A master/slave replication cluster setup is a common use case in most organizations. Using MySQL Replication enables your data to be replicated across different environments and guarantees that the information gets copied. It is asynchronous...

When the MySQL server runs out of disk space, you will see one of the following errors in your application (as well as in the MySQL error log): ERROR 3 (HY000) at line 1: Error...

In case you haven't seen it, we just released ClusterControl 1.7.5  with major improvements and new useful features. Some of the features include Cluster Wide Maintenance, support for version CentOS 8 and Debian 10, PostgreSQL...

We recently ran into an interesting customer support case involving a MariaDB replication setup. We spent a lot of time researching this problem and thought it would be worth sharing this with you in this...

As soon as you start running a database server and your usage grows, you are exposed to many types of technical problems, performance degradation, and database malfunctions.  Each of these could lead to much bigger...

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...

Sometimes decoding MongoDB error logs can be tricky and can consume big chunks of your valuable time. In this article, we will learn how to examine the MongoDB error logs by dissecting each part of...

PostgreSQL error reporting follows a style guide aimed at providing the database administrator with the information required to efficiently troubleshoot issues. Error messages normally contain a short description, followed by some detailed information, and a...

If you haven’t upgraded to ClusterControl 1.5, you should! It’s full of great new features and enhancements. We have lots of documentation to guide you and help you get started. Documentation on older versions is...

Metrics can be hard to interpret if you don’t know what you are looking at. ClusterControl counters this with automated failure detection and recovery that make sure any failed nodes or clusters are quickly brought...

Replication is one of the most common ways to achieve high availability for MySQL and MariaDB. It has become much more robust with the addition of GTIDs, and is thoroughly tested by thousands and thousands...

In our last post, we showed you how to use pt-stalk to help gather a bunch of data that can be used for troubleshooting. But what type of data does it collect? How do we...