Many years ago I was banned from touching anything of critical importance as far as production infrastructure goes…something about “the leadership curse”, so the multiple layers of monitoring and notifications I once wrestled with were now overkill for my needs. What that means is that even though Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) now integrates […]
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I wanted to start this post with the words “eBPF is the hot new thing”, but I think it’s already too late to write that. Running eBPF programs in production is becoming less of a peculiarity and more of a normal way to operate. Famously, Facebook runs about 40 BPF programs on each server. […]
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One of the most common errors encountered in the MySQL world at large is the infamous Error 1040:
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ERROR 1040 (00000): Too many connections
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ERROR 1040 (00000): Too many connections
What this means in practical terms is that a MySQL instance has reached its maximum allowable limit for client connections. Until connections are closed, no new connection […]
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Data breaches seem to be a daily occurrence, so much so that seeing an article about the latest company to fall victim draws little attention outside of those immediately impacted. That is of course unless that company is yours and data security is your responsibility!
While companies continue to invest heavily in fortifying networks with […]
Security Threat Tool (STT) is the new Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) feature. It provides the ability to run automated security checks across all of your databases and detect potential security problems. For example: empty or default passwords, weak security settings, outdated database versions, misconfiguration, but also more complex and tricky issues.
Security checks developed […]
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