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How to Stop or Throttle SST Operation on a Galera Cluster
State Snapshot Transfer (SST) is one of the two ways used by Galera to perform initial syncing when a node is joining a cluster, until the node is declared as synced and part of the “primary...
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HAProxy Connections vs MySQL Connections - What You Should Know
Having a load balancer or reverse proxy in front of your MySQL or MariaDB server does add a little bit of complexity to your database setup, which might lead to some, things behaving differently....
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HAProxy: All the Severalnines Resources
Load balancers are an essential component in MySQL and MariaDB database high availability; especially when making topology changes transparent to applications and implementing read-write split...
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MySQL & MariaDB Database Backup Resources
Most organizations do not realize they have a problem with database backups until they need to restore the data and find it’s not there or not in the form that they were expecting.The designated...
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Several Ways to Intentionally Fail or Crash your MySQL Instances for Testing
You can take down a MySQL database in multiple ways. Some obvious ways are to shut down the host, pull out the power cable, or hard kill the mysqld process with SIGKILL to simulate an unclean MySQL...
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ClusterControl 1.5 - Automatic Backup Verification, Build Slave from Backup...
At the core of ClusterControl is its automation, as is ensuring that your data is is securely backed up and ready for restoration whenever something goes wrong. Having an effective backup strategy and...
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ClusterControl 1.5 - Announcing MariaDB 10.2 Support
Announced as part of the ClusterControl 1.5 release, we now provide full support for MariaDB version 10.2. This new version provides even greater integration with Galera Cluster, MariaDB’s HA solution...
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Deploying & Managing MySQL NDB Cluster with ClusterControl
In ClusterControl 1.5 we added a support for the MySQL NDB Cluster 7.5. In this blog post, we’ll look at some of the features that make ClusterControl a great tool to manage MySQL NDB Cluster. First...
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Free Open Source Database Deployment & Monitoring with ClusterControl...
The ClusterControl Community Edition is a free-to-use, all-in-one database management system that allows you to easily deploy and monitor the top open source database technologies like MySQL, MariaDB,...
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Upgrading to the ClusterControl Enterprise Edition
The ClusterControl Enterprise Edition provides you will a full suite of management and scaling features in addition to the deployment and monitoring functions offered as part of the free Community...
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Deploying MySQL, MariaDB, Percona Server, MongoDB or PostgreSQL - Made Easy...
Helping users securely automate and manage their open source databases has been at the core of our efforts from the inception of Severalnines.And ever since the first release of our flagship product,...
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ClusterControl - All the Feature Highlights & Improvements from 2017
With four major releases in 2017 ClusterControl is better than ever at supporting your MySQL, MariaDB, MongoDB& PostgreSQL environments.When thinking about the features and functions released in...
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Zero Downtime Network Migration with MySQL Galera Cluster using Relay Node
Galera Cluster’s automatic node provisioning simplifies the complexity of scaling out a database cluster with guaranteed data consistency. SST and IST improve the usability of initial data...
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Open Source Databases in 2017 and Trends for 2018
With 2017 quickly coming to a close and 2018 looming on the horizon we wanted to take a minute and reflect on what’s been happening in our industry in the past year and what we are excited about for...
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Our Most Popular Database Blog Posts in 2017
As we wrap up our last blog of 2017 we wanted to reflect on what content we have been creating that’s been resonating and generating the most interest with our readers. We will continue to deliver the...
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Announcing ClusterControl 1.5.1 - Featuring Backup Encryption for MySQL,...
What better way to start a new year than with a new product release?Today we are excited to announce the 1.5.1 release of ClusterControl - the all-inclusive database management system that lets you...
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How To Achieve PCI Compliance for MySQL & MariaDB with ClusterControl - The...
Join Laurent Blume, Unix Systems Engineer & PCI Specialist and Vinay Joosery, CEO at Severalnines, as they discuss all there is to know about how to achieve PCI compliance for MySQL & MariaDB...
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How to Secure Your Open Source Databases with ClusterControl
Security is one of the most important aspects of running a database. Whether you are a developer or a DBA, if you are managing the database, it is your responsibility to safeguard your data and protect...
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Ten Tips on How to Achieve MySQL and MariaDB Security
Security of data is a top priority these days. Sometimes it’s enforced by external regulations like PCI-DSS or HIPAA, sometimes it’s because you care about your customers’ data and your reputation....
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Updated: ClusterControl Tips & Tricks: Securing your MySQL Installation
Requires ClusterControl 1.2.11 or later. Applies to MySQL based clusters.During the life cycle of Database installation it is common that new user accounts are created. It is a good practice to once in...
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