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Connection Handling & Throttling with ProxySQL
The ability to shape the traffic that goes to the database is one of the most important ones. In the past days you had not that much control over it - applications sent the traffic to the database and...
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Understanding the HAProxy Statistics for MySQL & PostgreSQL
Having a Load Balancer is always a good option to improve your database environment. It can help you on redirect applications to available database nodes, distribute the traffic across multiple servers...
View ArticleTips for Upgrading to from MySQL 5.7 to MySQL 8
MySQL 8.0 has been with us already for quite some time and many MySQL users have already upgraded to this version. For those who are still using older MySQL versions, we would like to present this blog...
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How to Perform an Online Upgrade of Percona XtraDB Cluster to Percona XtraDB...
Percona XtraDB Cluster based on MySQL 8.0 has been out there for some time, so it’s not surprising more and more people are attempting to migrate into it. You may wonder how to approach this process -...
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How to Perform Rolling Upgrades for MySQL
There are different reasons for upgrading your databases. It could be to apply security fixes, to use new features, solve compatibility issues, or just to keep your system up-to-date. This upgrade can...
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Tips for Upgrading Percona XtraDB Cluster to 8.0
MySQL 8.0 has been available for a while and Percona XtraDB Cluster 8.0 has also been available for some time as well. Also, MySQL 5.6 is coming up to its End-of-Life and people using PXC 5.6 will also...
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Live Migrations Using MySQL Replication
Migrating your database to a new datacenter can be a high-risk and time-consuming process. A database contains state, and can be much harder to migrate as compared to web servers, queues or cache...
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...
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....
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Migrating Google Cloud SQL for MySQL to an On-Prem Server
Google Cloud SQL for MySQL is a fully-managed database service that helps you set up, maintain, manage, and administer your MySQL relational databases on Google Cloud Platform. However, there are...
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...
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An Overview of the Percona XtraDB Cluster Kubernetes Operator
If you have been around in the container world, you would know that it is pretty challenging to adopt a full Kubernetes automation for a clustered database system, which commonly adds a level of...
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Asynchronous Replication Automatic Failover in MySQL 8.0.22
Oracle recently released MySQL 8.0.22, and this new version came with a new asynchronous connection failover mechanism. It allows a replica to automatically establish an asynchronous replication...
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How to Deploy Percona Server for MySQL for High Availability
Percona Server for MySQL 8.0 offers a number of clustering solutions for high availability out-of-the-box:Single-master:Asynchronous replicationSemi synchronous replicationMulti-master:Group...
View ArticleFull-Text Searches in MySQL: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Sometimes when searching in a MySQL database you might want to run full-text search queries against character-based data. Today we’re discussing the advantages and disadvantages of such search...
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Monitoring Percona Server for MySQL - Key Metrics
In this blog post, we are going to look into some key metrics and status when monitoring a Percona Server for MySQL to help us fine-tune the MySQL server configuration for a long run. Just for the...
View ArticleHow to Secure MySQL: Part One
Whenever application security is mentioned, people think of securing applications against some of the most frequent attacks such as injection, broken authentication, sensitive data exposure, and the...
View ArticleHow to Secure MySQL: Part Two
In the previous post about MySQL security, we have covered a range of options that can be used to make your MySQL instance(s) more secure. They included:General MySQL security measures;Controlling...
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An 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...
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