Planet MySQL HA Blog
The Planet MySQL HA Blog aggregates content from sources that cover topics related to high availability (HA) for MySQL databases.
Enhance Data Protection in HeatWave
HeatWave is the only fully managed MySQL database service that combines transactions, analytics, machine learning, and GenAI services, without ETL duplication. HeatWave also includes HeatWave Lakehouse, allowing users to query data stored in object storage, MySQL databases, or a combination of both. Users can deploy HeatWave MySQL–powered apps on a choice of public clouds: Oracle […]
Making it Easy to Load and Query CSV Files with HeatWave Lakehouse
HeatWave is the only fully managed MySQL database service that combines transactions, analytics, machine learning, and GenAI services, without ETL duplication. HeatWave also includes HeatWave Lakehouse, allowing users to query data stored in object storage, MySQL databases, or a combination of both. Users can deploy HeatWave MySQL–powered apps on a choice of public clouds: Oracle […]
AI Features Available in HeatWave Always Free Tier
Earlier this week, we released a Episode #89 of MySQL Shorts that focussed on some machine learning features available in HeatWave. I am excited to share that features demoed in that video are also available in the Always Free tier of HeatWave! Some Background When I was putting together the demos for Episode 89, I was using a beefy HeatWave MySQL instance, with an equally powerful HeatWave […]
MySQL Routing Guidelines: A Practical Guide to Management and Configuration
This post is the second in a series about Routing Guidelines, a new feature available in both MySQL Community and Enterprise Editions that brings smarter and more flexible query routing to MySQL Architectures, including InnoDB Cluster, ClusterSet, and ReplicaSet. Whether you’re already using MySQL Router or evaluating ways to enhance and simplify application failover and scale workloads more efficiently, Routing Guidelines […]
MySQL and HeatWave Summit 2025: 2 Days of Innovation, Learning, and Collaboration
On April 22-23rd, 2025, the Oracle Conference Center in Redwood Shores, California, buzzed with excitement as the MySQL and HeatWave Summit 2025 kicked off. The MySQL and HeatWave Summit is the largest gathering of MySQL users, developers and product experts in the world. The summit brought together developers, DBAs, experts, and users for this two day […]
Connecting to MySQL HeatWave in OCI
This blog post will describe how to start working with MySQL HeatWave in OCI. We will interconnect MySQL HeatWave instance with OCI Compute instance and even import data and execute SQL commands over them. First, I will describe the overall picture of what we want to achieve. Then I’ll walk you through the setup of […]
Manage External MySQL DB systems in OCI
This blog is the second part of our two-part series on setting up and managing on-premises (External) MySQL DB systems in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). In the first part, we covered the prerequisite steps required before registering and managing External MySQL DB systems. In this blog, we will walk you through the registration process, fleet monitoring, key metrics, alarms and […]
Prerequisites for Managing On-premises MySQL DB systems in OCI
This blog is the first of a two-part series that guides you through setting up and managing on-premises (External) MySQL DB systems in OCI, ensuring optimal performance and operational insights. In this part, we will cover the prerequisite steps before registering and managing External MySQL DB systems. To use Database Management features for External MySQL, […]
Set up Cross-Region Oracle Heatwave MySQL Disaster Recovery Copy in OCI
Introduction Oracle HeatWave MySQL is a fully managed database service, and the cloud service built on MySQL Enterprise Edition, with advanced security features for encryption, data masking, authentication, and a database firewall. HeatWave improves MySQL query performance by orders of magnitude and enables you to get real-time analytics on your transactional data in MySQL—without the […]
End-Of-Life of HeatWave MySQL 8.0 version
This article explains the version support policy for HeatWave MySQL, covering lifecycle management aspects such as version availability, updates, and end-of-support timelines. Understanding this policy helps customers keep their applications secure, optimized, and up to date with the latest MySQL advancements while ensuring smooth transitions between versions. MySQL 8.0 will reach End-Of-Life (EOL) in April 2026. […]