Aureus Blog
Infrastructure insights
Engineering deep-dives, product updates, and hosting best practices from the Aureus team.
Backups Are Not a Disaster Recovery Strategy
Having backups is necessary. Testing them regularly and knowing exactly how long recovery takes — that's a disaster recovery strategy. Most teams have the former and not the latter.
The Case for Single-Tenant Database Infrastructure
Shared infrastructure is cheaper to operate at scale. So why do we build on single-tenant dedicated hardware? Because the tradeoffs that make multi-tenancy attractive for operators make it dangerous for databases.
Case Study: Scaling Clearpath from 8,000 to 400,000 Monthly Active Users
Clearpath, a project management SaaS, hit a wall at around 50K users. Their database couldn't keep up with their growth. This is the 14-month journey from crisis to comfortable headroom.
How We Migrated a 2TB PostgreSQL Database with Zero Downtime
Moving terabytes of production data without dropping a single request sounds impossible. Here's the exact playbook we used for one of our largest cluster migrations.