Oracle Cloud Breakdown – Database Hosting Costs on OCI

Posted: March 2, 2021

When considering a new cloud provider, the big names come to mind - AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. If you’re a developer, you might even be considering a dev-friendly cloud like DigitalOcean or Linode. But, did you know there’s a (relatively) new player in the cloud game? Oracle Cloud...

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How To Set Up MySQL on DigitalOcean

Posted: February 5, 2021

MySQL is the number one open source relational database management system in the world, and is used by millions of developers across all application types. DigitalOcean, a fast-growing cloud provider that’s increasing in popularity amongst the developer community, is a great host to consider for...

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Auditing PostgreSQL Using pgAudit

Posted: January 14, 2021

Auditing in information technology (IT) is a process of examining an organization’s IT infrastructure to ensure compliance with the requirements imposed by recognized standards or established policies. Data protection rules, such as the new GDPR regulations, are becoming increasingly stringent to...

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mysqldump Best Practices: Part 1 – MySQL Prerequisites

Posted: December 16, 2020

Mysqldump is a client utility that is used to perform logical backups of the MySQL database. This popular migration tool is useful for various use cases of MySQL such as: Backup and restore of databases. Migrating data from one server to another. Migrating data across different managed MySQL...

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Redis on Azure Performance Benchmark – ScaleGrid for Redis™ vs. Azure Cache

Posted: November 26, 2020

Redis is an advanced key-value store. In fact, it is the number one key value store and eighth most popular database in the world. It has high throughput and runs from memory, but also has the ability to persist data on disk. Redis is a great caching solution for highly demanding applications, and...

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Setting MySQL Configuration Variables – MySQL 5.7 vs MySQL 8.0

Posted: November 4, 2020

MySQL configuration variables are a set of server system variables used to configure the operation and behavior of the server. In this blog post, we will explain the differences in managing the configuration variables between MySQL 5.7 and MySQL 8.0. We will explain three different ways for...

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ScaleGrid Launches Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Support for Managed Database Hosting

Posted: October 14, 2020

PALO ALTO, Calif., October 14, 2020 – ScaleGrid, a leading Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) provider, has just announced the launch of Google Cloud Platform (GCP) hosting through their fully managed DBaaS plans. In addition to their AWS, Azure and DigitalOcean hosting solutions, ScaleGrid will now...

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MongoDB SSL with self-signed certificates in C#

Posted: September 18, 2020

When deploying MongoDB in production, it is strongly recommended that you use an SSL-enabled geo-distributed replica-set configuration for maximum security and availability. ScaleGrid provides you two options for setting up SSL. One option is purchasing your own CA-signed SSL certificates and...

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MySQL on Azure Performance Benchmark – ScaleGrid vs. Azure Database

Posted: August 26, 2020

Microsoft Azure is one of the most popular cloud providers in the world, and a natural fit for database hosting on applications leveraging Microsoft across their infrastructure. MySQL is the number one open source database that’s commonly hosted through Azure instances. While Microsoft offers...

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PostgreSQL Connection Pooling: Part 4 – PgBouncer vs. Pgpool-II

Posted: July 29, 2020

In our previous posts in this series, we spoke at length about using PgBouncer and Pgpool-II, the connection pool architecture and pros and cons of leveraging one for your PostgreSQL deployment. In our final post, we will put them head-to-head in a detailed feature comparison and compare the...

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Oracle Cloud Breakdown – Database Hosting Costs on OCI

Auditing PostgreSQL Using pgAudit

mysqldump Best Practices: Part 1 – MySQL Prerequisites

Redis on Azure Performance Benchmark – ScaleGrid for Redis™ vs. Azure Cache

Setting MySQL Configuration Variables – MySQL 5.7 vs MySQL 8.0

MongoDB SSL with self-signed certificates in C#

PostgreSQL Connection Pooling: Part 4 – PgBouncer vs. Pgpool-II

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