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October 31, 2025
How to Configure pgBackRest Backups and Restores in PostgreSQL (Local/k8s) Using a MinIO Object Store
This blog post explains how to configure and use MinIO as S3-compatible storage for managing PostgreSQL backups, and how to [...]
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October 28, 2025
Practical Data Masking in Percona Server for MySQL 8.4
Data masking lets you hide sensitive fields (emails, credit-card numbers, job titles, etc.) while keeping data realistic for reporting, support, [...]
October 27, 2025
Troubleshooting PostgreSQL Logical Replication, Working with LSNs
PostgreSQL logical replication adoption is becoming more popular as significant advances continue to expand its range of capabilities. While quite [...]
October 22, 2025
Customizing the New MongoDB Concurrency Algorithm
On some occasions, we realize the necessity of throttling the number of requests that MongoDB tries to execute per second, [...]
October 14, 2025
Security Advisory: CVE Affecting Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM)
A critical security vulnerability has been identified in the following software that Percona has made available and that you may [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]