Dec 03, 2019 |
MySQL, Webinars
MySQL does its best to return requested bytes as fast as possible. However, it needs human help to identify what is important and should be accessed in the first place. Queries, written smartly, can significantly outperform automatically generated ones. Indexes and Optimizer statistics, not limited to the Histograms only, help increase the speed of the […]
Dec 02, 2019 |
Percona Services, Percona Software
It’s release roundup time here at Percona! Today’s release post encompasses Percona releases from November 19, 2019 – December 2, 2019. Every few weeks, each roundup showcases the latest in software updates, tools, and features to help you manage and deploy our software, with highlights and critical information, as well as links to the full […]
Nov 18, 2019 |
Percona Services, Percona Software
It’s release roundup time here at Percona! As mentioned a few weeks ago, we are now publishing release roundups comprising all the details and information you need on the previous week (or two)’s releases from Percona. This post will encompass releases from November 4, 2019 – November 18, 2019. Each roundup will showcase the latest […]
Nov 14, 2019 |
Open Source
It’s that time again – a new blog poll! This time around, we’re interested in hearing who chooses your database technology. Is it DBAs? Management? Here’s the question: Who Chooses the Database Technology for a New Application in Your Organization? Last year, we asked you a few questions in a blog poll and we received […]
Nov 04, 2019 |
Percona Software
It’s release roundup time here at Percona! We publish quite a few updates to our software and services every week, so we wanted to make it a little easier for you to keep track of our latest releases. So, starting today we will publish release roundups comprising all the details and information you need on […]
Oct 30, 2019 |
Open Source
The nights are lengthening and the spookiest day of the year is nearly upon us, Halloween! In the spirit of the holiday, we asked our team to share their scariest tales of database dread, blood-curdling BIOS failures, and dastardly data destruction, and some of the responses are downright chilling. Grab some candy and check out […]
Oct 08, 2019 |
Open Source
Time for a new question in our blog poll series! This time, it’s about adding or upgrading to meet database needs. Here’s the question: In the last 24 months, how often have you added or upgraded database instances, added hardware to existing servers, or migrated to a new hosting/cloud provider? Last year, we asked you […]
Oct 04, 2019 |
Percona Live
It’s a wrap! Another Percona Live Europe is in the books and we want to thank everyone for making it an amazing event. A special shout-out to this year’s sponsors: AWS, PlanetScale, Altinity, Galera Cluster, MySQL, Shannon Systems, Tarantool, Booking.com, Free Software Foundation, MariaDB, Open Source Initiative, HPCwire, Datanami, and Enterprise AI. We saw lots […]
Sep 23, 2019 |
Webinars
Please join Percona Senior Support Engineer Carlos Tuttle as he presents his talk “Preparing for Disaster recovery on MySQL and PostgreSQL” on Tuesday, September 24th, 2019 at 11:00 AM PDT (UTC-7). View the Recording Think for a moment what would happen if your company lost its current production data center; are you ready for that […]
Sep 17, 2019 |
Webinars
Please join Percona Senior Support Engineer Agustin Gallego as he presents his talk “Introducing Java Profiling via Flame Graphs” on Thursday, September 19th, 2019 at 10:00 AM PDT (UTC-7) / 1:00 PM EDT (UTC-4). View the Recording In this talk, you’ll be introduced to the basic concepts of profiling Java code using perf_events (aka perf). […]
Sep 13, 2019 |
Percona Software, Webinars
Please join Percona Senior Support Engineer Juan Pablo Arruti as he presents his talk “Percona XtraBackup vs Mariabackup vs MySQL Enterprise Backup” on Tuesday, September 17th, 2019 at 10:00 AM PDT (UTC-7) / 1:00 PM EDT (UTC-4). View the Recording There are few ways to take a backup. Some of the most used tools are […]
Sep 04, 2019 |
Percona Live
With just under four weeks to go, we are happy to announce the keynote speakers for Percona Live Europe 2019. With featured talks from Microsoft, and more, Percona Live provides an opportunity to network with peers and technology professionals. Mingle with all types of database community members: DBAs, developers, C-level executives, and the latest database […]
Aug 27, 2019 |
Open Source
Our blog poll series is back again with a new question: Which of These Issues Have You Experienced as Related to Your Database? Unplanned downtime? Buggy code? Overworked staff? Last year, we asked you a few questions in a blog poll and we received a great amount of feedback. We wanted to follow up on […]
Jul 31, 2019 |
Open Source
Next up in line for the blog poll series is a question about database management. Last year, we asked you a few questions in a blog poll and we received a great amount of feedback. We wanted to follow up on some of those same survey questions to see what may have changed over the […]
Jul 03, 2019 |
MySQL
Last year, we asked you a few questions in a blog poll and we received a great amount of feedback. This year, we wanted to follow up on those same survey questions to see what may have changed over the last 12 months. So with that in mind, we’re hoping you can take a minute […]
Jul 02, 2019 |
Percona Live
The votes have been tallied, and we’re happy to fill you in on the Top 10 highest-rated talks at the Percona Live Open Source Database Conference 2019! A big thanks to everyone who voted, and if you didn’t attend any of these at the conference, now’s your chance to see what you missed. Percona Live […]
Jun 27, 2019 |
Percona Live
We’re counting down the top 10 most attended talks at the Percona Live Open Source Database Conference 2019! For those of you who attended, chances are that some of you were at a few of these talks. Percona Live conferences provide the open source database community with an opportunity to discover and discuss the latest […]