In previous posts of our MongoDB DBA series, we have covered Deployment, Configuration, Monitoring (part 1) and Monitoring (part 2). The next step is ensuring your data gets backed up safely. Backups in MongoDB aren’t...

Failure is a fact of life, and cannot be avoided. No IT vendor in their right mind will claim 100% system availability, although some might claim several nines :-) We might have armies of ops...

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...

**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....