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Changing Lanes: Part II. Shifting between Relational and Big Data Platforms
In the last blog, I covered Shifting Roles with Relational and Big Data Platforms and how that is affecting the people and their roles within...

Setting up Basic Master-Slave Replication in MySQL 8
Since April 19th, when MySQL 8.0 became Generally Available (GA), the MySQL community has been abuzz with excitement over all of the new features...

Analyze MySQL & MariaDB Error Log Messages using Monyog
The MySQL error log is an essential part of database server performance monitoring. Whenever something goes wrong or performance degrades, the Error...
What Happened to My Database?
Every DBA has at some point asked: “What the heck happened to my database?” In this blog, we’ll review some of the more common...

How Monyog Helps Profile Slow Queries in MariaDB
MariaDB came into being the day that Oracle announced the purchase of Sun in 2010. In order to keep it free under the GNU GPL, Michael Widenius...

Beyond Cloud: The Multi-Hybrid Data Ecosystem
Last week, Idera, Inc. sponsored Enterprise Data World 2018 in San Diego, CA. As usual, it was a fantastic event, organized by the great team...

Database Execution Plans Can Lie
Quote: Do not put your faith in what statistics say until you have carefully considered what they do not say. ~William W. Watt. I started this...
The Evolution of Database Tuning Approaches
Imagine that you’re the lead DBA managing a high profile, mission critical production database whose application processes $20 million per...

Announcing the General Availability of Aqua Data Studio Version 19.0
We are pleased to announce the availability of the Aqua Data Studio version 19.0 release. This release greatly enhances several areas of...
Improve MariaDB Performance using Query Profiling
Query profiling is a useful technique for analyzing the overall performance of a database. Considering that a single mid-to-large sized application...

A User-Centric Tuning Philosophy
or Collaborative Holistic Tuning of the Application Stack When planning for this blog, I deliberated over the title much more than anyone should...
Error Logging in MySQL 8
Although only available as a Release Candidate, MySQL 8 is already proving itself to be a huge leap forward in many regards. Error logging is no...
Webyog joins Idera’s Database Tools Family
We’re excited to announce that Webyog has been acquired by Idera, Inc. Idera, Inc. is a leading provider of B2B software productivity tools that...

Is Redshift giving you the Blues? ER/Studio has the cure.
In my 35 years of data modeling many data platforms have come and gone, while others continue to change. For many, maintaining pace with the...
Monyog MySQL Monitor 8.6.0 Has Been Released
This release simplifies upgrades for users having customized counters, fixes a number of non-critical bugs, adds support for MariaDB/Percona Server...

Virtual Machine Snapshots versus Database Backups
Virtual Machine Snapshots Virtual machines provide exciting possibilities concerning backup, recovery, and cloning of databases. Convenient...

Database Audit Log Monitoring for Security and Compliance
We recently conducted a webinar on Audit Log analysis for MySQL & MariaDB Databases. This blog will further provide a deep dive into the...
Webinar: Audit Log Analysis for MySQL & MariaDB Databases
Join Shree Nair, Product Manager at Webyog, as he demonstrates the new 'Audit Log Analysis' feature introduced in Monyog v8.5.0 and rolls...
Monyog MySQL Monitor v8.5.0: Introducing Audit Log Analysis
Changes as compared to Monyog MySQL Monitor v8.4.1 include: This release fixes a few minor bugs only and implements a number of user requests....

Preview: Top MySQL 8 Features
Although there is no official software release for MySQL 8.0 as of yet, most insiders believe that it’s likely to arrive sometime in 2018. In the...

ER/Studio 17.0.2 is available
We are pleased to announce the general availability (GA) of IDERA ER/Studio 17.0.2 ER/Studio 17.0.2 contains improvements and enhancements in a...
"Robust Tool for Monitoring & Managing MariaDB Servers": Dermot Brereton
Learn how the Senior Database Administrator at Sysnet Global Solutions optimized the MariaDB database performance. Sysnet Global Solutions provide...
Replication Performance Enhancements in MySQL 8
Although it feels like it was only yesterday that Oracle released version 5.7 of their acclaimed MySQL Community Server, version 8 is already...