Analytics with MariaDB AX - the Open Source Columnar Datastore
Long gone are the days of the one-database-fits-all approach.With increasing requirements on velocity, performance and agility, numerous datastores emerged, which are intended to solve one particular...
View ArticleHybrid OLTP/Analytics Database Workloads in Galera Cluster Using Asynchronous...
Using Galera cluster is a great way of building a highly available environment for MySQL or MariaDB. It is a shared-nothing cluster environment which can be scaled even beyond 12-15 nodes. Galera has...
View ArticleNew Webinar: How to Migrate from Oracle DB to MariaDB
Migrating from Oracle database to MariaDB can come with a number of benefits: lower cost of ownership, access to and use of an open source database engine, tight integration with the web, an active...
View ArticleMigrating from Oracle Database to MariaDB - What You Should Know
Gartner predicts that by 2022, 50% of existing commercial databases will have been converted to open source databases. Even more, 70% of new in-house applications will be developed on an open source...
View ArticleMigration from Oracle Database to MariaDB - A Deep Dive
In previous blogs, we discussed the topic of How to Migrate from Oracle to MySQL / Percona Server and most recently Migrating from Oracle Database to MariaDB - What You Should Know.Over the years and...
View ArticleDealing with Unreliable Networks When Crafting an HA Solution for MySQL or...
Long gone are the days when a database was deployed as a single node or instance - a powerful, standalone server which was tasked to handle all the requests to the database. Vertical scaling was the...
View ArticleHigh Availability on a Shoestring Budget - Deploying a Minimal Two Node MySQL...
We regularly get questions about how to set up a Galera cluster with just 2 nodes.The documentation clearly states you should have at least 3 Galera nodes to avoid network partitioning. But there are...
View ArticleHA for MySQL and MariaDB - Comparing Master-Master Replication to Galera Cluster
Galera replication is relatively new if compared to MySQL replication, which is natively supported since MySQL v3.23. Although MySQL replication is designed for master-slave unidirectional replication,...
View ArticleAn Introduction to Database High Availability for MySQL & MariaDB
The following is an excerpt from our whitepaper “How to Design Highly Available Open Source Database Environments” which can be downloaded for free.A Couple of Words on “High Availability”These days...
View ArticleHow to Run and Configure ProxySQL 2.0 for MySQL Galera Cluster on Docker
ProxySQL is an intelligent and high-performance SQL proxy which supports MySQL, MariaDB and ClickHouse. Recently, ProxySQL 2.0 has become GA and it comes with new exciting features such as GTID...
View ArticleUnderstanding the Effects of High Latency in High Availability MySQL and...
High availability is a high percentage of time that the system is working and responding according to the business needs. For production database systems it is typically the highest priority to keep it...
View ArticleClusterControl Tips & Tricks - Dealing with MySQL Long Running Queries
Long running queries/statements/transactions are sometimes inevitable in a MySQL environment. In some occasions, a long running query could be a catalyst to a disastrous event. If you care about your...
View ArticleDatabase High Availability for Camunda BPM using MySQL or MariaDB Galera Cluster
Camunda BPM is an open-source workflow and decision automation platform. Camunda BPM ships with tools for creating workflow and decision models, operating deployed models in production, and allowing...
View ArticleHow to Deploy Open Source Databases - New Whitepaper
We’re happy to announce that our new whitepaper How to Deploy Open Source Databases is now available to download for free!Choosing which DB engine to use between all the options we have today is not an...
View ArticleHow to Perform a Failback Operation for MySQL Replication Setup
MySQL master-slave replication is pretty easy and straightforward to set up. This is the main reason why people choose this technology as the first step to achieve better database availability....
View ArticleBenchmarking Manual Database Deployments vs Automated Deployments
There are multiple ways of deploying a database. You can install it by hand, you can rely on the widely available infrastructure orchestration tools like Ansible, Chef, Puppet or Salt. Those tools are...
View ArticlePopular Docker Images for MySQL and MariaDB Server
A Docker image can be built by anyone who has the ability to write a script. That is why there are many similar images being built by the community, with minor differences but really serving a common...
View ArticleHow to Migrate WHMCS Database to MariaDB Galera Cluster
WHMCS is an all-in-one client management, billing and support solution for web hosting companies. It's one of the leaders in the hosting automation world to be used alongside the hosting control panel...
View ArticleDatabase Automation with Puppet: Deploying MySQL & MariaDB Replication
Puppet is an open source systems management tool for centralizing and automating configuration management. Automation tools help to minimize manual and repetitive tasks, and can save a great deal of...
View ArticleWhat's New in MariaDB 10.4
MariaDB 10.4 is a current development branch of MariaDB. Recently, on the 21st of May, the third Release Candidate (10.4.5) was released, bringing us closer to the official release. That’s why we...
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