Using pt-table-checksum with MariaDB Galera

A rapidly increasing number of large, high traffic sites are using MariaDB Galera for their database needs. This makes sense […]

Every organization needs a good database back-up plan, to include plans for data restoration. Such a plan should include, of […]

When I started my career in early nineties, the Internet, the open source software movement and the Linux operating system […]

Applications are often built on top of single MySQL-compliant database instance but often there is a need for more performance […]

This time of the year it is traditional, at least in the UK, to look back and reflect on the […]

One of the nice things about the “plug and play” approach of MaxScale is that people constantly find ways of […]

Puppet is a powerful automation tool that helps administrators manage complex server setups centrally. You can use Puppet to manage […]

If you want to avoid downtimes in your business, High Availabilty (HA) is a strong requirement which, by definition, makes it possible to access […]

Next time you want to build a fast, well-optimized website, don’t forget the database system. Many content management systems (CMS) […]

Here we take a look at how one of the example filters supplied with the MaxScale 1.0 beta can answer […]