There are three types of replication that people in the MySQL and MariaDB Server world care about: asynchronous (the default), semi-synchronous, and...
Why and How to Implement Galera Cluster for MySQL
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MySQL Security Basics
Full security requires security of the network, hosts, databases, and applications. Most of these are the same, regardless of which database vendor...
What are MySQL Database Engines?
If you’re new to MySQL, you’ve probably run into a term you haven’t seen before: Database engines. Database engines (also called...
Using MySQL SHOW Commands for Performance Monitoring
MySQL SHOW Commands Different database vendors provide different ways of querying the engine to determine status, sessions, configuration, and other...
Migrating Schemas and Data with DBArtisan
DBArtisan is a product developed by IDERA. It is a multi-platform database administration tool that simplifies your day-to-day tasks. One of those...
Using Precise for Database to Tune Tables and Indexes
When looking at a database to improve performance, I look at three types of tuning; statement, object, and instance. I want to walk you through some...
Creating Custom Reports in Precise
The Precise solution gathers a lot of information across all tiers of web-based applications, as well as database activity. This data is stored in...
“Today is Never in the Daily Tables” – How Precise Aggregates Data
Precise’s historic repository, the Performance Management Database (PMDB) holds up to a three-year history of performance data by default. The...
Precise for Oracle Has Low Overhead, Impact
Precise for Oracle can monitor real database performance with incredibly low overhead. In fact, we rarely even use a connection to the database, yet...