Failover & Failback for PostgreSQL on Microsoft Azure
It’s pretty common to use the cloud to store your data or as a failover option in the case of master failure. There are several cloud providers which allow you to store, manage, retrieve, and...
Comparing DBaaS Failover Solutions to Manual Recovery Setups
We have recently written several blogs covering how different cloud providers handle database failover. We compared failover performance in Amazon Aurora, Amazon RDS and ClusterControl, tested the failover behavior in Amazon RDS, and also on...
Failover & Failback on Amazon RDS
Previously we posted a blog discussing Achieving MySQL Failover & Failback on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and in this blog we'll look at how it’s rival, Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS), handles failover. We will...
Using Backups to Fix Common Failure Scenarios for MongoDB
Production outages are almost guaranteed to occur at some point. Accepting this fact and analyzing the timeline and failure scenario of your database outage can help better prepare, diagnose, and recover from the next one....
The Most Common PostgreSQL Failure Scenarios
There is not a perfect system, hardware, or topology to avoid all the possible issues that could happen in a production environment. Overcoming these challenges requires an effective DRP (Disaster Recovery Plan), configured according to...
Database Switchover and Failover for Drupal Websites Using MySQL or PostgreSQL
Drupal is a Content Management System (CMS) designed to create everything from tiny to large corporate websites. Over 1,000,000 websites run on Drupal and it is used to make many of the websites and applications...
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...
Configuring PostgreSQL for Business Continuity
Business Continuity for Databases Business continuity for databases means databases must be continuously operational even during the disasters. It is imperative to ensure that production databases are available for the applications all the time even...
PostgreSQL Replication for Disaster Recovery
With Disaster Recovery, we aim to set up systems to handle anything that could go wrong with our database. What happens if the database crashes? What if a developer accidently truncates a table? What if...
Webinar Replay: Disaster Recovery Planning for MySQL & MariaDB
Everyone should have a disaster recovery plan for MySQL & MariaDB! Watch the replay of our webinar with Vinay Joosery, CEO at Severalnines, on Disaster Recovery Planning for MySQL & MariaDB with ClusterControl Organizations need...
How to Control Replication Failover for MySQL and MariaDB
Automated failover is pretty much a must have for many applications - uptime is taken for granted. It’s quite hard to accept that an application is down for 20 or 30 minutes because someone has...
Disaster Recovery Planning for MySQL & MariaDB
We’re happy to announce that our new whitepaper Disaster Recovery Planning for MySQL & MariaDB is now available to download for free! Database outages are almost inevitable and understanding the timeline of an outage can...