Tips for Managing & Monitoring Your Moodle Database
No matter what kind of application/system you are running, you will always need to manage and monitor your databases. Even in a small project, you want to be sure everything is going fine or if...
Tips for Monitoring MariaDB Replication with ClusterControl
MariaDB replication is one of the most popular high availability solutions for MariaDB and widely used by top companies like Booking.com and Google. It is very easy to set up, with some trade-offs on the...
Tips for Monitoring MariaDB Cluster
In previous blog posts, we have covered topics for Monitoring Your Galera Cluster whether it's MySQL or MariaDB. Although the technology versions don't differ much, MariaDB Cluster has some major changes since version 10.4.2. In...
MySQL Workbench Alternatives – ClusterControl’s Point-and-Click GUI
Many would agree that having a graphical user interface is more efficient and less prone to human error when managing or administering a system. Graphical user interface (GUI) greatly helps reduce the steep learning curve...
pgAdmin Alternatives – PostgreSQL Database Management GUI ClusterControl
There are many tools used in Database Administration that help simplify the management of open source databases. The advantage of using these types of applications is the availability menus from various objects in the database...
Manage Engine HAProxy Monitoring Alternatives – ClusterControl HAProxy Monitoring
In a previous blog, we looked at the differences between ManageEngine Applications Manager and ClusterControl, examining the main features of each and comparing them. In this blog we will focus on the monitoring of HAProxy,...
Manage Engine Applications Manager Alternatives – ClusterControl Database Monitoring
If you’re looking for a monitoring system, you probably read about many different options with different features and different costs based on these features. Manage Engine Applications Manager is an application performance management solution that...
pgDash Alternatives – PostgreSQL Database Monitoring with ClusterControl
Database monitoring and alerting is a particularly important part of database operations, as we must understand the current state of the database. If you don’t have good database monitoring in place, you will not be...
Tips for Managing PostgreSQL Remotely
A wide range of resources are available for you when managing your PostgreSQL database clusters remotely. With the right tools managing it remotely is not a difficult task. Using fully-managed services for PostgreSQL offers an...
MyDBA is Sick – Database Monitoring Tips for SysAdmins
Database monitoring is a key function for Database Administrators (DBA). With a proper monitoring platform, you can know immediately if there is something wrong with the system. Should your DBA be unavailable and you may...
What to Monitor in MySQL 8.0
Monitoring is a must in all environments, and databases aren’t the exception. Once you have your database infrastructure up-and-running, you’ll need to keep tabs on what’s happening. Monitoring is a must if you want to...
MongoDB 4.2 Management & Monitoring Without Vendor Lockin
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...