ScaleArc

Overview
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ScaleArc
Score 6.0 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
ScaleArc for MySQL (other versions available for SQL Server and Oracle), developed by DevFactory solution and acquired by Ignite Technologies in January 2018, is database load balancing software that promises to increase uptime, performance, and scale out for applications leveraging the MySQL database. The software drops in between applications and databases and directs queries into the database on behalf of the app - it looks to the app as if it were the database, and it looks to the…N/A
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
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ScaleArc
Chose ScaleArc
Outside of Microsoft SQL Server 2016 introducing the ability to route reads across the entire availability group; there is no other solution on the market that even comes close, and that's even if they exist.
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ScaleArc
Likelihood to Recommend
9.9
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
ScaleArc
Likelihood to Recommend
Ignite Technologies
It is best suited for SaaS applications where uptime and availability are a priority to the business
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Pros
Ignite Technologies
  • ScaleArc does provide high availability and during failover it takes care of the master slave lag as well seamless switch between master and slave.
  • ScaleArc also helps to reduce application traffic on MySQL database server by filtering frequently used commands like AUTOCOMMIT.
  • ScaleArc provides a single interface for all application and database user management. This helps in strengthening security aspects of user management.
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Cons
Ignite Technologies
  • The fact that the analytics is included in the product; it really is hard to recommend this. However; I would recommend the analytics be a little more easier to use and more intuitive for drilling down to the source of the problem.
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Alternatives Considered
Ignite Technologies
Outside of Microsoft SQL Server 2016 introducing the ability to route reads across the entire availability group; there is no other solution on the market that even comes close, and that's even if they exist.
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Return on Investment
Ignite Technologies
  • Provided a single management interface for a complete MySQL farm in our company. It has helped particularly in managing high availability of MySQL databases thus overall improving the business website reliability. This in turn further enhances the confidence of our customers.
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Screenshot of Rich analytics simplify database troubleshooting, provide a cluster-wide view of stats, and highlight queries that are good candidates for caching.Screenshot of ScaleArc provides rich details about queries, aggregated to make patterns obvious but available for drill down as well.Screenshot of The ScaleArc software supports automatic or manual failover, enabling zero downtime maintenance and avoiding app errors during database failover.