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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!

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Discover the benefits of Tungsten Active-Active Clustering for MySQL. Learn how this solution ensures high availability, scalability, low-latency data access, and disaster recovery for businesses with global operations.

This article explores some of the leading MySQL — also including MySQL variants MariaDB and Percona Server — high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) solutions – in alphabetical order, including AWS Aurora, Continuent Tungsten, DIY MySQL clusters, Galera Cluster, and MySQL InnoDB Cluster.

Cloud-based managed MySQL services like Amazon Aurora promised simplicity, scalability, and cost savings. But as adoption grows, many organizations are uncovering hidden costs, operational challenges, and limitations. This blog explores why companies are migrating back to on-premises MySQL and how solutions like Tungsten Clusters are empowering them to regain control, cut costs, and ensure flexibility for their database infrastructure.

This blog post outlines our Continuent Tungsten pricing model for Tungsten Cluster software subscriptions and related 24/7 support.

In this blog post, we explore the 10 basic steps for doing a secure Tungsten Clustering deployment. A fresh Tungsten version 7 installation is secure by default. We also cover the various tungsten.ini options that impact an install.

Following the most recent releases of the Tungsten Cluster and Tungsten Replicator AMIs, we’ve recorded two getting started videos with some handy tips and tricks on how the AMIs work, how to avail of them … and how to get started with them!