comparing Galera Cluster Cloud Offerings: Part One Amazon AWS
Running a MySQL Galera Cluster (either the Percona, MariaDB, or Codership build) is, unfortunately, not a supported (nor part of) the databases supported by Amazon RDS. Most of the databases supported by RDS use asynchronous...
Building a MySQL or MariaDB Database Cold Standby on Amazon AWS
High Availability is a must these days as most organizations can’t allow itself to lose its data. High Availability, however, always comes with a price tag (which can vary a lot.) Any setups which require...
The Easy Way to Deploy a MySQL Galera Cluster on AWS
ClusterControl 1.7.3 comes with a notable improvement in cloud integration. It is possible to deploy a MySQL and PostgreSQL replication cluster to the cloud, as well as automatically launch a cloud instance and scale out...
Automated Deployment of MySQL Galera Cluster to Amazon AWS with Puppet
Deployment and management your database environment can be a tedious task. It's very common nowadays to use tools for automating your deployment to make these tasks easier. Automation solutions such as Chef, Puppet, Ansible, or...
A Guide to Automated Cloud Database Deployments
Complex, inflexible architectures, redundancy and out-of-date technology, are common problems for companies facing data to cloud migration. We look to the “clouds,” hoping that we will find there a magic solution to improve operational speed...
Database Load Balancing with ProxySQL & AWS Aurora
ProxySQL is a proven solution that helps database administrators dealing with the requirements for high availability of their databases. Because it is SQL-aware, it can also be used for shaping the traffic heading towards databases...
MySQL Load Balancing: Migrating ProxySQL from On-Prem to AWS EC2
Migrations between different environments are uncommon in database world. Migrations from one provider to another one. Moving from one datacenter to another. All of this happens on a regular basis. Organisations search for expense reduction,...
Cloud Vendor Deep-Dive: PostgreSQL on AWS Aurora
How deep should we go with this? I’ll start by saying that as of this writing, I could locate only 3 books on Amazon about PostgreSQL in the cloud, and 117 discussions on PostgreSQL mailing...
Common Errors When Migrating PostgreSQL Databases From On-Prem to AWS RDS
In part one, Migrating PostgreSQL Databases From On-Prem to the Cloud Using AWS RDS, we showed you how to perform the migration. In this blog, we will explore some common errors that might pop up...
Migrating PostgreSQL Databases From On-Prem to the Cloud Using AWS RDS
The following is a step-by-step guide to migrating your PostgreSQL on-premise databases to the cloud using Amazon RDS. For this tutorial, you will need to be running PostgreSQL 10 or later on a Centos/RHEL Linux...
Benchmarking Managed PostgreSQL Cloud Solutions – Google Cloud: Part Three
In this 3rd part of Benchmarking Managed PostgreSQL Cloud Solutions, I took advantage of Google’s GCP free tier offering. It has been a worthwhile experience and as a sysadmin spending most of his time at...