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Technical overview of how Tungsten Cluster achieves data integrity with asynchronous replication, focusing on replication state management, coordinated failover, and strategies to minimize data loss in HA environments.

A practical comparison of MySQL clustering technologies, analyzing Galera and Tungsten using Jepsen findings to highlight trade-offs in consistency, durability, and high availability design.

Jepsen found write loss, stale reads, and lost updates in MariaDB Galera Cluster. This article examines what commit actually guarantees and why ordering impacts durability and consistency.

Compare leading MySQL Operators for Kubernetes, including Oracle, Percona, KubeDB, and Tungsten Operator. Learn how they differ in replication, failover, backups, zero-downtime operations, and which operator best fits your MySQL workloads.

An analysis of the AWS outage and how cross-cloud continuity ensures uptime across cloud providers using solutions like Tungsten Cluster.

Challenges of running MySQL on Kubernetes and how Operators ensure reliability through replication, failover, and observability.

Learn why Kubernetes alone isn’t enough for running stateful databases and how Operators solve challenges like failover, scaling, backups, and upgrades. Discover how Tungsten Operator brings proven MySQL clustering, replication, and enterprise-grade HA/DR into Kubernetes.

Explore the key features and improvements in Tungsten Dashboard v8, including a new publish/subscribe communication protocol, integrated load balancing, real-time monitoring, enhanced security, and streamlined installation. Compare v8 to v1 and see how the latest release advances MySQL cluster management

Discover the truth behind the cloud repatriation trend and why compute flexibility is the real trend for modern IT strategies. This blog explores the growing shift toward hybrid-cloud solutions, balancing cloud scalability with on-premises control to optimize costs, performance, and compliance. Learn how Tungsten Cluster enables seamless data replication, high availability, and database flexibility across cloud and on-premises environments.

Discover the story behind Continuent's logo, showcasing two swans that represent the company's Finnish heritage and dedication to lasting customer partnerships. These swans embody both the elegance of seamless operations and the hard work of the Continuent team in delivering top-tier MySQL high availability and disaster recovery solutions. The logo reflects Continuent's unwavering commitment to reliability, stability, and ensuring zero downtime for its customers.

In the current MySQL ecosystem, organizations must focus on high availability and fault tolerance to ensure business continuity and maintain customer trust. A recent inquiry to prominent tech executives identified five key themes for achieving this: multi-region deployment to prevent single points of failure, automated self-healing for quick issue resolution, redundancy through system duplication, microservices architecture for improved resilience, and load balancing for efficient resource management. Continuent's Tungsten Clustering solution aligns with these strategies, making it an optimal choice for organizations managing critical workloads.