Case Study: Sika achieves high availability and improved database performance with Severalnines ClusterControl

Sika reduces database administration time with Severalnines ClusterControl in 1 month

Sika, a global specialty chemicals company, needed a highly available and performant database setup for its critical server monitoring platform, which was built on MySQL. Without in-house database administrators, the team was vulnerable to outages that would leave them blind to their worldwide infrastructure. They sought an integrated solution that was both cost-effective and could provide high availability, automated backups, and performance management, leading them to the vendor Severalnines.

Severalnines implemented its ClusterControl product to deploy and manage a production-ready MariaDB cluster integrated with Sika's existing F5 load balancers. This provided an out-of-the-box solution that delivered high availability, performance gains, and an integrated backup system. The Severalnines support team was instrumental in the deployment and in analyzing root causes. As a result, ClusterControl significantly reduced the time spent on database administration, allowing the non-DBA staff to confidently manage their setup.

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