In the first part of this series, we deployed a 3-node MariaDB Galera Cluster on Ubuntu 24.04. While a 3-node topology provides the best fault tolerance, sometimes you need a simpler setup - for example, a two-node cluster with a lightweight arbitrator to maintain...
At Vettabase, we're starting a new blog series on High Availability (HA) with focus on MariaDB Galera Cluster. This series will be a collection of hands-on guides, each tackling one practical topic: from installation, configuration, and adding or removing nodes, to...
Writer switchover issues with ProxySQL and Galera can feel like an unsolved puzzle. Recently, I encountered two strange behaviors that revealed underlying issues in how ProxySQL interacts with Galera clusters. In this post, I’ll walk through the unexpected behaviors I...
Data security has always been important for any organization handling sensitive information. Data-at-rest encryption is one of the key things used to protect stored data, ensuring that unauthorized users cannot access or read the data even if they gain access to the...
