Posts Categorized in Database development

As more and more software development moves towards devops processes, it’s important to bring the database along too. At Redgate, we’re making it possible with a suite of database development tools that plug into and integrate with the software used in application development. The result? DevOps for the database has become a reality.

Pitfalls with SQL rollbacks and automated database deployments

While it’s possible to perform SQL rollbacks to revert database changes, the question is, should you? Rolling back a database change isn’t as straightforward as rolling back a code change. Databases are the lifeblood of applications. An unsuccessful rollback can result in bad or deleted data. This article goes through the pitfalls which result... Read more

Octopus Deploy

6 April 2020

Octopus Deploy

6 April 2020

Designing an automated database deployment process: case study

In my previous article, How to design an automated database deployment process, I wrote about the steps companies and organizations should take to introduce automation to their database deployments. In this article, I’m going talk about the challenges I faced when I embarked on my own automation journey. Prior to joining Octopus Deploy, I... Read more

Jeremiah Peschka

10 March 2020

Jeremiah Peschka

10 March 2020

Key actions to take with your monitoring system in preparation for COVID-19

You may think of monitoring as helping you optimize your server performance and ensure availability, particularly in times of technical crisis. But did you know, monitoring helps your teams work together in times of human-based crisis as well. Organizations everywhere are taking action to ensure business continuity and to minimize customer impact, whether employees... Read more

Rael Winters

9 March 2020

Rael Winters

9 March 2020

Cloud migration: 5 common traps and how to avoid them

For most organizations, migrating to the cloud happens in four broad phases. First, there’s the opportunistic phase: skunkworks projects and new systems start to use public cloud, with or without the blessing of corporate IT. Next there’s the cloud-first stage. Early cloud projects are performing well, so new ones are deployed there as a... Read more

Octopus Deploy

2 March 2020

Octopus Deploy

2 March 2020

How to design an automated database deployment process

For many companies and organizations, automated database deployments are the final piece of the Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery puzzle They need to go from deployments that take hours down to minutes. I know from personal experience that it can take many attempts to successfully automate database deployments and the failures aren’t because of... Read more