by Daniel Almeida | Jan 14, 2026 | Benchmarks, Insight for DBAs, Insight for Developers, MongoDB, Monitoring
by Robert Bernier | Jun 4, 2025 | Monitoring, PostgreSQL, Security
This post was originally written in 2020 and was updated in 2025. PostgreSQL security done right protects data, improves performance, keeps systems stable, and supports a healthier development cycle. Because PostgreSQL security can sprawl, this post focuses on the...
by Edith Puclla | May 15, 2025 | Cloud, Monitoring, Percona Software
Monitoring your databases is critical, especially in Kubernetes environments where visibility and automation are key. That’s why, in Percona Everest 1.6.0, we introduced a highly requested feature: the ability to automatically deploy Percona Monitoring and Management...
by Alexander Demidoff | Apr 16, 2025 | Insight for DBAs, Insight for Developers, Monitoring, Percona Software
Evolution is one of the inherent traits of modern software. Many people reach out to product teams daily, asking to add more functionality to the software products they use and love. This is understandable: there will always be ways to make a product better by adding...
by Sergey Pronin | Mar 20, 2025 | Insight for DBAs, Monitoring, Percona Software
At Percona, we’re committed to providing you with the best database monitoring and management tools. With the release of Percona Monitoring and Management 3 (PMM 3), we’re now entering a critical phase in the lifecycle of PMM 2. We understand that PMM 2...
by Mike Benshoof | Mar 3, 2025 | Insight for DBAs, Monitoring, MySQL, Percona Software
This blog was originally published in June 2020 and was updated in March 2025. One of the most common support tickets we get at Percona is the infamous “database is running slower” ticket. While this can be caused by a multitude of factors, it is more often than not...
by Brian Sumpter | Feb 1, 2025 | Insight for DBAs, Monitoring, MySQL
This post was originally published in June 2020 and was updated in February 2025. While there is no magic bullet for MySQL performance tuning, there are a few areas that can be focused on upfront that can dramatically improve the performance of your MySQL...
by David Quilty | Jan 11, 2025 | Insight for DBAs, Monitoring, PostgreSQL
Maybe queries that used to finish in milliseconds are now taking seconds. Perhaps your application is timing out during peak hours, or worse, users are complaining about slow page loads. By the time you notice something’s wrong, you’re already in crisis....
by Yunus Shaikh | Jan 8, 2025 | Insight for DBAs, Monitoring, MySQL, Percona Software
This article will be helpful if you use the Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) instance and alert notifications, as it is nice to capture the image of the graph when you receive the alert. We will see how to capture and attach the image of the graph when...
by Juan Arruti | Jan 1, 2025 | Insight for DBAs, Monitoring, MySQL
This post was originally published in April 2020 and was updated in January 2025. One of our customers recently asked whether it is possible to identify, from the MySQL side, the query that is causing high CPU usage on his system.The usage of simple OS tools to find...
by Roma Novikov | Aug 27, 2024 | Monitoring, Percona Announcements, Percona Software
We’ve received numerous reports about issues occurring with Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) when updating to the latest version (currently 2.42.0), or updating to any version from an old version (2.37.1 and before) using the update button on the UI. Symptoms...
by Tibor Korocz | Jul 19, 2024 | Monitoring, Percona Software, Valkey
In this blog post, we will show you how to add external exporters to Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) and monitor various services. Our focus will be on Valkey/Redis, but the principles apply to other technologies as well. PMM uses VictoriaMetrics, which is...
by David Quilty | Jun 26, 2024 | Insight for DBAs, Monitoring, MySQL
Is your MySQL database running at its best? While MySQL is known for its reliability and ease of use, ensuring top-notch performance is crucial. One way to do that is through performance monitoring, an essential practice for identifying bottlenecks, maintaining...
by Agustín | Jun 4, 2024 | Insight for DBAs, Monitoring, Percona Software
Downsampling is the process by which we can selectively prune (discard, summarize, or recalculate) data from a series of samples in order to decrease how much storage is consumed. This has the downside of reducing the accuracy of the data, but has the great benefit of...
by Roma Novikov | Jun 3, 2024 | Monitoring, Open Source, Percona Software
Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) is a powerful tool for keeping your databases healthy, but what about PMM itself? While it comes pre-packaged as an appliance, PMM’s internal workings can be complex. Many users, including our internal teams, frequently...
by Roma Novikov | May 21, 2024 | Insight for DBAs, Monitoring, Percona Software
Ensuring your monitoring system stays up and running is vital. High availability (HA) minimizes downtime for Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) during hardware failures, in times of disaster recovery, or increased usage of the tool. It’s not just about...
by Nurlan Moldomurov | May 8, 2024 | Insight for DBAs, Monitoring, Percona Software
Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) has become a valuable tool for database professionals, providing comprehensive insights into database health and performance. A recent update (version 2.41.0) introduced a significant enhancement: the ability to run PMM in high...
by Juan Arruti | Apr 10, 2024 | Cloud, Insight for DBAs, Monitoring, MySQL
It’s a common scenario to have a Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) server running on Kubernetes and also desire to monitor databases that are running outside the Kubernetes cluster. The Ingress NGINX Controller is one of the most popular choices for...
by Sveta Smirnova | Jan 3, 2024 | Monitoring, Open Source, Percona Software
A couple of weeks ago, we announced the first GA release of the PMM Dump: a new support tool that dumps Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) metrics and Query Analytics (QAN) data to transfer to the expert engineer for review and performance suggestions. That blog...
by Daniel Guzmán Burgos | Dec 21, 2023 | Insight for DBAs, Insight for Developers, Monitoring, Percona Software
Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) is a state-of-the-art piece of software that exists in part thanks to great open source projects like VictoriaMetrics, PostgreSQL, and ClickHouse. The integration of those projects, plus the years of Percona expertise in the...
