by Matt Yonkovit | Feb 2, 2021 | Database Trends, Percona Services, Percona Software
Hello, open source community! We need your help. We want to make sure you are getting what you need from Percona software, so we have built a series of quick surveys – of six or fewer questions – each asking if you are using our software and if you...
by David Quilty | Feb 1, 2021 | Percona Services, Percona Software
It’s release roundup time here at Percona! Our Release Roundups showcase the latest Percona software updates, tools, and features to help you manage and deploy our software. It offers highlights and critical information, as well as links to the full release...
by Vadim Yalovets | Jan 29, 2021 | Insight for DBAs, Monitoring, Percona Software
In Percona Monitoring and Management 2.12.0 (PMM), we replaced Prometheus with VictoriaMetrics. Metrics data can now be ‘pushed’ to the server as well as being ‘pulled’ by the server. This is useful if you want to keep open ports to a minimum or your monitored system...
by David Quilty | Jan 29, 2021 | Insight for DBAs, Percona Software, Webinars
Don’t miss out! 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 yet it is typically done using proprietary software and tightly coupled to the cloud vendor....
by Patrick Birch | Jan 27, 2021 | Insight for DBAs, MySQL, Percona Software
Percona XtraBackup 8.0.23 enables the “lock-ddl” option by default to ensure any DDL events do not corrupt the backups. Any DML events continue to occur, and only DDL events are blocked. A DDL lock protects the definition of tables and views. With the...
by Mike Grayson | Jan 26, 2021 | Insight for DBAs, MongoDB, Monitoring, Percona Software
Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) is a great way to monitor your MongoDB deployment for things like memory, CPU, inter-database metrics like wiredTiger cache utilization, read/write ticket utilization, Query Analytics, and many, many more. Did you know that in...
by Mike Grayson | Jan 22, 2021 | Cloud, Insight for DBAs, MongoDB, Percona Software
Kubernetes has become an integral part of many architectures and has continued to rise in popularity. Kubernetes is an open source platform for managing containerized workloads and services. One approach to running Kubernetes is Redhat’s OpenShift. OpenShift is...
by Sergey Pronin | Jan 20, 2021 | Cloud, Open Source, Percona Software, Security
What is Node Draining? Anyone who ever worked with containers knows how ephemeral they are. In Kubernetes, not only can containers and pods be replaced, but the nodes as well. Nodes in Kubernetes are VMs, servers, and other entities with computational power where pods...
by Pep Pla | Jan 19, 2021 | Benchmarks, Insight for DBAs, MySQL, Percona Software
Large replication topologies are quite common nowadays, and this kind of architecture often requires a quick method to rebuild a replica from another server. The Clone Plugin, available since MySQL 8.0.17, is a great feature that allows cloning databases out of the...
by Robert Bernier | Jan 19, 2021 | Insight for DBAs, Percona Software, PostgreSQL
Enter pg_stat_monitor: this extension, created here at Percona, has been developed as an advanced replacement of pg_stat_statement, providing new capabilities in addition to the standard fare. As you may recall, PostgreSQL’s pg_stat_statements extension provides a...
by David Quilty | Jan 18, 2021 | Percona Services, Percona Software
It’s release roundup time here at Percona! Our Release Roundups showcase the latest Percona software updates, tools, and features to help you manage and deploy our software. It offers highlights and critical information, as well as links to the full release...
by Przemysław Malkowski | Jan 14, 2021 | Insight for DBAs, MongoDB, MySQL, Percona Software, Security
by Corrado Pandiani | Jan 14, 2021 | Insight for DBAs, MongoDB, Open Source, Percona Software
Are you thinking about deploying MongoDB? Is it the right choice for you? Choosing a database is an important step when designing an application. A wrong choice can have a negative impact on your organization in terms of development and maintenance. Also, the wrong...
by Sergey Pronin | Jan 13, 2021 | Cloud, Insight for DBAs, Open Source, Percona Software
What is Edge Edge is a buzzword that, behind the curtain, means moving private or public clouds closer to the end devices. End devices, such as the Internet of Things (from a doorbell to a VoIP station), become more complex and require more computational power. There...
by David Quilty | Jan 12, 2021 | Monitoring, MySQL, Percona Software, Webinars
Join us as Michael Coburn, Percona Product Manager, discusses two methods to identify and troubleshoot problematic MySQL queries using the RED Method and Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) Query Analytics. He will also highlight specific Dashboards in PMM that...
by Diana Muina | Jan 12, 2021 | Monitoring, Open Source, Percona Services, Percona Software
This week we officially kick-off the Preview of Database as a Service (DBaaS) in Percona Monitoring and Management. We are still looking for users to test and provide feedback during this year-long program, and we would love you to participate! Our vision is...
by Sri Sakthivel | Jan 11, 2021 | MySQL, Open Source, Percona Software
In this blog, I am going to explain the different ways of electing the PRIMARY node in MySQL group replication. Before MySQL 8.0.2, primary election was based on the member’s UUID, with the lowest UUID elected as the new primary in the event of a failover. From...
by Marco Tusa | Jan 11, 2021 | Cloud, MySQL, Percona Software, ProxySQL
The aim of Percona Operator for MySQL based on Percona XtraDB Cluster is to be a special type of controller introduced to simplify complex deployments. The Operator extends the Kubernetes API with custom resources. The Operator solution is using Percona XtraDB Cluster...
by Marco Tusa | Jan 11, 2021 | Cloud, MySQL, Percona Software, ProxySQL
Percona Operator for MySQL based on Percona XtraDB Cluster comes with two different proxies, HAProxy and ProxySQL. While the initial version was based on ProxySQL, in time, Percona opted to set HAProxy as the default Proxy for the operator, without removing ProxySQL. ...
by Fernando Mattera | Jan 8, 2021 | Insight for DBAs, MySQL, Percona Software
Today we are going to present you with another way to make a database copy between servers using our Percona XtraBackup utility. What is the difference with many others existing on the web? Not many, but they are interesting in terms of performance and availability....
