by Mike Grayson | Oct 16, 2020 | Insight for DBAs, MongoDB, Percona Software
MongoDB is one of the most popular databases and is one of the easiest NoSQL databases to set up for a DBA. Oftentimes, relational DBAs will inherit MongoDB databases without knowing all there is to know about MongoDB. I encourage you to check out our Percona blogs...
by Daniil Bazhenov | Oct 12, 2020 | MongoDB, MySQL, Percona Services, Percona Software, PostgreSQL
Have you recently visited Percona’s Community Forum? It’s your hub for direct Q&A with top database experts, including Percona CEO Peter Zaitsev and CTO Vadim Tkachenko. Last quarter over 450 users participated, including 45 engineers from Percona’s staff. Since...
by Stephen Thorn | Oct 8, 2020 | Cloud, MongoDB, MySQL, Percona Software
As a Solutions Engineer at Percona, one of my responsibilities is to support our customers as they investigate new and emerging technologies. This affords me the opportunity to speak to many current and new customers who partner with Percona. The topic of Kubernetes...
by Daniil Bazhenov | Oct 5, 2020 | Open Source, Percona Announcements, Percona Software
Would you like to get the latest in Percona gear 100% free, shipped to you anywhere in the world? Maybe that sounds too good to be true, but it’s true! It’s easy and takes as little as 20 minutes to earn your swag. Here are some examples of the swag items you can...
by Vadim Tkachenko | Oct 1, 2020 | Hardware and Storage, MongoDB, MySQL, Percona Software
Network volumes in Kubernetes provide great flexibility, but still, nothing beats local volumes from direct-attached storage in the sense of database performance. I want to explore ways to deploy both Percona Kubernetes Operators (Percona Kubernetes Operator for...
by David Quilty | Oct 1, 2020 | Insight for DBAs, MongoDB, Percona Software, Webinars
This webinar will be delivered in Italian. MongoDB is the most used document-oriented database but some of the more requested features are available only in the Enterprise version. Percona Server for MongoDB (PSMDB) is an alternative to MongoDB with its open source,...
by Carlos Salguero | Sep 22, 2020 | MongoDB, Monitoring, Percona Software
by Mike Grayson | Sep 21, 2020 | Insight for DBAs, Insight for Developers, MongoDB, Security
As with any database platform, MongoDB security is of paramount importance to keeping your data safe. MongoDB and other data platforms like Redis and Elasticsearch are often in the news for data breaches because of misconfigured settings in the database. So how do...
by Vadim Tkachenko | Sep 16, 2020 | Benchmarks, Insight for DBAs, MongoDB
There is a special collection of database bugs when the system starts to perform worse when given more resources. Examples of such bugs for MySQL I have: Bug #15815 – This is where InnoDB on an 8-CPU system performed worse than on a 4-CPU system with increased...
by Vadim Tkachenko | Sep 15, 2020 | Benchmarks, Insight for DBAs, MongoDB
Following my previous blogs on py-tpcc benchmark for MongoDB, Evaluating the Python TPCC MongoDB Benchmark and Evaluating MongoDB Under Python TPCC 1000W Workload, and the recent release of Percona Server for MongoDB 4.4, I wanted to evaluate 4.2 vs 4.4 in similar...
by David Quilty | Sep 15, 2020 | MongoDB, Open Source, Percona Software, Webinars
In this webinar, we will explore the Percona Kubernetes Operator for the Percona Server for MongoDB (PSMDB) database. Kubernetes is a widely-deployed orchestration platform for container management. Recently, more and more companies are moving towards containerized...
by Stephen Thorn | Sep 14, 2020 | MongoDB, Open Source, Percona Software, Webinars
We really enjoyed presenting Percona Server for MongoDB’s data-at-rest encryption functionality. The webinar Percona Server for MongoDB Data-at-Rest Encryption was recorded and can be viewed here at any time. We had several great questions, which we would like...
by Rick Golba | Aug 26, 2020 | MongoDB, Open Source, Percona Software
On August 26, 2020, Percona announced the latest release of Percona Distribution for MongoDB which includes new releases of Percona Backup for MongoDB 1.3, now with Point in Time Recovery and Percona Server for MongoDB 4.4. These new releases include several key...
by Rachel Pescador | Aug 19, 2020 | Database Trends, Percona Announcements, Percona Software
Following our announcement of Percona Joining the VMware Technology Alliance Partner Program, we are pleased to announce the addition of Percona Kubernetes Operator for Percona Server for MongoDB on the VMware Tanzu Platform after attaining Partner Ready validation....
by Barrett Chambers | Aug 17, 2020 | MongoDB, Percona Software, Webinars
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...
by David Quilty | Aug 7, 2020 | MongoDB, Webinars
Join Stephen Thorn and Michal Nosek, Percona Technical Experts, as they discuss MongoDB Encryption at Rest. This hands-on workshop will walk through the process of setting up data-at-rest encryption in Percona Server for MongoDB (PSMDB). Data-at-rest encryption is one...
by Valentina Lago | Aug 6, 2020 | MongoDB, MySQL, Percona Events, PostgreSQL
In the lead up to Percona Live Online, we are excited to introduce Percona Tech Days! Percona Tech Days are free, half-day events dedicated to the most popular open source database technologies: MySQL, MongoDB, and PostgreSQL. Each day, we’ll be focusing on one...
by Corrado Pandiani | Jul 24, 2020 | Insight for DBAs, Insight for Developers, MongoDB
by Dmitriy Kostiuk | Jul 23, 2020 | Cloud, MongoDB, Monitoring, MySQL, Percona Software
The content of this article is outdated. See the official Percona Operator for MongoDB and Percona XtraDB Cluster Operator documentation for more up to date information. Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) provides an excellent solution to monitor both Percona...
by Rachel Pescador | Jul 22, 2020 | Database Trends, Insight for DBAs, MongoDB
Many of us use and love relational databases… until we try and use them for purposes that aren’t their strong point. Queues, caches, catalogs, unstructured data, counters, and many other use cases, can be solved with relational databases, but are better served by...
