What is MariaDB Enterprise Cluster?
MariaDB Enterprise Cluster is a subscription service of a highly available database solution from MariaDB Corporation which is managed with an Enterprise Lifecycle. There are three aspects of the...
View ArticleExploring Storage Engine Options for MariaDB
MariaDB Server was originally derived from MySQL and has therefore inherited its pluggable storage engine architecture. Different storage engines have different characteristics in terms of performance...
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Using the MariaDB Audit Plugin for Database Security
There are different ways to keep your data safe. Practices such as controlling database access, securing configuration, upgrading your system, and more are part of database security. It is even...
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What's New in MariaDB MaxScale 2.4
MaxScale 2.4 was released on December 21st, 2019, and ClusterControl 1.7.6 supports the monitoring and managing up to this version. However, for deployment, ClusterControl only supports up to version...
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Deploying MariaDB Replication for High Availability
MariaDB Server offers asynchronous and synchronous replication. It can be set up to have a multi-source replication or with a multi-master setup. For a read and write intensive application, a...
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How to Design a Geographically Distributed MariaDB Cluster
It is very common to see databases distributed across multiple geographical locations. One scenario for doing this type of setup is for disaster recovery, where your standby data center is located in a...
View ArticleMaxScale Basic Management Using MaxCtrl for MariaDB Cluster
In the previous blog post, we have covered some introductions to MaxScale installation, upgrade, and deployment using MaxCtrl command-line client. In this blog post, we are going to cover the MaxScale...
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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...
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Comparing MariaDB Server to MariaDB Cluster
MariaDB Server and MariaDB Cluster are open source products powered by the MariaDB Corporation. MariaDB Server is one of the most popular relational databases, it was originally forked from MySQL...
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MariaDB Server Database Encryption Basics
Encryption is one of the most important security features to keep your data as secure as possible. Depending on the data that you are handling, not always it is a must but you should at least consider...
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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...
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An Overview of MariaDB Xpand (formerly ClustrixDB)
MariaDB Xpand is a new product from MariaDB. It was formerly known as ClustrixDB which was acquired in September of 2018 by MariaDB Corporation. ClustrixDB is no longer available as a separate entity,...
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Comparing MariaDB Enterprise Backup to ClusterControl Backup Management
MariaDB Enterprise Backup is a backup solution from MariaDB Corporation with a number of features such as non-blocking backups, full backup, incremental backup, partial backup and Point in Time...
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MySQL Storage Engine Optimization: Configuring InnoDB Optimization For High...
InnoDB is one of the most widely used storage engines in MySQL. This storage engine is known as a high-reliability and a high-performance storage engine and its key advantages include supporting...
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Building a Highly Available Database for Moodle Using MariaDB (Replication &...
Face-to-face meetings, nowadays, are limited to the bare minimum, online activities have taken over as the main way for teacher - student interaction. It increased the stress on the existing online...
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Scaling Out the Moodle Database
Moodle is a very popular platform to run online courses. With the situation we see in 2020, Moodle, along with communicators like Zoom forms the backbone of the services that allow online learning and...
View ArticleA Guide to MySQL Indexes
When MySQL query optimization is mentioned, indexes are one of the first things that get covered. Today, we will try to see why they are so important.What are Indexes?In general, an index is an...
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MaxScale Basic Management Using MaxCtrl for MariaDB Cluster - Part Two
In the previous blog post, we have covered 4 basic management components using the MaxCtrl command-line client. In this blog post, we are going to cover the remaining part of the MaxScale components...
View ArticleHow to Upgrade from MariaDB 10.4 to MariaDB 10.5
MariaDB 10.5 was released as GA in June 2020. In the release, there has been added support for Amazon S3 or any third-party public or private cloud that supports S3 API. It also features sophisticated...
View ArticleTop Open Source Tools for MySQL & MariaDB Migrations
Large organizations that are using MySQL or MariaDB database platforms are often faced with a need to perform a database migration from one place to another. Regardless of the platform, type of...
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