Announcing 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 operational database management...
How to Deploy the Open edX MySQL Database for High Availability
Open edX is a platform for online educational activities. Given the situation the world is in, all such platforms are encountering higher loads and their importance has significantly increased. Those are not just the “helper”...
How to Deploy MariaDB Cluster 10.5 for High Availability
MariaDB Cluster 10.5 deployment has been supported in ClusterControl since version 1.8.1. MariaDB 10.5 is equipped with: More Granular Privileges InnoDB Performance Improvements Full GTID Support for Galera Cluster More Metadata for Replication and...
Announcing ClusterControl 1.8.1: Improved Security, Backup for MongoDB Sharded Clusters & Galera 4 Support
We’re excited to announce the 1.8.1 release of ClusterControl - the only database management system you’ll ever need to take control of your open source database infrastructure. In addition to several new security enhancements, ClusterControl...
How 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...
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 stay-at-home...
Building a Highly Available Database for Moodle Using MariaDB (Replication & MariaDB Cluster)
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 “meeting” platforms (is there...
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 server. MariaDB Cluster is a...
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 changes since version 10.4.2. In...
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 separate location...
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 Enterprise Lifecycle that are provided by...
Introduction to MaxScale Administration Using maxctrl for MariaDB Cluster
MariaDB Cluster consists of MariaDB Server with Galera Cluster and MariaDB MaxScale. As a multi-master replication solution, any MariaDB Server with Galera Cluster can operate as a primary server. This means that changes made to...