by Evgeniy Patlan | Dec 15, 2020 | Insight for DBAs, Open Source, Percona Software
How do you install an application? Nowadays a lot of companies want to use the latest technology and more and more of them are moving infrastructure to clouds. And in order to simplify maintenance, they are using Kubernetes. But still, the vast majority use the bare...
by Matt Yonkovit | Dec 15, 2020 | Database Trends, Insight for DBAs, Open Source
Covid-19 has had a significant impact on most aspects of our lives in 2020. Although some companies saw unexpected growth due to offering in-demand tools or services, I think most of us will be happy to draw a line under 2020 and hope for a better 2021. In the spirit...
by Peter Zaitsev | Dec 7, 2020 | MySQL, Open Source, Security
As you may know, MySQL 5.6 will reach EOL (“End of Life”) in February 2021. This means in about two months, there will be no more updates, and more importantly, no more security fixes for discovered vulnerabilities. You may be well ahead of the curve...
by Charly Batista | Dec 4, 2020 | MySQL, Open Source, Security
Getting MySQL working with self-signed SSL certificates is pretty simple. Having it working with a certificate signed by a trusted authority is also very simple, we just need to set the correct path and privileges to the file. The problem comes when we need to make...
by Steve Hoffman | Dec 1, 2020 | Insight for DBAs, Monitoring, Open Source, Percona Software
When I was in the interview process here at Percona, I was told I’d be leading the team that delivered Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) and so naturally, I wanted to know just what that meant. I started researching the product and I got even more excited about...
by Rick Vasquez | Nov 17, 2020 | Database Trends, Insight for DBAs, Open Source, Percona Services
It’s that time of year! The Halloween decorations have come down and the leaves have started to change and the Black Friday/Cyber Monday buying season is upon us! For consumers, it can be a magical time of year, but for those of us that have worked in e-commerce or...
by David Quilty | Nov 3, 2020 | Cloud, Insight for DBAs, MongoDB, Percona Software, Webinars
There are many potential benefits to moving to the cloud such as increasing resources on the fly, multi-region infrastructure, and hardware maintenance, to mention only a few. On the other hand, there are critical points such as security (the latest was MEOW attack),...
by Rachel Pescador | Oct 29, 2020 | Database Trends, Open Source, Percona Announcements
At our recent Percona Live ONLINE we announced the release of the 2020 Open Source Data Management Software Survey results. This year, we wanted to build upon the data we collected in 2019 and continue to monitor the open source industry’s pulse. The 2020 survey was...
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 Ibrar Ahmed | Oct 1, 2020 | Insight for DBAs, Open Source, PostgreSQL
There have been many big features added to PostgreSQL 13, like Parallel Vacuum, de-duplication of indexes, etc., and a complete list can be found at PostgreSQL 13 release notes. Along with the big features, there are also small ones added, including dropdb...
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 David Quilty | Sep 24, 2020 | Cloud, Insight for DBAs, Open Source, Webinars
Database-as-a-service (DBaaS) can be thought of as a platform that can be used to manage an organization’s database environment(s). One of the most well known DBaaS platforms is Aurora powered by AWS. In this webinar, Ananias Tsalouchidis, Senior MySQL DBA at...
by David Quilty | Sep 23, 2020 | Open Source, Webinars
Join Peter Zaitsev, Percona CEO, as he discusses BPFTrace and DTrace on Linux. While eBPF was included in Linux kernel for quite a few years, it lacked a good “front end” to complete Dtrace functionality in the Linux ecosystem. In this presentation, Peter will look...
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 David Quilty | Sep 8, 2020 | Open Source, Webinars
Join Peter Zaitsev, Percona CEO, as he discusses DBaaS and Kubernetes. DBaaS is the fastest growing way to deploy databases. It is fast and convenient and it helps to reduce toil a lot, yet it is typically done using proprietary software and tightly coupled to the...
by Valentina Lago | Aug 10, 2020 | Open Source, Percona Events
Percona is taking to the road — and bringing open source insights straight to your home! We are excited to announce the kick-off of our Percona Road Show series — virtual events covering a broad range of topics around the open source industry. Tune in for demos,...
by David Quilty | Jun 26, 2020 | MySQL, Open Source, Webinars
Join Sveta Smirnova, MySQL Engineer at Percona, as she discusses modern solutions for modern database loads. MySQL is famous for working well in high performing environments. This is the reason why it is the most popular backend for web applications. But our view of...
by Tom Basil | Jun 16, 2020 | Open Source, Percona Services, Percona Software
All Percona products are free and open-source. If you use Percona software, provide us with your feedback and help make a larger audience aware at the same time. This helps drive our software development forward – without costing you anything. You can do this...
by Peter Zaitsev | Jun 16, 2020 | MongoDB, Open Source
If you read the MongoDB SSPL FAQ it doesn’t sound like too big of a deal, unless you’re a “big, nasty cloud vendor.” But, I’ve got news for you — the implications for you are much deeper and worse than you might think from reading the FAQ! MongoDB has always...
by David Quilty | Jun 16, 2020 | MySQL, Open Source, Webinars
Join Peter Zaitsev, CEO at Percona, as he discusses database challenges and the concepts of open source and open core. Over the years, open source companies have tried to bring products to market and maximize their revenue streams. To date, the most popular open...
