We need a variety of software licenses to cover the requirements that those developing software have around their code, from protecting their intellectual property to building sustainable businesses.

Percona Database Performance Blog

11.12.2024

How to Get Useful Information Out of Valkey/Redis Keys

Learn how to get valuable information from Redis and Valkey keys. Troubleshoot specific keys, verify resource usage, and more in this informative blog post.

Percona Database Performance Blog

10.12.2024

Performing ELT Operations Using DOMAINs

While importing data with empty strings using a CAST and storing it as a DOMAIN is straightforward, consider how you plan to manipulate it afterward.

Percona Database Performance Blog

05.12.2024

The Evolution of Stateful Applications in Kubernetes

Taking a look at the evolution of stateful applications on Kubernetes through various data points.

Percona Database Performance Blog

03.12.2024

Checking Index Consistency on a Sharded Cluster in MongoDB

Inconsistent index distribution across shards in a MongoDB sharded cluster is more common than you think, and it occurs because the user creates indexes directly in the shards without using MongoS.

Percona Database Performance Blog

20.11.2024

Using Loki and Promtail to Display PostgreSQL Logs From a Kubernetes Cluster in PMM

Making PostgreSQL database logs from a Kubernetes cluster deployed with the Percona Operator for PostgreSQL available for visualization in Percona Monitoring and Management with the help of Loki and Promtail

Percona Database Performance Blog

19.11.2024

PostgreSQL 12 End of Life: Upgrade Now with Percona

PostgreSQL 12 has been End of Life (EOL) since November 14, 2024. With Percona’s support and services, you can confidently upgrade PostgreSQL.

Percona Database Performance Blog

14.11.2024

Alternatives to Cloud DBaaS: What to Look For

DBaas offers speed and convenience, but high costs and vendor lock-in are just two reasons you might be looking for alternatives to cloud DBaaS.

Percona Database Performance Blog

07.11.2024

Valkey/Redis Key-Specific Dump, Restore, and Migration

Learn how to manage keys inside Valkey/Redis for testing or migration purposes. Discover how to take backups and restore specific key-value datasets.

Percona Database Performance Blog

07.11.2024

An Elephant in the Cluster: Making PostgreSQL Feel at Home on Kubernetes

Explore a DBA-friendly approach to PostgreSQL on Kubernetes—enhancing StatefulSets with leader election, failover, and open source collaboration for streamlined management.

Percona Database Performance Blog

05.11.2024

Exposing PostgreSQL with NGINX Ingress Controller

How to expose multiple PostgreSQL clusters through a single ingress using different TCP ports.

Percona Database Performance Blog

02.11.2024

How Can MySQL Catch Up with PostgreSQL's Momentum?

Why does MySQL remain so popular and widely used, even as PostgreSQL's popularity surges? Peter Zaitsev weighs in.

Percona Database Performance Blog

31.10.2024

Percona Backup for MongoDB and Disk Snapshots in Amazon AWS - Part 2

Learn how Percona Backup for MongoDB supports disk snapshot backups and how to restore a snapshot-based backup in AWS.

Percona Database Performance Blog

30.10.2024

Migrate from Redis to Valkey Without Downtime

Migrating from Redis to Valkey can significantly reduce costs, and here we provide a step-by-step approach to smoothly migrate without interrupting your application's operations.

Percona Database Performance Blog

29.10.2024

Abandonware in Popular Open Source Databases

Peter Zaitsev writes about the tendency (or perception of) to abandon features without deprecating them in some of the most popular open source databases - MySQL, MariaDB, and PostgreSQL.

Percona Database Performance Blog

25.10.2024

Redis Users Want a Change

Open source Valkey is emerging as a top contender for the 75% of companies concerned about Redis’ licensing change.

Percona Database Performance Blog

24.10.2024

Open Source and Flawed Foundations

Do not settle for hearing words like “Foundation” or “Open” when it comes to software; understand what you’re getting in terms of a Software License and in terms of IP ownership and governance.

Percona Database Performance Blog

22.10.2024

Percona Backup for MongoDB and Disk Snapshots in Amazon AWS

Learn how Percona Backup for MongoDB supports disk snapshots backups in Amazon AWS.

Percona Database Performance Blog

17.10.2024

Percona Backup for MongoDB and Disk Snapshots in Google Cloud Platform - Part 2

Learn how Percona Backup for MongoDB supports snapshot-based physical backups on Google Cloud Platform in part 2 of this series.

Percona Database Performance Blog

09.10.2024

Unlocking the Power of Cloud Snapshots: Backup and Restore Your MongoDB Clusters on Kubernetes

How to backup and restore MongoDB clusters managed by the Operator with snapshots. This is a proof of concept that will be fully automated in the Operator's future releases.

Percona Database Performance Blog

03.10.2024

Percona Backup for MongoDB and Disk Snapshots in Google Cloud Platform

Learn how Percona Backup for MongoDB supports snapshot-based physical backups on Google Cloud Platform.

Percona Database Performance Blog

01.10.2024

MongoDB: New Balancer Policy and Automerger

Some changes have been deployed for the Balancer in recent versions of MongoDB. Here's how the Balancer works, how its policy has changed, and we'll discuss the Automerger.

Percona Database Performance Blog

27.09.2024

Dealing with a 'DatabaseVersion.timestamp' Error After a MongoDB Upgrade

How to deal with a 'DatabaseVersion.timestamp' error when doing a MongoDB upgrade.

Percona Database Performance Blog

13.09.2024

Simplify User Management with Percona Operator for MongoDB

Managing database users within complex CICD pipelines and GitOps workflows has been a challenge for MongoDB deployments. With Percona Operator for MongoDB 1.17, we introduce a new feature that streamlines this process.

Percona Database Performance Blog

12.09.2024

MongoDB: High Availability Topology for a Multi-Region Setting

Learn about the minimal topology design needed to achieve high availability for your MongoDB database systems.

Percona Database Performance Blog

10.09.2024

MongoDB Performance Regression Benchmarking and the Truth Behind Journaling MongoDB performance benchmarking

Discover the hidden challenges of performance regression when upgrading MongoDB versions. Learn how write concern behavior impacts performance between MongoDB v4.4 and v7.0, and get actionable tuning tips for smoother upgrades.

Percona Database Performance Blog

07.09.2024

PostgreSQL Internals for Newbies: A Guide to Data Storage, Part One

Dive into PostgreSQL Internals to learn how data is stored and managed. Gain valuable insights into the inner workings of PostgreSQL data handling.

Percona Database Performance Blog

06.09.2024

How to Upgrade a Kubernetes Cluster

Upgrading a Kubernetes cluster can be tricky, especially in production environments. Learn key considerations, high-level processes, and essential pre-upgrade checks to avoid breaking critical applications during your next upgrade.

Percona Database Performance Blog

05.09.2024

Percona In-Product Telemetry: Updates, Findings, and News

Discover key telemetry insights from Percona’s MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB releases, plus new mechanisms for improved data collection and community sharing.

Percona Database Performance Blog

04.09.2024

What are Kubernetes Pods? A Deep Dive

Understand the role of Kubernetes Pods in container orchestration, their structure, functionality, and impact on deployments and resource management.

Percona Database Performance Blog

28.08.2024

Important Notice: Update Process for Percona Monitoring and Management 2.38 and Earlier

We’ve received numerous reports about issues occurring with Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) when updating to the latest version (currently 2.42.0), or updating to any version from an old version (2.37.1 and before) using the update button on the UI.

Percona Database Performance Blog

24.08.2024

Addressing Data Size Differences in MongoDB Replica Set Nodes

See how to address data size discrepancies between PRIMARY and SECONDARY nodes in MongoDB using the WiredTiger storage engine.

Percona Database Performance Blog

16.08.2024

The Making of an Open Source PostgreSQL TDE Extension

TDE isn't available in community PostgreSQL but the need is well documented. Percona has been working to address this, and pg_tde_basic is now in public beta!

Percona Database Performance Blog

14.08.2024

Solving pg_upgrade and lc_collate Mismatch Issues in PostgreSQL

Solutions for pg_upgrade and lc_collate mismatch issues when updating PostgreSQL and the operating system you run PostgreSQL on.

Percona Database Performance Blog

13.08.2024

How to Build a PostgreSQL Patch Test Environment on Ubuntu 22.04

The steps to build a PostgreSQL patch test environment from source on Ubuntu 22.04 with the options available in 2024.

Percona Database Performance Blog

10.08.2024

Improve the Security of a Percona Server for MongoDB Deployment with KMIP Key State Polling

KMIP key state polling in Percona Server for MongoDB reduces MTTR for compromised encryption keys. This post explains how it works, offers a key rotation use case, and provides upgrade and enablement guidelines.

Percona Database Performance Blog

08.08.2024

Open Source AI Database Agent Part 2: OSADA

OSADA is an experimental tool demonstrating that database agents offer immense value, allowing users to query databases without SQL knowledge or understanding data structures, with Large Language Models handling the heavy lifting.

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Percona Wins 2024 Digital Innovator Award from Intellyx

How To Deal with a AUTO_INCREMENT Max Value Problem in MySQL and MariaDB

Percona Server for MongoDB 8.0: The Most Performant Ever

Software Licensing and Open Source: Why Definitions Matter

How to Get Useful Information Out of Valkey/Redis Keys

Performing ELT Operations Using DOMAINs

The Evolution of Stateful Applications in Kubernetes

Checking Index Consistency on a Sharded Cluster in MongoDB

Using Loki and Promtail to Display PostgreSQL Logs From a Kubernetes Cluster in PMM

PostgreSQL 12 End of Life: Upgrade Now with Percona

Alternatives to Cloud DBaaS: What to Look For

Valkey/Redis Key-Specific Dump, Restore, and Migration

An Elephant in the Cluster: Making PostgreSQL Feel at Home on Kubernetes

Exposing PostgreSQL with NGINX Ingress Controller

How Can MySQL Catch Up with PostgreSQL's Momentum?

Percona Backup for MongoDB and Disk Snapshots in Amazon AWS - Part 2

Migrate from Redis to Valkey Without Downtime

Abandonware in Popular Open Source Databases

Redis Users Want a Change

Open Source and Flawed Foundations

Percona Backup for MongoDB and Disk Snapshots in Amazon AWS

Percona Backup for MongoDB and Disk Snapshots in Google Cloud Platform - Part 2

Unlocking the Power of Cloud Snapshots: Backup and Restore Your MongoDB Clusters on Kubernetes

Percona Backup for MongoDB and Disk Snapshots in Google Cloud Platform

MongoDB: New Balancer Policy and Automerger

Dealing with a 'DatabaseVersion.timestamp' Error After a MongoDB Upgrade

Simplify User Management with Percona Operator for MongoDB

MongoDB: High Availability Topology for a Multi-Region Setting

MongoDB Performance Regression Benchmarking and the Truth Behind Journaling MongoDB performance benchmarking

PostgreSQL Internals for Newbies: A Guide to Data Storage, Part One

How to Upgrade a Kubernetes Cluster

Percona In-Product Telemetry: Updates, Findings, and News

What are Kubernetes Pods? A Deep Dive

Important Notice: Update Process for Percona Monitoring and Management 2.38 and Earlier

Addressing Data Size Differences in MongoDB Replica Set Nodes

The Making of an Open Source PostgreSQL TDE Extension

Solving pg_upgrade and lc_collate Mismatch Issues in PostgreSQL

How to Build a PostgreSQL Patch Test Environment on Ubuntu 22.04

Improve the Security of a Percona Server for MongoDB Deployment with KMIP Key State Polling

Open Source AI Database Agent Part 2: OSADA

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