by Avinash Vallarapu | Dec 31, 2018 | Open Source, PostgreSQL
In this blog post, we’ll look back at what’s been going on in the world of PostgreSQL in 2018. Before we start talking about the good things that have happened in the PostgreSQL in 2018, we hope you had a wonderful year and we wish you a happy and...
by Tyler Duzan | Dec 21, 2018 | MySQL, Percona Events, Percona Software
Percona has released Percona Server for MySQL 8.0 as Generally Available (GA). Our Percona Server for MySQL 8.0 software is the company’s free, enhanced, drop-in replacement for MySQL Community Edition. Percona Server for MySQL 8.0 includes all of the great...
by Tyler Duzan | Dec 21, 2018 | MySQL, Percona Software
Percona announces the GA release of Percona Server for MySQL 8.0.13-3 on December 21, 2018 (downloads are available here and from the Percona Software Repositories). This release merges changes of MySQL 8.0.13, including all the bug fixes in it. Percona Server for...
by Avinash Vallarapu | Dec 21, 2018 | Insight for DBAs, PostgreSQL
pg_basebackup is a widely used PostgreSQL backup tool that allows us to take an ONLINE and CONSISTENT file system level backup. These backups can be used for point-in-time-recovery or to set up a slave/standby. You may want to refer to our previous blog posts,...
by Doug Duncan | Dec 21, 2018 | MongoDB, Percona Software, Security
This article will walk you through using the SASL library to allow your Percona Server for MongoDB instance to authenticate with your company’s Active Directory server. Percona Server for MongoDB includes enterprise level features, such as LDAP authentication,...
by Ibrar Ahmed | Dec 20, 2018 | Benchmarks, Open Source, PostgreSQL
Linux kernel provides a wide range of configuration options that can affect performance. It’s all about getting the right configuration for your application and workload. Just like any other database, PostgreSQL relies on the Linux kernel to be optimally configured....
by Dave Avery | Dec 20, 2018 | Benchmarks, Cloud, Insight for DBAs, MariaDB, MongoDB, MySQL
Let’s look at some of the most popular Percona Database Performance Blog posts in 2018. The closing of a year lends itself to looking back. And making lists. With the Percona Database Performance Blog, Percona staff and leadership work hard to provide the open...
by Hrvoje Matijakovic | Dec 19, 2018 | MySQL, Percona Software
Percona announces the release of Percona Server for MySQL 5.7.24-27 on December 19, 2018 (downloads are available here and from the Percona Software Repositories). This release merges changes of MySQL 5.7.24, including all the bug fixes in it. Percona Server for MySQL...
by Corrado Pandiani | Dec 19, 2018 | MongoDB, Open Source, Percona Software
by Borys Belinsky | Dec 18, 2018 | Percona Software
Percona announces the GA release of Percona Server for MongoDB 4.0.4-1 on December 18, 2018. Download the latest version from the Percona website or the Percona software repositories. Date: December 18, 2018 Download: Percona website Installation: Installing Percona...
by Peter Zaitsev | Dec 17, 2018 | Cloud, MySQL
When I attended AWS Re:Invent 2018, I saw there was a lot of attention from both customers and the AWS team on Amazon RDS Aurora Serverless. So I decided to take a deeper look at this technology, and write a series of blog posts on this topic. In this first post of...
by Vinodh Krishnaswamy | Dec 13, 2018 | Insight for DBAs, MongoDB, Percona Software
by Peter Zaitsev | Dec 12, 2018 | Cloud, Hardware and Storage, MySQL
At AWS Re:Invent 2018 there were many great announcements of AWS New Services and New Features, but one basic feature that I’ve been waiting for years to be released is still nowhere to be found. AWS Elastic Block Storage (EBS) is great and it’s got better...
by Dmitriy Kostiuk | Dec 11, 2018 | MongoDB, Percona Software
Update 5/2019: Percona announced the release of Percona Kubernetes Operator for Percona Server for MongoDB. Percona XtraDB Cluster Operator simplifies the deployment and management of Percona XtraDB Cluster in a Kubernetes or OpenShift environment. Kubernetes...
by Peter Zaitsev | Dec 11, 2018 | Insight for Developers, MySQL, Webinars
Please join Percona’s CEO Peter Zaitsev as he presents MySQL 8 for Developers on Wednesday, December 12th, 2018 at 11:00 AM PST (UTC-7) / 2:00 PM EST (UTC-5). Register Now There are many great new features in MySQL 8, but how exactly can they help your application?...
by Dmitriy Kostiuk | Dec 11, 2018 | MongoDB, Percona Software
Percona announces the early access release of Percona Server for MongoDB Operator. Note: PerconaLabs and Percona-QA are open source GitHub repositories for unofficial scripts and tools created by Percona staff. These handy utilities can help you save time and effort....
by Borys Belinsky | Dec 10, 2018 | Insight for DBAs, MySQL, Percona Software
Percona is glad to announce the release of Percona XtraBackup 8.0.4 on December 10, 2018. You can download it from our download site and apt and yum repositories. Percona XtraBackup enables MySQL backups without blocking user queries, making it ideal for companies...
by Marco Tusa | Dec 7, 2018 | Insight for DBAs, MySQL
by Alexander Rubin | Dec 5, 2018 | Insight for DBAs, Insight for Developers, MySQL
Working on a test case with sysbench, I encountered this: MySQL mysql> select * from sbtest1 where id = round(rand()*10000, 0);...
by Borys Belinsky | Dec 4, 2018 | MySQL, Percona Software
Percona announces the release of Percona Server for MySQL 5.7.24-26 on December 4, 2018 (downloads are available here and from the Percona Software Repositories). This release merges changes of MySQL 5.7.24, including all the bug fixes in it. Percona Server for MySQL...
