Gustavo Karsten
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High Availability Database Cluster

Production-ready MySQL/MariaDB cluster with automatic failover, load balancing, and disaster recovery.

Core Project

## 🔧 Tech Stack

MariaDB ClusterProxySQLKeepalivedHAProxyPrometheusGrafanaAnsibleLinux Containers

## 📈 Workflow

infrastructure

Cluster Provisioning

Deploy MariaDB cluster nodes

load_balancer

ProxySQL Setup

Configure read/write splitting and failover

ha

Keepalived VIP

Virtual IP for high availability

monitoring

Health Monitoring

Monitor cluster health and performance

backup

Automated Backups

Daily incremental and weekly full backups

## ✨ Features

  • 3-node MariaDB Galera cluster
  • Automatic failover with ProxySQL
  • Read/write load balancing
  • Keepalived virtual IP management
  • Real-time health monitoring
  • Automated backup and recovery
  • SSL encryption for all connections
  • Performance monitoring with Grafana
  • Disaster recovery procedures
  • Zero-downtime maintenance

## 🎯 Results

  • 99.99% uptime achieved
  • Zero data loss in 24 months of operation
  • Handles 50,000+ concurrent connections
  • 10TB+ database size managed
  • Automatic recovery from node failures
  • Major cost savings vs cloud alternatives

## 🧩 Use Case

Critical business applications require 24/7 availability. This cluster ensures that even if one database server fails, the system continues operating without interruption.

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