Planet MySQL HA Blog
The Planet MySQL HA Blog aggregates content from sources that cover topics related to high availability (HA) for MySQL databases.
October MySQL Meetups – Recap.
We would like to share a short recaps from the several several MySQL meetups which were hold during October 2024 as follows: Garden State User Group Meetup with MySQL On October 8, in cooperation with the Garden State Java Users Group, we consulted with Scott Stroz, a MySQL Developer Advocate, on the topic of “Using […]
Offline mode error improvement
Problem Your MySQL server can end up in offline (maintenance) mode, and suddenly your client connections start to get rejected with a generic error ER_SERVER_OFFLINE_MODE: “The server is currently in offline mode”. There can be a number of reasons why this happens, for example an admin set the offline_mode system variable to put the […]
MySQL Enterprise Edition for Financial Services
In today’s fast-paced financial landscape, organizations must embrace digital transformation to stay competitive. MySQL Enterprise Edition has empowered over 700 financial services firms to navigate this shift effectively. With its proven performance and scalability, MySQL is uniquely positioned to support demanding applications while ensuring data protection and regulatory compliance. Overview MySQL Enterprise Edition offers […]
TLS in MySQL NDB Cluster 8.4 with MCM 8.4
MySQL NDB Cluster Manager 8.4, or MCM 8.4, was recently released as part of the 8.4 LTS (Long Term Support) release series by the MySQL team. If you are unfamiliar with MCM, it is a commercial addition, available with the commercial version of MySQL NDB Cluster. MCM simplifies the creation and management of your MySQL […]
OpenID Connect (Oauth2 – JWT) Authentication Support in MySQL
Have you ever struggled to manage a large set of users and their authentication credentials in MySQL? Wouldn’t it be great if I could tell you that now you can outsource this to your favorite external identity provider? Yes, you read that right. Lets see how to do it with MySQL… With MySQL 9.1 we […]
Installing Example Databases on HeatWave Using Cloud Shell and MySQL Shell
Now that you have a new HeatWave DB system and want to experiment with it, but there is no data, and you’re not ready to upload your production data, you may want to install one of the example databases available on the MySQL Documentation site. But where do you begin, and how do you get […]
MySQL NDB Cluster replication: Filter replica updates
MySQL NDB Cluster is a highly available and performant database with a shared-nothing architecture powering its linear scalability. Replication with MySQL NDB Cluster provides active-active geographical replication, allowing better data locality and disaster recovery with backup sites. Thus, it can serve a large number of clients at the same time in a global Cloud environment. […]
HeatWave MySQL – Quick guide: Enabling Automatic storage expansion
HeatWave MySQL now supports Automatic Storage Expansion. HeatWave Automatic Storage Expansion dynamically adjusts storage capacity to accommodate increasing database workloads, ensuring continuous operation without any downtime. In the past, for databases which were sized correctly with initial storage capacity, you needed to manually allocate storage capacity based on application storage needs. Insufficient provisioning could lead […]
MySQL October 2024 GA Releases Now Available
This October release is the third LTS release and second Innovation release since MySQL announced our move to a new LTS/Innovation release model. For more details see MySQL Releases: Innovation and LTS. During the innovation cycle, MySQL 9.x quarterly releases will include new features, deprecations and removals, and bug fixes. The 9.x releases also […]
MySQL Brazil Meetup – Recap.
As has been announced before, last Saturday, Oct 5th, we had a MySQL Meetup/Day in Sao Paulo, Brazil. This was a second edition of the full day of MySQL in Brazil. Last year the MySQL Day was hold on Dec 2nd in the same place as this year – Oracle office. First we would like […]