Uber redesigned its MySQL fleet using a consensus-driven architecture based on MySQL Group Replication, reducing cluster failover time from minutes to seconds. By moving leader election and failure ...

Until recently, I've been a fan of the PostgreSQL database, but Mysql's database replication implementation is very slick. Not to disparage my favorite RDBMS too much, but PostgreSQL's replication ...

Replication is one of the most popular features used in RDBMS’s today. Replication is used for disaster recovery purposes (i.e. backup or warm stand-by servers), reporting systems where query activity ...

The open source MySQL spin-off has steadily added features all its own. Here are five good reasons to switch to MariaDB.

MySQL databases come in all shapes and sizes, but most often are deployed behind Web sites. As sites grow, the companies behind them often become concerned about uptime and want to move to a ...