What is MariaDB Enterprise and How to Manage it with ClusterControl?
Have you ever wondered what products MariaDB Enterprise has to offer? Is it different from MariaDB Community? Can I manage them with ClusterControl? MariaDB provides two distributions of their software — Enterprise and Community. The...
Best New Features in PostgreSQL 14
According to StackOverflow, PostgreSQL is the most popular open-source database, with more and more developers and administrators wanting to work with it. PostgreSQL 14, the latest version released in September 2021, has more than 200...
Comparing SQL Server HA Solutions: Always On Availability Groups vs. Log Shipping
Information Technology is the cornerstone of all our businesses in the modern, technology-driven world we live in today. For databases that need to be continuously available to applications, it all comes down to Recovery Time...
High Availability Options for SQL Server Linux
Database high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) are critical for any organization. There is essential work to be done to ensure that online services and applications always have access to data in order to...
Using SSMS or Azure Data Studio for SQL Server on Linux
The SQL Server on Linux release is a milestone for the open-source world, particularly for those organizations that run their entire business on Linux but want to use SQL Server. It now means they can...
SQL Server Always On availability groups now supported in ClusterControl's Latest Release
It’s an understatement to say that we’re very excited to announce our first release of 2022 — ClusterControl 1.9.2! This release supports high-availability SQL Server 2019 clusters, SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol), new versions of...
Best Practices for MongoDB Security
When it comes to managing database systems, one crucial aspect is database security. The failure to lay a good foundation for security for any database system may result in a data breach whereby a third-party...
Enabling Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) for SQL Server on Linux
In recent years, data encryption has gained popularity as one of the most effective methods for securing data within organizations. Data encryption works by converting data into an unreadable format - called ciphertext - thus...
Installing SQL Server 2019 on RedHat Linux
In a previous article, SQL Server On Linux Installation and Configuration, we walked through how to install SQL Server Linux on Ubuntu 20.04. SQL Server Linux 2017 and 2019 support Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions...
Install SQL Server on Linux using ClusterControl
Microsoft has taken a big step in releasing SQL Server Linux for users to build their applications. That’s great news for organizations where the only requirement is that you should be using SQL Server 2017...
ClusterControl now supports SQL Server 2019
We are pleased to announce the latest release of ClusterControl, version 1.9.1. This version of ClusterControl comes with support for SQL Server 2019 and MongoDB versions 4.4 and 5.0, as well as more functionality improvements...
SQL Server On Linux Installation and Configuration
SQL Server On Linux Installation and Configuration The previous articles, Introduction to SQL Server on Linux and Overview of SQL Server on Linux requirements and comparison with Windows SQL Server, begin your journey into SQL...