by David Quilty | Feb 15, 2024 | Cloud, Database Trends, Insight for DBAs
A cloud-native database isn’t just a database that happens to be sitting in the cloud; it’s built from the ground up to harness the full potential of cloud computing. Unlike traditional databases only adapted to operate in the cloud, cloud-native databases...
by Sergey Pronin | Jan 9, 2024 | Open Source, PostgreSQL
2023 was the year of Artificial Intelligence (AI). A lot of companies are thinking about how they can improve user experience with AI, and the most usual first step is to use company data (internal docs, ticketing systems, etc.) to answer customer questions faster and...
by Sergey Pronin | Dec 27, 2023 | Cloud, Open Source, Percona Software
The evolution of cloud-native technology has been nothing short of revolutionary. As we step into 2024, the cornerstone of cloud-native technology, Kubernetes, will turn ten years old. It continues to solidify its position and is anticipated to reach USD 5575.67...
by Nickolay Ihalainen | Dec 20, 2023 | Cloud, Percona Software, PostgreSQL
Huge pages make PostgreSQL faster; can we implement it in Kubernetes? Modern servers operate with terabytes of RAM, and by default, processors work with virtual memory address translation for each 4KB page. OS maintains a huge list of allocated and free pages to make...
by David Quilty | Nov 9, 2023 | Cloud, Insight for DBAs, Open Source
If you have any experience working with database software, you have undoubtedly heard the term Kubernetes a lot. You may already be using it daily and find it makes running applications in the cloud much more manageable. But for those who are not so familiar, in this...
by Chetan Shivashankar | Nov 6, 2023 | Cloud, Monitoring, Percona Software
There are more than 300 Operators in operatorhub, and the number is growing. Percona Operators allow users to easily manage complex database systems in a Kubernetes environment. With Percona Operators, users can easily deploy, monitor, and manage databases...
by Sergey Pronin | Nov 2, 2023 | Cloud, Open Source, Percona Software
On October 24th, the Percona Kubernetes Squad held the first Ask-me-Anything (AMA) session to address inquiries regarding the utilization of Kubernetes for database deployment. This blog post will outline the top three questions raised during the session and provide...
by Sergey Pronin | Nov 1, 2023 | Cloud, Insight for DBAs, Percona Software
Namespaces in Kubernetes provide a way to isolate groups of resources within a single cluster. They are useful in multi-tenant environments with a few to tens of users and teams. They also allow dividing cluster resources between these users through quotas. Percona...
by Sergey Pronin | Oct 18, 2023 | Cloud, MongoDB, Percona Software
We are excited to announce the release of Percona Operator for MongoDB v.1.15.0. This release consists of various enhancements and bug fixes. In this blog post, we will look into some of the most interesting features. Reduce Recovery Point Objective (RPO) with...
by Juan Arruti | Oct 12, 2023 | Cloud, Monitoring, MySQL
In this blog post, we’ll review how to run Linux profilers such as perf and produce flame graphs on Kubernetes environments. Flame graphs are a graphical representation of function calls. It shows which code paths are more busy on the CPU in given samples. They...
by Ananias Tsalouchidis | Oct 10, 2023 | Cloud, Insight for DBAs, MySQL, Percona Software
Performing an operation is always challenging when dealing with K8s. When on-prem or DBaaS like RDS or Cloud SQL, it is relatively straightforward to apply a change. You can perform a DIRECT ALTER, use a tool such as pt-osc, or even, for certain cases where async...
by Sergey Pronin | Jul 19, 2023 | Cloud, Percona Software, PostgreSQL
In the world of modern DevOps, deployment automation tools have become essential for streamlining processes and ensuring consistent, reliable deployments. GitOps and ArgoCD are at the cutting edge of deployment automation, making it easy to deploy complex applications...
by Sergey Pronin | Jun 30, 2023 | Cloud, Percona Software, PostgreSQL
Percona, a leading provider of open-source database software and services, announced the general availability of Percona Operator for PostgreSQL version 2. The solution is 100% open source and automates the deployment and management of PostgreSQL clusters on...
by Sergey Pronin | Jun 20, 2023 | Cloud, Insight for Developers, Percona Software, PostgreSQL
Developers need an efficient, reliable way to run their Django applications with a robust PostgreSQL. Percona Operator for PostgreSQL offers a powerful solution for managing and scaling PostgreSQL databases in a Kubernetes environment, making it an ideal choice for...
by Marco Tusa | May 15, 2023 | Cloud, Insight for DBAs, MySQL, Percona Software
Historically MySQL is great in horizontal READ scale. The scaling, in that case, is offered by the different number of Replica nodes, no matter if using standard asynchronous replication or synchronous replication. However, those solutions do not offer the same level...
by Michal Nosek | May 9, 2023 | Cloud, Insight for DBAs, MongoDB, Percona Software
Many MongoDB clusters use storage-level snapshots to provide fast and reliable backups. In this blog post, you’ll learn how to restore such a snapshot from a traditional VM-based sharded MongoDB cluster to a freshly deployed Percona Operator for MongoDB cluster on...
by Sergey Pronin | Apr 20, 2023 | Cloud, Percona Software, PostgreSQL, Security
Data-at-rest encryption is essential for compliance with regulations that require the protection of sensitive data. Encryption can help organizations comply with regulations and avoid legal consequences and fines. It is also critical for securing sensitive data and...
by Mario García | Mar 22, 2023 | Cloud, Monitoring, Percona Software
One of the installation methods we support for our database software is through Helm. We have a collection of Helm charts, in this repository, for the following Percona software: Percona Operator for MySQL Percona XtraDB Cluster Percona Operator for MongoDB Percona...
by Marco Tusa | Mar 20, 2023 | Benchmarks, Cloud, MySQL, ProxySQL
With a special focus on Percona Operator for MySQL Overview HAProxy, ProxySQL, MySQL Router (AKA MySQL Proxy); in the last few years, I had to answer multiple times on what proxy to use and in what scenario. When designing an architecture, many components need to be...
by Daniel Guzmán Burgos | Mar 16, 2023 | Cloud, Insight for DBAs, MySQL, Percona Software
Let’s look at how you can run Percona databases on Kubernetes, the easy way. Chances are that if you are using the latest Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) version, you have seen the availability of the new Percona Database as a Service (DBaaS). If not, go and...
