Replace Your Current Galera Cluster, MariaDB Cluster or Percona XtraDB Cluster Solution with Tungsten Clustering & Get The First 6 Months of Your Subscription For Free
Tungsten Cluster Competitive Comparison:
Galera Cluster, MariaDB Cluster or Percona XtraDB Cluster
Find out why Tungsten Cluster is a better and more cost-effective overall MySQL HA/DR/Geo-Scale solution compared to Galera Cluster, MariaDB Cluster or Percona XtraDB Cluster.
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Tungsten Cluster In a Nutshell
The Tungsten Clustering family of products is the only complete, fully-integrated, fully-tested MySQL HA, DR and geo-clustering solution running on-premises and in the cloud combined with industry-best and fastest, 24/7 support for business-critical MySQL, MariaDB, & Percona Server applications.
Continuous Operations
High Availability
Disaster Recovery
Global Scaling
Tungsten Clustering vs Galera Cluster MariaDB Cluster Percona XtraDB Cluster
Why Choose Tungsten Cluster over
Galera Cluster, MariaDB Cluster or Percona XtraDB Cluster?
Features & Benefits
Tungsten Cluster
Galera, MariaDB or XtraDB Cluster
Continuous Operations
4.67
2.50
Zero Downtime Maintenance
Both database, operating system and hardware changes & upgrades
Supported
High Availability
Automatic failover of primary
Multi-master in use
DR with Active/Passive Cluster
Automated site level switch with one failover command
Must mix replication technologies, involves DIY
DR with Active/Active Cluster
Only requires repointing the apps
Active/Active not supported
DR Failback
Single command, fast
Manual rebuild needed
Backup & Data Recovery
Flexible backups using existing external tools
Standard tools; however requires additional steps compared to other technologies
Scalability/Read replicas
4.40
3.80
Scalability/Read replicas
Supported
Supported (all active)
Scalability/Physical location
Deploy anywhere, on-prem and in the cloud (also hybrid- and multi-cloud)
Deploy anywhere but single site only
Scalability/Instance size
Choose the instance size, minimal requirements
Choose the instance size, minimal requirements
DB Node Auto-Scale
No auto-scale. Requires manual steps
No auto-scale. Requires manual steps
DB Cluster Scaling
Ideal for the SaaS apps (Pod Architecture)
Pod Architecture
Geographic Scaling
5.00
0.67
Scalability/Read replicas
Across regions, availability zones, and clouds
Mix replication technologies, no management
Active/Active Geo-Clusters
Multi-site active/active supported and widely deployed
Not supported
Active/Passive Geo-Clusters
Supported and widely deployed in cross-regions and cross-clouds, also on-premises
Complicated due to mixing of replication technologies and no management layer
Performance
4.75
2.75
Smart-Scale
Tungsten Proxy with automatic read/write split, no application changes
No proxy included
Load Balancing
Highly configurable with automatic read/write splitting
All masters, but requires application logic or additional proxy (not included)
Up to Date Read Replicas
Using asynchronous replication
All masters with synchronous replication
Robust Database Performance
Tune your favorite database, asynchronous replication adds almost no performance penalty
Depends on workload due to synchronous replication
Transparency
5.00
2.67
No Application Changes
Works out of box without app changes
Some features require application changes, certain SQL constructs not supported
All MySQL Versions
Native MySQL: Community, MySQL Enterprise, MariaDB, Percona Server, all versions
Based on Galera builds of MySQL
Compatibility With All Database Engines
All MySQL engines
InnoDB only
Security
4.33
4.33
Security/Encryption at rest
Can leverage existing cloud or filesystem encryption technologies
Can leverage existing cloud or filesystem encryption technologies
Security/Encryption in flight
Supported for all traffic
Supported for all traffic
Compliance (PCI, HIPAA)
Can be used in security/privacy standards
Can be used in security/privacy standards
Management and Monitoring
4.80
3.40
Deployment
Easy to deploy
Complex, easier with 3rd party tools such as ClusterControl; or Galera Manager (on AWS only)
Cluster Management
Easy management via web-based GUI
Complex due to issuing commands to control replication; Galera manager available, but brand new (AWS only)
Monitoring - GUI
Full GUI based cluster monitoring. Performance monitoring with Prometheus
Complex due to issuing commands to control replication, Galera manager available but brand new (AWS only)
Alerts / Notifications
Integration with notifications systems
Scripted
OS/DB Patching
Assistance with scripts, no downtime
Assistance with scripts, no downtime
Real-time Data (Analytics, Data Lake, Reporting)
5.00
3.00
Replication Into Analytics
Real-time to the data analytics engines (AWS Redshift, Hadoop, Vertica, many others)
Using native replication, 3rd party or DIY tools
Filtering
Complex filtering at schema and data level
Basic filters, not useful in multi-master
Cluster Aware
Replication stream not interupted by loss of a single cluster node
Replication stream not interrupted by loss of a single cluster node
Support Services
Tungsten Cluster
Galera, MariaDB or XtraDB Cluster
24/7 Support
5.00
3.00
24/7 Support
24/7 support with high, near 100% customer satisfaction
24/7 directly from Codership, or through Percona or MariaDB, 4 hour reponse time
Fast Support Reponse Time
The fastest in the industry, averaging less than 3 minutes for Urgent support request.
4 hours, could be catostrophic for enterprise
Support Team Experience
Each member has 20+ years experience on DBA and Site Reliability
Core developers among support staff
Intangibles
Tungsten Cluster
Galera, MariaDB or XtraDB Cluster
MySQL Version Support
5.00
3.00
MySQL Community
Fully supported, all versions up to 8.0
8.0.21
MySQL Enterprise
Fully supported, all versions up to 8.0
Not supported
MariaDB
Fully supported, all versions up to 10.5
Most MariaDB versions with MariaDB Galera
Percona Server
Fully supported
Most Percona versions with Percona XtraDB
Infrastructure and Platform
5.00
3.00
On-premises Deployment
Fully supported
Fully supported
Cloud Deployment
All cloud environments (AWS, Google Cloud, MS Azure) are supported
All cloud environments (AWS, Google Cloud, MS Azure) are supported
Multi-Cloud
Fully supported
Except for complicated DIY deployments
Hybrid-Cloud
Fully supported
Except for complicated DIY deployments
Product Maturity
5.00
2.33
Complete
One solution for HA, DR & Geo-Scale
No proxy, no multi-site
Integrated
Comes with Manager, Proxy & Replicator
No proxy, which is critical for MySQL clustering
Fully Tested
Proven in business-critical customer environments
Proven in business-critical customer environments
Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
4.33
3.67
Low Subscription Cost, High Value
Instance size does not matter, non-linear pricing (additional clusters are at increasingly lower cost), no cost TrueUps
Support costs unknown
24/7 Support
Included
Offered, but could be up to 4 hour response time
Few DBA Resource Needed
Large number of clusters can be managed with small number of DBAs
Large number of clusters can be managed with small number of DBAs
Use Cases Supported
Tungsten Cluster
Galera, MariaDB or XtraDB Cluster
MySQL Multi-Primary
Supported
Supported
Watch the Comparison Presentation
MySQL HA/DR/Geo-Scale - High Noon #2: Galera Cluster
Upgrade From the Following Solutions
Program Details
Runs through December 31st 2020
Upgrade options available for the solutions listed above
Become a customer and get 6 months of our software and 24/7 support free (in combination with one of our subscriptions)
Existing Continuent customers are not eligible for this particular program
Experience Our Industry-Best Continuent MySQL Support
Highly qualified 24/7 MySQL support
Our support engineers have 15 or more years of MySQL DBA and Site Reliability experience
24/7 support comes with 1-hour SLA, with response times for urgent requests averaging less than 3 minutes
MySQL uptime measured in months or years
Why Continuent?
Our customers are leading SaaS, e-commerce, financial services, gaming and telco companies who rely on MySQL and Continuent to cost-effectively safeguard billions of dollars annual revenue.