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June 12, 2023
Ready-to-Use High Availability Architectures for MySQL and PostgreSQL
When it comes to access to their applications, users demand instant, reliable, and secure interactions — and that means databases [...]
June 12, 2023
Critical CVE Fix in PMM, Updates to Percona Distribution for MySQL: Release Roundup June 12, 2023
Percona is a leading provider of unbiased, performance-first, open source database solutions that allow organizations to easily, securely, and affordably [...]
June 6, 2023
Full vs. Incremental vs. Differential Backups: Comparing Backup Types
This blog was originally published in January 2012 and was updated in June 2023. In today’s data-driven world, the protection [...]
June 5, 2023
PMM Authentication Bypass Vulnerability Fixed in 2.37.1
On May 30, Percona was notified of a possible vulnerability in Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM). After researching the report, [...]
June 1, 2023
Migrating From MariaDB to Percona Server for MySQL 8: The Security Witchcraft
Hello friends, on certain occasions, some clients, for whatever reason, ask us to migrate a supposedly “equivalent” brand of an [...]
May 29, 2023
Updates to Percona Distributions for PostgreSQL, Percona XtraDB Cluster, Percona XtraBackup: Release Roundup May 29, 2023
Percona is a leading provider of unbiased, performance-first, open source database solutions that allow organizations to easily, securely, and affordably [...]
May 15, 2023
MongoDB 4.2 EOL… And Its Implications
Enjoy it while it lasts, as everything has its end. It sounded a bit more cryptic than it was planned, [...]
May 15, 2023
Proof of Concept: Horizontal Write Scaling for MySQL With Kubernetes Operator
Historically MySQL is great in horizontal READ scale. The scaling, in that case, is offered by the different number of [...]
May 10, 2023
Understanding Linux IOWait
I have seen many Linux Performance engineers looking at the “IOWait” portion of CPU usage as something to indicate whenever [...]
May 9, 2023
Restoring a Snapshot of a Sharded MongoDB Cluster to a Kubernetes-Based MongoDB Environment
Many MongoDB clusters use storage-level snapshots to provide fast and reliable backups. In this blog post, you’ll learn how to [...]
May 8, 2023
Percona Monitoring and Management 2.37, Percona Distribution for MongoDB 5.0.17: Release Roundup May 8, 2023
It’s time for the release roundup! Percona is a leading provider of unbiased, performance-first, open source database solutions that allow [...]
May 8, 2023
Percona Monitoring and Management 2.37: The Improved Inventory View, New Experimental Dashboards for Kubernetes Monitoring, and More!
We are excited to announce the release of Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) V2.37, which includes a revamped Inventory view, new [...]
May 2, 2023
How To Use pt-secure-collect for Capturing Data in a Secure Way From the OS and Database System
Sometimes crucial data sharing is avoided because of compliance rules, organizational policies, or numerous security concerns. The common use cases [...]
April 28, 2023
Add More Security to Your Percona Server for MongoDB With AWS IAM integration!
Did you notice that Percona Server for MongoDB 6.0.5-4 was released just a few days ago? This time around, it [...]
April 28, 2023
Open Source vs. Proprietary Database Software: What To Choose?
For starters, yes, Percona has chosen sides. We are a company of open source proponents. We’re also dedicated and active [...]
April 26, 2023
Speeding Up Restores in Percona Backup for MongoDB
When you do a database restore, you want to have it done as soon as possible. In the case of [...]
April 24, 2023
Percona XtraDB Cluster 8.0.32-24, Updated Percona Backup for MongoDB: Release Roundup April 24, 2023
You know what time it is… it’s time for the release roundup! Percona is a leading provider of unbiased, performance-first, [...]
April 20, 2023
Upgrading to MySQL 8: Tools That Can Help
As we approach end of life for MySQL 5.7 later this year, many businesses are currently working towards upgrading to [...]
April 20, 2023
Using Encryption-at-Rest for PostgreSQL in Kubernetes
Data-at-rest encryption is essential for compliance with regulations that require the protection of sensitive data. Encryption can help organizations comply [...]
April 17, 2023
Percona Monitoring and Management and Datadog Integration
So your company is using Datadog on the global level. Still, as DBA, you want to use Percona Monitoring and [...]