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Getting Started with ObjectRocket’s CockroachDB
Traditionally, NoSQL databases have been known to scale better than SQL databases due to their non-relational nature. The system architecture of NoSQL databases, which are document or key/value stores,...
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Pachyderm on the Loose! PostgreSQL on ObjectRocket reaches General Availability
We first made our PostgreSQL service available last July and now I’m pleased to announce that we’re promoting the product to General Availability. We’ve been trying to provide updates along the way and...
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Postgres Backups and How to Restore Them on ObjectRocket
Regular backups and the ability to restore them is a critical piece of database system administration. At ObjectRocket, daily backups with 2 week retention are always included and enabled by default...
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Managing PostgreSQL Extensions on the ObjectRocket Service
The PostgreSQL extensions ecosystem is extremely robust and provides a wide array of additional capabilities to PostgreSQL. As we mentioned in our launch blog, we want to provide you with all of the...
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I’ve Got Nodes in Different Area Codes
One of CockroachDB’s most amazing capabilities is the ability to replicate across regions and selectively determine which data resides in each region. Today, we’ve automated that capability on the...
View ArticleIntroducing Managed TimescaleDB on ObjectRocket
Today we’re excited to announce that we have added managed TimescaleDB to the ObjectRocket platform. We’ve never had a time series data store on our service, so TimescaleDB fills a key gap and enables...
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Redis Now Available on GCP and AWS
We’re excited to announce Redis is now available in GCP (Google Cloud Platform) and AWS (Amazon Web Services)! While we’ve had Redis available on the Rackspace platform for a while now, we’re...
View ArticleGeneral Availability of Managed TimescaleDB on the Objectrocket Service
Today, the Beta label comes off of our hosted TimescaleDB offering! It’s exciting to add yet another data store to the ObjectRocket platform in both AWS and GCP. It’s been about a month since we’ve...
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Finding the Gap: Mapping the Journey of Least Resistance
When I first joined ObjectRocket we were in the beginning phase of launching a new platform named Mission Control and with that a new instance create flow where users could spin up a new instance with...
View ArticleThe Heroku MongoDB Migration Tool is Back
Last year ObjectRocket launched a migration tool to help Heroku customers that used Compose’s MongoDB add-on migrate to the ObjectRocket service as the Compose service approached end of life. After...
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Finding the Gap – Part 2: The Journey to Implementation
Narrator: Previously on “Finding the Gap” We’d just completed a full design, implementation, research study and quick-fix cycle. Since User Experience (UX) is a never ending iterative process, we...
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One Login to Rule Them All at ObjectRocket
Login and authentication are fundamentally important aspects of any web service that you just can’t cut corners on, so when we set out to consolidate ObjectRocket logins last year, I knew we had a long...
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Highly Customizable DBaaS on AWS and GCP
Moving to cloud solutions whether it’s for basic storage and compute resources or managed solutions like ObjectRocket Databases are becoming increasingly more common as businesses look to cut costs and...
View ArticleExpanding ObjectRocket for MongoDB to AWS and GCP
Today we are proud to announce that we’ve expanded support for our hosted MongoDB offering into AWS and GCP clouds. This is an extra special announcement for us, because MongoDB expertise is a core...
View ArticleMongoDB 4.2 is Now Available on the ObjectRocket Platform
We are happy to announce that MongoDB version 4.2 has passed our tests and is generally available on the ObjectRocket platform. What’s New in MongoDB 4.2 You can get the full list of what is available...
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How ObjectRocket Keeps Your MongoDB Healthy and Available
Disaster Recovery, Replication, Fault Tolerance and High Availability for Your MongoDB. ObjectRocket currently offers options for Sharded and Replica MongoDB instances, but behind the scenes we always...
View ArticleNavigating Elasticsearch’s Licensing Change
Licensing Change Recently, Elastic.co made the announcement that they will no longer be releasing Elasticsearch and Kibana with the Apache version 2.0 license. Instead, it will be changed to SSPL...
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I’ve Got Nodes in Different Area Codes
One of CockroachDB’s most amazing capabilities is the ability to replicate across regions and selectively determine which data resides in each region. Today, we’ve automated that capability on the...
View ArticleIntroducing Managed TimescaleDB on ObjectRocket
Today we’re excited to announce that we have added managed TimescaleDB to the ObjectRocket platform. We’ve never had a time series data store on our service, so TimescaleDB fills a key gap and enables...
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Black Friday and Cyber Monday: Is Your Data Ready?
Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and even Green Monday (the last Monday to save some “green” and with optimum shipping dates for Christmas) are certainly big topics of discussion this time of the year. The...
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