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October 10, 2025
Open Source Is Not Just Code: It’s Integrity
The following blog is my personal opinion and view on the world and our company. Open source is more than [...]
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October 9, 2025
A Guide to Redis Performance Best Practices
Getting started with Redis? Read this first. Redis makes it very easy to get started, but if you want Redis [...]
October 7, 2025
Celebrating a New Chapter: Percona Welcomes Peter Farkas as its New Chief Executive Officer
Today, we are excited to announce that Peter Farkas will serve as Percona’s new Chief Executive Officer, where he will [...]
October 1, 2025
The Redis License Has Changed: What You Need to Know
Redis has always been the go-to when you need fast, in-memory data storage. You’ll find it everywhere. Big ecommerce sites. [...]
September 30, 2025
Tackling the Cache Invalidation and Cache Stampede Problem in Valkey with Debezium Platform
There are two hard problems in computer science: cache invalidation, naming things, and off-by-1 errors. This classic joke, often attributed [...]
September 29, 2025
New File Copy-Based Initial Sync Overwhelms the Logical Initial Sync in Percona Server for MongoDB
In a previous article, Scalability for the Large-Scale: File Copy-Based Initial Sync for Percona Server for MongoDB, we presented some early [...]
September 26, 2025
MySQL 8.0 End of Life Support: What Are Your Options?
We’ve mentioned this a few times here on the blog already, but in case you missed it, MySQL 8.0’s end-of-life [...]
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September 24, 2025
Choosing the Right Key-Value Store: Redis vs Valkey
Not long ago, picking an in-memory key-value store was easy. Redis was the default. Fast, simple, everywhere. Then the rules [...]
September 23, 2025
Announcing OpenBao Support in Percona Server for MongoDB
At Percona, we believe that an open world is a better world. Our mission has always been to empower organizations [...]
September 22, 2025
Keep PostgreSQL Secure with TDE and the Latest Updates
This fall feels like a good moment to stop and look at what’s changed in PostgreSQL security over the last [...]
September 18, 2025
Help Shape the Future of Vector Search in MySQL
AI and machine learning are seemingly everywhere, and that’s forcing every database company to think about vector search. Companies want [...]
September 17, 2025
MySQL with Diagrams Part Three: The Life Story of the Writing Process
When you run a simple write, …it may look simple, but under the hood, MySQL’s InnoDB engine kicks off a [...]
September 16, 2025
What is Percona’s Transparent Data Encryption Extension for PostgreSQL (pg_tde)?
If you’re running PostgreSQL in a regulated industry, you know the frustration: your compliance auditor demands data-at-rest encryption, but PostgreSQL [...]
September 15, 2025
Deploying Percona Operator for MongoDB Across GKE Clusters with MCS
Ever needed a robust, highly available MongoDB setup that spans multiple Kubernetes clusters on GCP? This step-by-step guide shows you [...]
September 9, 2025
Beyond EOL: The Real Benefits of Upgrading to MySQL 8.4
Right now, you’re probably hoping someone else will deal with this MySQL 8.0 end-of-life situation. Maybe your team can squeeze [...]
September 8, 2025
Swimming with Sharks: Analyzing Encrypted Database Traffic Using Wireshark
Percona has a great set of tools known as the Percona Toolkit, one of which is pt-upgrade. The idea behind [...]
August 28, 2025
It’s End of Life for Redis Enterprise 7.2 in Six Months – What Are Your Options?
From a technology perspective, Redis does a great job as a database and data cache. According to 6Sense, Redis is [...]
August 26, 2025
Valkey 9.0: Enterprise-Ready, Open Source, and Coming September 29, 2025
Circle September 29th on your calendar! That’s when Valkey 9.0 officially drops, bringing enterprise-grade features that solve real operational headaches [...]
August 25, 2025
Don’t Trust, Verify: How MyDumper’s Checksums Validates Data Consistency
How do you know if your backup is truly reliable? The last thing you want is to discover your data [...]