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February 7, 2024
Decoupling Backup and Expiry Operations in PostgreSQL With pgBackRest
Backup management is the backbone of any reliable database administration strategy, and while pgBackRest simplifies this process, its default configuration [...]
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February 6, 2024
MySQL 8.2.0 Community vs. Enterprise; Is There a Winner?
To be honest, the comparison between the two MySQL distributions is not something that excited me a lot. Mainly because [...]
February 6, 2024
Are Your MySQL Users Using ‘password’ or ‘thebossisajerk’ as Passwords?
Are your MySQL users using ‘password’, ‘s3cr3t’, or ‘thebossisajerk’ as their passwords? Easy-to-guess passwords can be disastrous to the security [...]
February 5, 2024
Five Notable Changes in Percona Everest Alpha
Percona Everest is a cloud-native database platform to deploy and manage enterprise-grade PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and MySQL database clusters. Percona Everest [...]
February 5, 2024
Percona Monitoring and Management 2.41.1, Percona Distribution for MongoDB 7.0.5: Release Roundup February 5, 2024
Percona is a leading provider of unbiased, performance-first, open source database solutions that allow organizations to easily, securely, and affordably [...]
February 2, 2024
Considering a MongoDB Migration? Why Percona Should Be Your First Choice
As a DBA or database architect, you’re well-acquainted with the offerings of MongoDB Community Edition, MongoDB Enterprise, and MongoDB Atlas. [...]
February 1, 2024
Simplify the Use of ENV Variables in Percona Monitoring and Management AMI
The Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) Amazon Machine Image (AMI) currently lacks native support for ENV variables. In this guide, [...]
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February 1, 2024
In Search of Transparency at FOSDEM
FOSDEM is for sure one of the most respected free and open source software-focused conferences in Europe, which is loved [...]
January 31, 2024
MySQL Table Size Is Way Bigger After Adding a Simple Index; Why?
It is a known good practice to keep only necessary indexes to reduce the write performance and disk space overhead. [...]
January 30, 2024
PG_TDE Update: Percona’s Project to Add Transparent Data Encryption to PostgreSQL
PG_TDE is an experimental transparent data encryption access method for PostgreSQL 16 and beyond that I reviewed last October. There [...]
January 30, 2024
Master PostgreSQL Upgrades: The Ultimate Checklist
Are you planning to upgrade your PostgreSQL database but feeling overwhelmed by the complexity of the task? We have something [...]
January 29, 2024
Percona PG_TDE and Ubuntu: Please Test Transparent Data Encryption for PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL differs from certain other databases as it lacks a native solution to encrypt data on disk transparently. At Percona, [...]
January 26, 2024
Percona PG_TDE and Docker: Please Test Transparent Data Encryption for PostgreSQL
Securing your data can be a tough task. Unlike some other databases, PostgreSQL does not have a native solution to [...]
January 25, 2024
Decoding Sequential Scans in PostgreSQL
In every database product, sequential scans or full table scans are often resource consuming, so almost all the developers and [...]
January 24, 2024
An Introduction to Vector Databases
Imagine that winter is coming to the south of the planet, that you are going on a vacation trip to [...]
January 23, 2024
Common PostgreSQL Upgrade Errors and How to Avoid Them
Everyone usually welcomes an upgrade, whether it’s a new operating system on your phone, a first-class seat on a flight, [...]
January 22, 2024
Percona Distribution for MongoDB 4.4.27, Updates to Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL, : Release Roundup January 22, 2024
Percona is a leading provider of unbiased, performance-first, open source database solutions that allow organizations to easily, securely, and affordably [...]
January 18, 2024
Syscalls Analysis in MySQL When Using innodb_flush_method and innodb_use_fdatasync
In this blog post, we will discuss how to validate at the operating system level the effects of changing the [...]
January 17, 2024
Quick Peek: MySQL 8.0.36 and 8.3
Oracle recently released MySQL 8.0.36 and MySQL 8.3, and this is a perusal of the release notes to determine what [...]