Migrating from Maxscale to the ProxySQL Load Balancer
A database load balancer, or proxy, is a middleware service between application layer and database layer. Application connects to the database proxy, and the proxy forwards the connection to the...
View ArticleMigrating Amazon RDS (MySQL or MariaDB) to an On-Prem Server
Amazon Web Services is a technology giant, especially when it comes to pioneering itself in top-of-the-line cloud computing services. Its fully managed services products (Amazon RDS) is one of a kind....
View ArticleMigrating Azure Database for MySQL/MariaDB to an On-Prem Server
Database migrations can impose huge challenges when you consider how to start, what tools to use, and how to achieve a full database migration successfully. Earlier, we have listed the top open source...
View ArticleUsing the Percona Audit Log Plugin for Database Security
Why Do You Need To Use an Audit Plugin For Your Database?Auditing in a database doesn't deviate from its meaning as it shares the same connotation i.e. to inspect, examine, and evaluate for such...
View ArticleAn Overview of ProxySQL Clustering in ClusterControl
ProxySQL is a well known load balancer in MySQL world - it comes with a great set of features that allow you to take control over your traffic and shape it however you see it fit. It can be deployed in...
View ArticleHow to Deploy MariaDB Cluster 10.5 for High Availability
ClusterControl 1.8.1 includes support for MariaDB Cluster 10.5. MariaDB 10.5 is equipped with.More Granular PrivilegesInnoDB Performance ImprovementsFull GTID Support for Galera ClusterMore Metadata...
View ArticleWhat is a Query Outlier and How to Fix It
The MySQL database workload is determined by the number of queries that it processes. There are several situations in which MySQL slowness can originate. The first possibility is if there are any...
View ArticleDatabase Design 101: Partitions in MySQL
In this blog post we are going to be discussing one of the most widely used features of MySQL - partitions.What is Partitioning?In MySQL, partitioning is a database design technique in which a database...
View ArticleTips for Storing Your MariaDB Backups in the Cloud
Having a good Disaster Recovery Plan is a must in all companies to prevent data loss or reduce downtime in case of failure. For this, backups are a basic point here, and it is essential to define which...
View ArticleBoosting Performance by Using Read Write Splitting of Database Traffic with...
Moodle is a very well known Learning Management System which is intended to help educational organizations organize their online learning activities. As you can imagine, given the online shift in 2020...
View ArticleHow to Automatically Manage Failover of the MySQL Database for Moodle
In our previous blogs, we made justification for why you need a database failover and have explained how a failover mechanism works. I’m sharing this in case you have questions on why you should set up...
View ArticleHow to Deploy the Chamilo MariaDB Database for High Availability
Learning Management System (LMS) platforms allow you to learn/teach remotely, something that is really important due to the current situation around the world.That being said, we can also say High...
View ArticleHow to Backup Your Moodle MariaDB Database
Previously, we had blogged about backing up your Moodle MySQL Database. This time, it's all about backing up your Moodle MariaDB Database. In fact, it shares the same approach when backing up your...
View ArticleRunning MariaDB in a Hybrid Cloud Setup
The term “hybrid” is popular nowadays. Hybrid is used for vehicles, applications, financials, and also cloud. For example, in the vehicle's use case, the hybrid means combining the power of the...
View ArticleMonitoring MariaDB Performance in a Hybrid Cloud
Performance in our MariaDB database is one of the areas we want to closely monitor and observe in a production environment and its timely running condition. It can be extremely demanding for time,...
View ArticleTips and Tricks for Implementing Database Role-Based Access Controls for MariaDB
In a database management system (DBMS), role-based access controls (RBAC), is a restriction on database resources based on a set of pre-defined groups of privileges and has become one of the main...
View ArticleTips and Trick using Audit Logging for MariaDB
MariaDB’s Audit Plugin provides auditing functionality for not only MariaDB but MySQL as well (as of, version 5.5.34 and 10.0.7) and Percona Server. MariaDB started including by default the Audit...
View ArticleAnnouncing CCX Database as a Service from Severalnines
We at Severalnines are thrilled to announce the release of CCX, our brand new database as a service (DBaaS) offering! It’s a fully managed service built atop the powerful ClusterControl automated...
View ArticleLive Webinar: Tips to Drive MariaDB Galera Cluster Performance for Nextcloud
Join us for this webinar on Tips to Drive MariaDB Galera Cluster Performance for Nextcloud. The webinar features Björn Schiessle, Co-Founder and Pre-sales lead at Nextcloud, and Ashraf Sharif, senior...
View ArticleHow to configure AppArmor for MySQL-based systems (MySQL/MariaDB Replication...
Last week, we discussed how to configure AppArmor for MongoDB Replica Sets which basically has the same concepts applicable when configuring this for your MySQL-based systems. Indeed, security is very...
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