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Barrett ChambersWe had great attendance, questions, and feedback from our “Converting MongoDB to Percona Server for MongoDB” webinar, which was recorded and can be viewed here. You can view another Q&A from a previous webinar on “Converting MongoDB to Percona Server for MongoDB” here. Without further ado, here are your questions and their responses. Q: […]
We had great attendance, questions, and feedback from our “Converting MongoDB to Percona Server for MongoDB” webinar which was recorded and can be viewed here. Without further ado, here are your questions and their responses. Q: What is the recommended path to go from MongoDB Community 3.4 (no Percona) to Percona for MongoDB 4.2? We […]
A Spotlight on the Security of Your MongoDB Database When Percona first published this blog in 2016, it was a refreshing comparison for important features of an enterprise-grade MongoDB deployment. But, comparing MongoDB Enterprise to Percona Server for MongoDB (PSMDB) has become such a common topic for discussion with Percona’s customers (and future customers) that […]
As we close out the holiday season, let’s look at some data that tells us how to guarantee a successful Black Friday (from a database perspective). There are certain peak times of the year where companies worldwide hold their breath in the hope that their databases do not become overloaded or unresponsive. A large percentage […]
In this blog post, I’ll discuss my experience as a Solutions Engineer in explaining the value of Percona software and services to customers. The inspiration for this blog post was a recent conversation with a prospective client. They were exploring open source software solutions and professional services for the first time. This is a fairly common […]
This blog post is another in the series on the Percona Server for MongoDB 3.4 bundle release. The purpose of this blog post is to demonstrate current best-practices for an in-place Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) upgrade. Following this method allows you to retain data previously collected by PMM in your MySQL or MongoDB environment, […]
This blog post contains step-by-step instructions for setting up alerting in Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) using Grafana. As a Solutions Engineer at Percona, I get to speak with a lot of the early adopters of Percona’s new PMM software. One of the frequent feature requests from them was the need for alerts at certain […]
In this blog series, I will discuss common questions I receive as a database Solutions Engineer at Percona. In this role, I speak with a wide array of MySQL and MongoDB users responsible for both extremely large and complex environments to smaller single-server environments. Typically we are contacted when the customer is about to embark […]
This blog post looks at MongoDB and MySQL, and covers high-level MongoDB strengths, weaknesses, features, and uses from the perspective of an SQL user. Delving into NoSQL coming from an exclusively SQL background can seem like a daunting task. I have worked with SQL in both small MySQL environments and large Oracle SQL environments. When is […]