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January 15, 2026
Percona Operator for PostgreSQL 2025 Wrap Up and What We Are Focusing on Next
In 2025, the Percona Operator for PostgreSQL put most of its energy into the things that matter when PostgreSQL is [...]
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January 15, 2026
Announcing Percona ClusterSync for MongoDB: The Open Source Trail to Freedom
Migrating mission-critical databases is often compared to changing the engines on a plane while it’s in mid-flight. For MongoDB users, [...]
January 14, 2026
The Importance of Realistic Benchmark Workloads
Unveiling the Limits: A Performance Analysis of MongoDB Sharded Clusters with plgm In any database environment, assumptions are the enemy [...]
January 12, 2026
Using PXC Replication Manager to Auto Manage Both Source and Replica Failover in Galera-Based Environments
In this blog post, we will be discussing the PXC Replication Manager script/tool which basically facilitates both source and replica [...]
January 7, 2026
Introducing OpenEverest: An Independent Open Source Project for the Future of Data Platforms
Today, we are sharing an important step forward for the project many of you know as Percona Everest. Percona is [...]
January 6, 2026
Urgent Security Update: Patching “Mongobleed” (CVE-2025-14847) in Percona Server for MongoDB
At Percona, our mission has always been to provide the community with truly open-source, enterprise-class software. A critical part of [...]
January 6, 2026
Good Bye Percona Everest, Hello OpenEverest!
Over the past few years, we’ve been building Percona Everest with a clear goal in mind: to deliver a powerful [...]
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January 5, 2026
JavaScript Stored Routines in Percona Server for MySQL: A New Era for Database Programmability
For decades, we’ve accepted a painful compromise: if you wanted logic inside the database, you had to write SQL/PSM (Persistent [...]
January 2, 2026
Running Databases on Kubernetes: A Practical Guide to Risks, Benefits, and Best Practices
As a database administrator, you are the guardian of the company’s most critical asset: its data. You live by performance, [...]
December 31, 2025
CVE-2025-14847 (MongoBleed) — A High-Severity Memory Leak in MongoDB
A high severity vulnerability, referred to as “mongobleed” (CVE-2025-14847) has been identified in most versions of MongoDB Community and Enterprise [...]
December 31, 2025
Building a Multi-Cloud Strategy: Cut Costs, Improve Resilience, and Avoid Lock-In
When you went all-in on the cloud, you were promised agility and savings. But sometimes, the reality feels very different. [...]
December 30, 2025
Migrate to Freedom: Choosing a Truly Open Source PostgreSQL Operator
Open Source Isn’t What It Used to Be The landscape of open source has undergone significant changes in recent years, and [...]
December 29, 2025
Update Request! New PostgreSQL RPMs Released to Disable Debug Assertions
We recently identified that a batch of our Percona Server for PostgreSQL RPM packages were inadvertently compiled with the debug [...]
December 29, 2025
Percona Operator for MongoDB in 2025: Making Distributed MongoDB More Predictable on Kubernetes
In 2025, the Percona Operator for MongoDB focused on the hardest parts of running MongoDB in Kubernetes: reliable backups and [...]
December 24, 2025
Kubernetes Operators Compared: The Key to Scalable, Cost-Efficient Databases
Choosing the right Kubernetes operator is one of those quiet decisions that ultimately defines your database strategy, affecting everything from [...]
December 23, 2025
Kubernetes Multi-Cloud Architecture: Building Portable Databases Without Lock-In
Most organizations now run across multiple clouds, pursuing flexibility, better pricing, or regional availability. But while stateless applications move freely, [...]
December 22, 2025
Memory Management in MongoDB 8.0: Testing the New TCMalloc
With MongoDB 8.0, the database engine takes another step forward in performance optimization, particularly in how it manages memory. One [...]
December 19, 2025
Improve Developer Velocity with Kubernetes Databases
Your company has invested heavily in agile development, microservices, and Kubernetes to move faster. Your app teams can spin up [...]
December 18, 2025
Introducing Percona Load Generator for MongoDB Clusters: The Benchmark Tool That Simulates Your Actual Application
If you have ever tuned a MongoDB cluster that passed every synthetic benchmark with flying colors, only to choke the [...]