Data Management

Tungsten allows users to manage a group of databases linked through replication as a single, integral unit, using simple commands and without any single point of failure in the system.

Command line management. Failover is a complex operation in master/slave clusters that may involve applications, proxies, replication tools, and of course databases. Tungsten reduces failover to a single command that takes databases safely on- and offline (without losing data) and reconfigures the rest of the system accordingly.

Automatic data source detection. Tungsten group communication eliminates administration tasks by auto-configuring system components to adjust load balancing as servers become available, disappear, or exceed latency requirements of client applications.

Manager command backgrounding. Command job control allows users to move long-running commands like backup or restore operations into the background, where they can be managed using familiar Unix-like job control commands. All user commands run as separate threads so that they do not block other operations of the cluster.

Service configuration/removal tool. The Tungsten service configuration tool allows end-users of ISP and SaaS organizations to enable, disable, and manage Tungsten services like backup, point-in-time- recovery, and reporting database construction remotely without requiring help from the hosting organization.