Joomla! site owners are migrating their databases to Xeround’s database service. Doing so ensures that their databases are available and can scale to accommodate their applications’ needs. And the best thing is that whether you are installing a new Joomla! site or migrating an existing deployment to work with Xeround – it’s as easy as 1-2-3! Continue reading
Category Archives: Scalability
MySQL Sharding in the Cloud – Who’s Your (Stack’s) Daddy?
The week before last I had the privilege of attending Cloud Expo West. As usual, Santa Clara provided the perfect setting for the event with its luxurious convention center and lovely, crisp weather. It was very interesting listening to the … Continue reading
Xeround’s DBaaS – Architecture, Differentiators, How it All Started and What’s to Come: Watch Our Video Interview with The Cloudist
We sat down with Steve Levine from The Cloudist TV to discuss how Xeround’s database-as-a-service got started, our value proposition, how we are different from other solutions, and what’s next for Xeround Cloud Database. Watch the short video interview: Bookmark on Delicious … Continue reading
MySQL Sharding or MySQL Partitioning – Which Should You Choose?
There’s no one-size-fits-all solution for scalability, and each service or configuration available in the market addresses scalability in a different way. It’s up to you to make sure the MySQL scalability solution you end up with matches your specific DB scaling requirements. Continue reading
Master-Master Replication – Why You Need It, When You Need It, and When You Don’t
Occasionally, I am asked whether Xeround provides Master-Master Replication. I feel that’s the wrong question to ask. We should first understand what it is we’re trying to achieve with replication, and then if Master-Master is the way to go. Continue reading
Posted in High Availability, MySQL Cloud Database, Scalability
Tagged master-master, multi-master
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Cloud PaaS — Application Scalability, But What About Database Scalability?
At the application level, most PaaS solutions provide a suitable way for dealing with fluctuating demand or changing needs of the application (devlopment, production etc.,) This elasticity and flexibility at the application tier are built in to the platform itself. Unlike the application tier, things are different at the database level. Most PaaS still offer data management services with only limited scalability, not in par with the application level. Continue reading
MySQL Scalability Issues – Scaling Your MySQL Database in the Cloud
Scalability and elasticity are the trendiest words in the database arena these days – everybody scales, and everybody claims that only they scale the right way :) . There are several ways to scale a database. When evaluating a database … Continue reading
Posted in MySQL Cloud Database, Scalability
Tagged cloud database, dbaas, mysql cloud, mysql cloud database
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