by Visakh S | Apr 13, 2016 | Server Administration
Containers are taking over the world. From VPSs to application hosting, more and more companies now use container technologies such as Docker, LXC and OpenVZ. The latest entrant to this list is rkt, pronounced as rocket. What is Rocket (rkt)? rkt is a container system...
by Visakh S | Apr 10, 2016 | Server Administration
Setting up a server can be time consuming. It involves installing an operating system, setting up networking, configuring various services and securing can take up to 2 hours per server. But what if you can deploy servers in a few mins? That’s what you can do...
by Visakh S | Apr 1, 2016 | MySQL, Server Administration
Percona is a high performance alternative for MySQL. It uses a modified InnoDB engine called XtraDB, and uses Galera’s clustering technology to offer better performance and uptime than MySQL. Today, let’s take a look at how you can setup a Percona cluster,...
by Visakh S | Mar 30, 2016 | Server Administration
In an earlier post, we discussed how Percona XtraDB Cluster (PXC) can be used to achieve database high availability. PXC uses master-master replication, which makes each server in the cluster capable of making changes to the database. In such a system, data update...
by Visakh S | Mar 29, 2016 | Server Administration
A properly configured backup helps you bounce back from a server failure within minutes. However, backups impose a performance penalty and it is known to even bring down servers due to high load. So, backups should be setup such that it uses as little resources as...
by Visakh S | Mar 20, 2016 | MySQL, Server Administration
Almost every open source project uses MySQL as its database. It is supported by all hosting providers, is easy to administer, and free. However, MySQL servers often face performance issues, leading to many websites looking for alternate high performance databases....
