Watch The Replay: 'No Data Loss' MySQL Replication Use Case Webinar
Watch the replay of this webinar about geo-distributed active/active MySQL replication for Financial Services SaaS Providers and on how to guarantee credit card transaction availability with geo-distributed Tungsten MySQL clusters.
Oct 01, 2020
Database Administration, Geographic Distribution and Geo-Scale
Dig In and De-Mystify Tungsten Cluster Topologies
Explore and de-mystify the various Tungsten Cluster Topologies. Get a clear understanding of each topology and how they compare.
Jul 13, 2020
Database Administration, Deployment, Native, Total Cost of Ownership
Best Practices for Using Multiple Filesystems on MySQL Database Servers
This blog discusses some best practices for using multiple filesystems on MySQL database servers and how to achieve the best performance with them, while avoiding some of the possible pitfalls.
Jun 19, 2020
Database Administration, Native, Performance
How to Deal with Triggers in Your MySQL Database When Using Tungsten Replicator
Over the past few days we have been working with a number of customers on the best way to handle Triggers within their MySQL environment when combined with Tungsten Replicator. This new blog dives head first into the minefield of Triggers and Replication.
Dec 06, 2019
Advanced Replication, Database Administration, Cluster Management
Watch the Replay: Is “Free” Good Enough for Your MySQL Environment?
Watch the replay of a webinar with our colleagues from Datavail and hosted by DBTA during which we discuss whether “free” is really good enough for business-critical MySQL database environments.
Oct 10, 2019
Database Administration, Total Cost of Ownership, Native
Zero-Downtime Cluster Maintenance: Comparing the Procedures for Upgrades versus DB/OS Maintenance
Part of the power of Tungsten Clustering for MySQL / MariaDB is the ability to perform true zero-downtime maintenance, allowing client applications full access to the database layer, while taking out individual nodes for maintenance and upgrades. In this blog post we cover various types of maintenance scenarios, the best practices associated with each type of action, and the key steps to ensure the highest availability.
Aug 26, 2019
Tungsten University, Cluster Management, Database Administration, Zero Downtime Maintenance
Enabling Autorecovery for the Tungsten Replicator
The replicator is a critical piece of the Tungsten Clustering solution for MySQL / MariaDB, as well as its own stand-alone data replication product. Automatic recovery enables the replicator to go back online in the event of a transient failure. In this blog, we discuss how to enable Autorecovery.
Aug 07, 2019
Advanced Replication, Deployment, Database Administration, Cluster Management
How to move the Relay role to another node in a Composite Tungsten Cluster
How to move the Relay role to another node in a Composite Tungsten Cluster
Jul 25, 2019
24/7/365 Support, Database Administration, Cluster Management, Zero Downtime Maintenance
Slick Command-Line Tricks for a Tungsten MySQL / MariaDB Database Cluster
Tungsten Clustering provides high availability, disaster recovery, and a host of other benefits for MySQL / MariaDB / Percona Server databases. In this blog post we will explore some of the shell aliases I use every day to administer various Tungsten Clusters.
Jul 16, 2019
Tungsten University, Database Administration, Cluster Management, Native
Where are the logs for a Tungsten Cluster?
Where are the logs for a Tungsten Cluster and which are the proper log files to monitor if I do a master role switch to another node?
Jul 09, 2019
Tungsten University, Database Administration, Cluster Management, Monitoring and Observability, Native
The Fast Way to Import CSV Data Into a Tungsten Cluster
In this blog post we discuss importing CSV data into a Tungsten Cluster.
Jul 04, 2019
Tungsten University, Deployment, Database Administration, Native, Performance
What is the Best Way to Check the Health of a Tungsten Cluster Before a Switch?
Latency-sensitive applications running in Java sometimes experience unacceptable delays under heavy I/O load. This blog discusses why this problem occurs and what to do about it for applications running Tungsten Clustering for MySQL.
Jun 26, 2019
Tungsten University, Database Administration, Cluster Management, Monitoring and Observability, Native