Tungsten University: Configure & provision Continuent Tungsten clusters
Source:  On Demand Webinars
Thursday, 17 January 2013 00:00

Are you unsure of the steps needed to get your Continuent Tungsten cluster up-and-running? In this virtual course, we teach you how to get from a single database server to a scalable cluster, or from a brittle MySQL replication system to a transparent, manageable Tungsten cluster. We discuss the benefits of leveraging Continuent Tungsten clustering with MySQL, and walk you through the s...


Multi-master, star, and fan-in replication made easy with Tungsten
Source:  On Demand Webinars
Thursday, 06 December 2012 00:00

complex topologies (http://www.continuent.com/solutions/replication) was still a matter for advanced users only. Not any more! Continuent has released a package of cookbook recipe scripts (https://docs.continuent.com/wiki/display/TEDOC/Tungsten+Replication+Cookbook), which make installation of multi-master, star, fan-in, and all-masters a matter of minutes. Actually, once you have configu...


Guaranteeing data availability
Source:  Articles
Wednesday, 07 November 2012 00:00

Making the most out of the growing adoption of open source technology, US-based database clustering experts Continuent have just announced they're expanding in Europe. Eero Teerikorpi, Continuent founder and Chairman, explains the importance of database clustering for businesses who need their data to always be available. Zlllion [xx edition 2012] (http://www.continuent.com/images/stories/pdfs/zi...


MySQL High Availability Realized
Source:  On Demand Webinars
Wednesday, 07 November 2012 00:00

High availability is about more than making sure that apps can get to your data even if there is a failure. How about when you are upgrading your database schema? What if you need to add memory to a database server or reconfigure/restart MySQL? If your apps want to read data from a MySQL slave, how can you be sure they are not reading stale data without re-coding your apps...


Industrial-Strength MySQL Applications Using Percona and Continuent
Source:  On Demand Webinars
Tuesday, 06 November 2012 00:00

MySQL is the first choice for a large majority of web applications thanks to its ease of use and low cost of operation. However, running big apps on MySQL is still a challenge even for experts. In this webinar shows how to combine Percona Server and Percona XtraBackup with Continuent Tungsten to build business-critical systems capable of processing hundreds of millions of transactions p...


DBTA Best Practices Series: Data Integration, Master Data Management, and Data Virtualization
Source:  Articles
Tuesday, 04 September 2012 00:00

Highly-Available MySQL and Real-Time Big Data with Continuent Tungsten. Database Trends And Applications, Best Practices Series [9/4/12] (http://www.continuent.com/images/stories/pdfs/data%20integration%20mdm%20and%20data%20virtualization%20-%202012%20copy.pdf)


Interview with Giuseppe Maxia "The Data Charmer" about MySQL Connect
Source:  Articles
Friday, 10 August 2012 00:00

Keith Larson interviews Giuseppe Maxia, "The Data Charmer (http://datacharmer.blogspot.com/)", about upcoming MySQL Connect, MySQL community and MySQL 5.6. Oracle's MySQL blog [8/10/12] (https://blogs.oracle.com/MySQL/entry/interview_with_giuseppe_maxia)


MySQL MHA vs Continuent Tungsten Shootout
Source:  Articles
Monday, 23 April 2012 00:00

Clients often ask us to help evaluate comparable systems to select the technologies most appropriate for their individual situation. To support this, we do ongoing research and document the pros and cons of given technologies to see how they stack up against each other. MySQL MHA: 2 Continuent Tungsten: 5 While we felt both leading options for asynchronous MySQL High Availability were strong c...


Mark Callaghan (Facebook) on Continuent at his keynote at MySQL Conference & Expo
Source:  Articles
Friday, 13 April 2012 00:00

Over the past decade MySQL has made huge improvements in performance and is starting to get a lot better in manageability. But there are some problems that have yet to be addressed. This talk describes features we hope to see in future releases of MySQL. Presented by Mark Callaghan (Software Engineer, Database Infrastructure, Facebook) at Percona Live: MySQL Conference Expo 2012. Mark talks abou...


Continuent Announces Tungsten Enterprise 1.5 for Multi-Master, Multi-Region MySQL Data Services in the Amazon EC2
Source:  Press Releases
Tuesday, 10 April 2012 08:00

Deploy Continuent Tungsten cluster in the Amazon EC2 or other clouds, managed hosting facilities or in your own data center to obtain highly available MySQL data services with redundant data storage and servers