Where are the logs for a Tungsten Cluster?

Author: , July 9th, 2019

Where are the logs for a Tungsten Cluster and which are the proper log files to monitor if I do a master role switch to another node?

What is the Best Way to Check the Health of a Tungsten Cluster Before a Switch?

Author: , June 26th, 2019

Latency-sensitive applications running in Java sometimes experience unacceptable delays under heavy I/O load. This blog discusses why this problem occurs and what to do about it for applications running Tungsten Clustering for MySQL.

What on Earth is a Split-Brain Scenario in a MySQL Database Cluster?

Author: , June 24th, 2019

In this blog post we will define what a split-brain scenario means in a MySQL database cluster, and then explore how a Tungsten MySQL database cluster reacts to a split-brain situation.

Configuring the Tungsten Connector for PCI Compliance

Author: , June 18th, 2019

This blog is about configuring Tungsten for PCI compliance.

Why is My Java Application Freezing Under Heavy I/O Load?

Author: , June 17th, 2019

Latency-sensitive applications running in Java sometimes experience unacceptable delays under heavy I/O load. This blog discusses why this problem occurs and what to do about it for applications running Tungsten Clustering for MySQL.

Using Keep-Alives To Ensure Long-Running MySQL & MariaDB Sessions Stay Connected

Author: , June 14th, 2019

Overview The Skinny In this blog post we will discuss how to use the Tungsten Connector keep-alive feature to ensure long-running MySQL & MariaDB/Percona Server client sessions stay connected in a Tungsten Cluster. Agenda What’s Here? Briefly explore how the Tungsten Connector works Describe the Connector keep-alives – what are they and why do we […]

How To Solve the LOAD DATA INFILE Error from –secure-file-priv

Author: , June 12th, 2019

The Problem Tried to load a Tab-delimited text file into MuSQL 5.6.43 and got the following error: mysql> LOAD DATA INFILE ‘sample.txt’ INTO TABLE test_table; ERROR 1290 (HY000): The MySQL server is running with the –secure-file-priv option so it cannot execute this statement Solution One mysql> SHOW VARIABLES LIKE “secure_file_priv”; Copy the file into the […]

The Important Role of a Tungsten Rollback Error

Author: , May 24th, 2019

The Question Recently, a customer asked us: What is the meaning of this error message found in trepsvc.log? 2019/05/14 01:48:04.973 | mysql02.prod.example.com | [east – binlog-to-q-0] INFO pipeline.SingleThreadStageTask Performing rollback of possible partial transaction: seqno=(unavailable) Simple Overview The Skinny This message is an indication that we are dropping any uncommitted or incomplete data read from […]

Understanding Cross-Site Replication in a Tungsten Composite Multi-Master Cluster for MySQL, MariaDB and Percona Server

Author: , May 22nd, 2019

Overview The Skinny In this blog post we will discuss how the managed cross-site replication streams work in a Composite Multi-Master Tungsten Cluster for MySQL, MariaDB and Percona Server. Agenda What’s Here? Briefly explore how managed cross-site replication works in a Tungsten Composite Multi-Master Cluster Describe the reasons why the default design was chosen Explain […]

Performance Tuning Tungsten Replication to MySQL

Author: , May 21st, 2019

The Question Recently, a customer asked us: Why would Tungsten Replicator be slow to apply to MySQL? The Answer Performance Tuning 101 When you run trepctl status and see: appliedLatency : 7332.394 like this on a slave, it is almost always due to the inability for the target database to keep up with the applier. […]