Blog

Our team of MySQL database experts regularly blogs on topics that range from MySQL availability, MySQL replication, multi-master MySQL, and MySQL-aware proxies, all the way through to ‘how to’ content for our solutions: Tungsten Clustering, Tungsten Replicator and Tungsten Proxy.

How To Fix `do_sigver_init:no default digest` and Upgrading to AWS Signature Version 4 for S3 Uploads in Perl

When performing direct S3 file uploads using custom Perl scripts, I recently encountered a cryptic error.

New Release: Dashboard version 8.0.1

Tungsten Dashboard v8.0.1 introduces in-place upgrades with install.pl, automated certificate fetching, UI improvements, and enhanced cluster management for MySQL. Upgrade now for better security, performance, and ease of use.

Continuent Team

Continuent News, Cluster Management, Deployment, Monitoring and Observability

How To Use HAProxy with a Tungsten Connector Farm

Learn how to use HAProxy with a Tungsten Connector farm to build a high-availability MySQL proxy layer. Explore deployment architectures, load balancing strategies, and HAProxy configuration examples.

Tungsten University, Database Scalability, Deployment, Intelligent Proxy

Tungsten Operator for Kubernetes: Cloud-Native MySQL Clustering, Simplified

Simplify MySQL clustering in Kubernetes with Tungsten Operator for Tungsten Cluster v8. Automate HA deployment, backups, & failover. Cloud-native MySQL is here!

Continuent Team

Continuent News, Cloud, Multi-Cloud, Hybrid-Cloud, Database Administration, Geographic Distribution and Geo-Scale

The Best MySQL Active/Active Solution Gets Better!

Discover how Tungsten Cluster v8 builds on the already powerful v7, adding Kubernetes support, REST API v2, stronger security, and lots of enhancements to redefine MySQL clustering.

MySQL High Availability (HA) & Disaster Recovery (DR), Cluster Management, Database Administration, Database Scalability

Introducing Tungsten Dashboard v8: A New Era for MySQL Cluster Management

Discover Tungsten Dashboard v8, the next-gen UI for MySQL & MariaDB clusters. Featuring a new communication protocol, improved security, and user-friendly operation triggers. Learn how to upgrade and streamline your database infrastructure today!

Continuent Team

Continuent News, Monitoring and Observability

Tungsten Cluster v8: Expanding Enterprise-Grade MySQL High Availability with Powerful New Features and Tools

New release includes nearly 30 new features, enhanced API support and advanced performance optimizations.

Continuent Team

Continuent News

Guidelines to Writing a Great REST API

Learn how the Continuent team designed a secure and effective REST API for Tungsten Clustering, including best practices for using POST, PUT, verbs, idempotent actions, and more in real-world scenarios.

Turbo-Charge Your MySQL Cluster: Performance Tuning Tungsten Replication

Learn how to optimize MySQL replication performance in Tungsten Cluster by tuning the Applier settings. Improve replication speed, minimize commit overhead, and balance data availability with advanced tuning techniques.

Eric M. Stone and Stéphane Giron

Tungsten University, Advanced Replication, Database Administration, Performance

The Cloud Repatriation Debate: Why Compute Flexibility Is the Real Trend

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.

Cloud, Multi-Cloud, Hybrid-Cloud

Continuent Tungsten — From Complexity to Clarity: 6 Ways To Unlock the Power of tungsten.ini

Managing Tungsten Cluster configurations can be challenging, especially when dealing with powerful, yet complex tungsten.ini files. To simplify the process, the new tpm ini command provides an easy way to create, validate, and manage configuration files, helping database administrators streamline their workflow. This new command is available as part of our upcoming V8 software release.

Tungsten University, Cluster Management, Database Administration

What Triggers a Continuent Tungsten Cluster Failsafe-Shun?

Learn what triggers Tungsten Cluster failsafe-shun and how it helps maintain high availability in MySQL database clusters. Discover key factors and best practices for managing automatic node shunning.

Eric M. Stone and Csaba Simon

Tungsten University, 24/7/365 Support, Cluster Management, Database Administration