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October 24, 2024
Redis Users Want a Change
Originally published on The New Stack. Open source Valkey is emerging as a top contender for the 75% of companies [...]
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October 23, 2024
Open Source and Flawed Foundations
I have always been a big advocate of “Foundation”-run open source projects as being better compared to single-vendor projects, where [...]
October 21, 2024
Percona Backup for MongoDB and Disk Snapshots in Amazon AWS
We recently covered the use case of Percona Backup for MongoDB and Disk Snapshots in Google Cloud Platform; now it’s time [...]
October 15, 2024
Percona Backup for MongoDB and Disk Snapshots in Google Cloud Platform – Part 2
Percona Backup for MongoDB (PBM) supports snapshot-based physical backups. This is made possible by the backup cursor functionality present in [...]
October 8, 2024
Unlocking the Power of Cloud Snapshots: Backup and Restore Your MongoDB Clusters on Kubernetes
There are various ways to backup and restore Percona Server for MongoDB clusters when you run them on Kubernetes. Percona [...]
October 2, 2024
Percona Backup for MongoDB and Disk Snapshots in Google Cloud Platform
Percona Backup for MongoDB (PBM) supports snapshot-based physical backups. This is made possible by the backup cursor functionality present in [...]
September 30, 2024
MongoDB: New Balancer Policy and Automerger
MongoDB provides scalability and high availability at ease. If you already have a sharded cluster, you know for sure what [...]
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September 26, 2024
Dealing with a ‘DatabaseVersion.timestamp’ Error After a MongoDB Upgrade
Recently, one of our customers reported a problem after upgrading a sharded cluster from MongoDB 5.0 to 6.0. The upgrade [...]
September 25, 2024
How Network Splits/Partitions Impact Group Replication in MySQL
In this blog post, we will explore how network partitions impact group replication and the way it detects and responds [...]
September 23, 2024
Understanding MySQL Indexes: Types, Benefits, and Best Practices
When it comes to MySQL databases, performance is everything. As more activities move online and data volumes grow exponentially, ensuring [...]
September 17, 2024
MySQL 8.0 vs. 5.7: Are the Newer Versions More Problematic?
There has been much discussion recently about the stability and performance of the latest MySQL releases. Many database professionals are [...]
September 16, 2024
Introducing RHEL9-Certified Builds for Percona MySQL: Ensure Maximum Compatibility and Compliance
Historically, Percona has been providing our customers with enterprise-grade solutions for MySQL that meet the highest standards of compatibility and [...]
September 13, 2024
All UUID Functions in Percona Server for MySQL: RFC 9562 Implemented
The release of Percona Server for MySQL 8.4.0 includes the new UUID_VX component, which implements UUID versions 1, 3, 4, 5, [...]
September 12, 2024
Simplify User Management with Percona Operator for MongoDB
Managing database users within complex CICD pipelines and GitOps workflows has long been a challenge for MongoDB deployments. With Percona [...]
September 11, 2024
MongoDB: High Availability Topology for a Multi-Region Setting
MongoDB high availability is essential to ensure reliability, customer satisfaction, and business resilience in an increasingly interconnected and always-on digital [...]
September 10, 2024
How to Migrate a Production Database to Percona Everest (MySQL) Using Clone
This long article aims to provide you with the instructions and tools to migrate your production database from your current [...]
September 9, 2024
MongoDB Performance Regression Benchmarking and the Truth Behind Journaling
I have always been wondering about performance regression when upgrading in MongoDB. From MongoDB v3.6, despite continuous improvement in the [...]
September 6, 2024
PostgreSQL Internals for Newbies: A Guide to Data Storage, Part One
Database novices often wonder how ‘things work behind the scenes’ when starting with PostgreSQL. Many things happen when creating a [...]
September 5, 2024
How to Upgrade a Kubernetes Cluster
I still remember upgrading a Kubernetes cluster for the first time. Despite taking great care and following all the documentation, [...]