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January 7, 2026
Introducing OpenEverest: An Independent Open Source Project for the Future of Data Platforms
Today, we are sharing an important step forward for the project many of you know as Percona Everest. Percona is [...]
January 6, 2026
Good Bye Percona Everest, Hello OpenEverest!
Over the past few years, we’ve been building Percona Everest with a clear goal in mind: to deliver a powerful [...]
January 2, 2026
Running Databases on Kubernetes: A Practical Guide to Risks, Benefits, and Best Practices
As a database administrator, you are the guardian of the company’s most critical asset: its data. You live by performance, [...]
December 31, 2025
Building a Multi-Cloud Strategy: Cut Costs, Improve Resilience, and Avoid Lock-In
When you went all-in on the cloud, you were promised agility and savings. But sometimes, the reality feels very different. [...]
December 30, 2025
Migrate to Freedom: Choosing a Truly Open Source PostgreSQL Operator
Open Source Isn’t What It Used to Be The landscape of open source has undergone significant changes in recent years, and [...]
December 29, 2025
Update Request! New PostgreSQL RPMs Released to Disable Debug Assertions
We recently identified that a batch of our Percona Server for PostgreSQL RPM packages were inadvertently compiled with the debug [...]
December 24, 2025
Kubernetes Operators Compared: The Key to Scalable, Cost-Efficient Databases
Choosing the right Kubernetes operator is one of those quiet decisions that ultimately defines your database strategy, affecting everything from [...]
December 23, 2025
Kubernetes Multi-Cloud Architecture: Building Portable Databases Without Lock-In
Most organizations now run across multiple clouds, pursuing flexibility, better pricing, or regional availability. But while stateless applications move freely, [...]
December 22, 2025
Memory Management in MongoDB 8.0: Testing the New TCMalloc
With MongoDB 8.0, the database engine takes another step forward in performance optimization, particularly in how it manages memory. One [...]
December 19, 2025
Improve Developer Velocity with Kubernetes Databases
Your company has invested heavily in agile development, microservices, and Kubernetes to move faster. Your app teams can spin up [...]
December 16, 2025
Managed Database vs. Kubernetes: Taking Back Control of Your Cloud Costs and Agility
Enterprises have spent years modernizing applications for the cloud, yet databases often remain a holdout. Many teams turn to managed [...]
December 10, 2025
Rotate SSL/TLS Certificates in Valkey/Redis Without Downtime
If your Valkey/Redis deployments use SSL/TLS, you will eventually need to rotate the TLS certificates. Perhaps it is because the [...]
December 8, 2025
Unlocking Secure Connections: SSL/TLS Support in Percona Toolkit
In today’s interconnected world, data security is paramount. Protecting sensitive information transmitted between applications and databases is crucial, and SSL/TLS [...]
December 5, 2025
Community Erosion Post License Change: Quantifying the Power of Open Source
Summary This article is a detailed analysis of the impact of the Redis license change to a non-open-source one on [...]
December 2, 2025
We Believe in Freedom
Percona is built on the belief that Freedom matters, especially in how organizations run and evolve their database infrastructure. Our [...]
November 26, 2025
Let’s Rebuild the MySQL Community Together
Where We Are We can all agree that the MySQL ecosystem isn’t in great shape right now. Take a look [...]
November 12, 2025
PostgreSQL OIDC Authentication with pg_oidc_validator
Among the new fetures introduced in PostgreSQL 18 is support for OAuth-based authentication. This opened the door for the community to [...]
November 7, 2025
How to Set Up Valkey, The Alternative to Redis
New to Valkey? This guide walks you through the basics and helps you get up and running. Starting with new [...]
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 [...]