Successful Cassandra deployment in the cloud takes a certain amount of skill and knowledge. In this blog I will share best practices for a successful Cassandra deployment in the cloud such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). I will also discuss how you can protect and recover the data in your Cassandra […]
DBmaestro Raises $3M in Series A Funding to Expand DevOps for Database
Financing came after DBmaestro tripled subscription revenue in 2015 Houston, Texas, February 24, 2016 – DBmaestro (http://www.dbmaestro.com/), the pioneer and leading provider of DevOps for Database solutions, announced today it raised $3 million in Series A funding from a number of venture capital firms including StageOne Ventures, lool Ventures and iAngels. The financing will be […]
Avoiding Database Migration Pitfalls with Continuous Software Delivery
When people talk about continuous software delivery, they often focus on the delivery mechanism itself, such as automation tooling or branching strategies. What is frequently overlooked is the simple truth that continuous software delivery is worthless without continuous service availability. In other words, if you’re going to frequently update your service, your customers shouldn’t frequently […]
Building an agile data tier improves devops efficiences
Meet the modern day agile data tier – improving DevOp efficiencies DevOps teams are constantly in the high-pressure environment of reacting to real-time market and industry changes and launching new features and functionality to maintain competitive positioning. Accelerating development is simply not possible if scalability is an issue. Scaling databases has proven to be especially […]
Why DevOps for the database must include three way analysis
Deployment automation is critical to practicing effective DevOps. Without deployment automation, releases still require a lot of manual steps and processes. Processes and steps that aren’t reliably repeatable, are prone to human errors, and can’t be handled consistently with high frequency. However, the software best practices can’t simply be grafted onto database deployments. Unlike software […]
Bringing the Database into the DevOps Fold
In my last post on staging-devopsy.kinsta.cloud I asked the question, “Where is the DBA in the DevOps Conversation?” I have wonderful news. I’ve found them! Having not been offered a seat at the table with everyone else, the DBAs have decided to have their own party in the form of a survey and corresponding report […]
Where is the DBA in the DevOps conversation?
In reading case studies, surveys, and research articles on DevOps I am reminded of a cartoon I saw taped to my high school physics teacher’s file cabinet. Two scientists stand in front of a complex proof scrawled on a chalkboard. Separating steps 1 and 3 of the proof is the statement, “Then a Miracle Occurs.” […]
Financial Sector Leading the Way with CD for the database
The financial industry, especially banks, are still using a programming language that is over 50 years old. However, this doesn’t necessarily mean they are out of date, rather these giant institutions have found in some cases that their ancient systems just work. They are stable and secure software programs. But databases are not like static […]
SQL vs. NoSQL – Unsettled Debate & DevOps Pitfalls
Big Data, a relatively new phenomenon driving the industry hype-cycle is a mainstay in the database business. IT companies are convinced over the endless value proposition of the operational insight that comes with leveraging Big Data ( or Big Small Data ), so much so that it’s easy to overlook its impact on traditional database […]
Walgreens reminds us to keep our database healthy
It’s clear that the super app you developed with your team, is really something, and it has high chance to be the “Bread and butter 3.0”, but are you prepared for the worst? There is a good chance that some combination of data, events and circumstances out of your control will eventually collude against you, […]