Setting Up SQL Server 2019 Always On Availability Groups on Linux with Pacemaker

Environment Preparation Infrastructure Requirements Three servers minimum for a proper cluster setup: Node IP Address Role m191 192.168.1.191 Primary replica m192 192.168.1.192 Secondary replica m193 192.168.1.193 Secondary replica Operating system: CentOS 7.6 with 2 CPU cores, 4GB RAM, and 20GB storage. Pre-Installation Configura ...

Posted on Thu, 14 May 2026 05:18:21 +0000 by frikikip

Foundations of Operations Management and the IT Operations Framework

Operations management encompasses the strategies and practices used to ensure the reliability, efficiency, and continuous evolution of IT services. This article explores the core components, including ITIL service structures, incident and problem management, standardization, automation, high availability concepts, and team organization. ITIL Se ...

Posted on Wed, 13 May 2026 17:03:31 +0000 by kante

Deploying a Proxmox VE Ceph High-Availability Cluster with OVS Bonding

Cluster Installation Refer to the official documentation for basic cluster installation: Proxmox VE Cluster Installation Guide Management and Bussiness Network Setup Confiugre the management and business networks as described in: Proxmox VE Network Configuraton Ceph Network Configuration Create OVS bonds and VLAN interfaces for Ceph traffic ...

Posted on Wed, 13 May 2026 10:30:13 +0000 by mwl707

Configuring Oracle Data Guard for 11g RAC with ASM Storage

Environment Overview The following infrastructure details apply to the Primary and Standby sites. Note that the Standby instance requires only the database software installation; the database itself is created logically during recovery. # /etc/hosts Configuration # Public IPs 192.168.10.10 prod-prm-1 192.168.10.11 prod-prm-2 192.168.10.12 d ...

Posted on Mon, 11 May 2026 00:15:54 +0000 by JohnnyBlaze

Oracle RAC Cluster Heartbeat Mechanisms and Best Practices

Physical Network Configuration Guidelines Avoid direct crossover cabling between nodes; use dedicated switches instead. Isolate the private interconnect (heartbeat network) from the public application network. If sharing a switch is unavoidable, enforce VLAN segmentation. Oracle explicitly prohibits crossover cables for Clusterware internal ...

Posted on Sat, 09 May 2026 14:38:34 +0000 by kinaski

Redis Replication: Configuration, Topology, and Synchronization Mechanisms

Table of Contents Introduction to Replication Replication Configuration Establishing Replication Terminating Replication Topology Structures Replication Process Data Synchronization Internals Components Required for PSYNC PSYNC Command Full Synchronization Partial Synchronization Master-Replica Heartbeat Full Sync Triggers Common Configu ...

Posted on Sat, 09 May 2026 03:10:03 +0000 by robin339

Building a 3-Node Redis Sentinel Cluster with Bloom Filter on CentOS 7

Environment Preparation Server Allocation Hostname IP Role Sentinel redis-sentry-0 10.10.101.26 Primary Yes redis-sentry-1 10.10.101.27 Replica Yes redis-sentry-2 10.10.101.28 Replica Yes Install Dependencies Redis will be compiled from source, so install the build tools first: # Install GCC 9 yum -y install centos-release-scl yum ...

Posted on Fri, 08 May 2026 17:11:32 +0000 by iifs044

Redis Cluster Architectures: Replication, Sentinel, and Distribution

Master-Slave Replication The master-slave replication mechanism in Redis automatically synchronizes data from the master node to one or more slave nodes based on configuration settings. The master node primarily handles write operations, while slave nodes are optimized for read operations. The general principle is to configure multiple slaves r ...

Posted on Fri, 08 May 2026 16:54:30 +0000 by mvidberg