[In part I of this blog series we saw an overview of our DBaaS design. In this blog (part II) we discuss the automated MySQL primary failover design in some detail.] We use the hashicorp consul and a custom consul watcher service, along with the orchestrator service, to inject proxySQL route changes in the event of a MySQL primary failure in a shard. Consul cluster
A regular board performance evaluation helps the board improve and execute better governance. Periodic performance evaluations are necessary to pinpoint pain areas that should be looked into to increase the board’s effectiveness and an organization’s compliance purposes. Here is a list of things to consider when designing an effective board performance evaluation.
Ask any company in the software space and they will tell you that every quarter they are anxiously awaiting the results of the newest G2 report badges. These badges are awarded based on results that come from authentic, real users of the product. We are extremely excited and proud to announce that in the latest G2 Winter 2021 report Time Doctor was awarded 12 new badges! Time Doctor’s overall G2 rating is 4.5 stars, beating out some of our biggest competitors.
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Throughout the workweek or during the process of any project, even the best small teams can hit obstacles. Issues with miscommunications, unproductive meetings, too many emails, and not knowing what the other members of the team are doing can all work together to stall your team's productivity and efficiency. The term Team Efficiency refers to a team achieving maximum productivity with minimal wasted effort or expenses.
Teams at Freshworks primarily use MySQL for their database needs. Freshworks being an AWS shop, RDS MySQL has been our primary, go-to solution. Sometime back a team was formed and tasked with building a self-hosted DB solution. We called ourselves the DBaaS (Database as a service) team and started with a DBaaS solution for MySQL. In this blog post (part I of the series) we discuss the motivation and high-level architecture of the DBaaS solution.
Every project manager has experienced this — things are running along smoothly in your workflow when you receive an email with the subject: “URGENT — need ASAP.” And just like that, an ad-hoc project falls into your lap. Ad-hoc projects or requests are unexpected and can catch you off guard.
