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 Kathy Williamson | Aug 18, 2020 | MySQL, Percona Software
We are excited to let you know about two upcoming changes to Percona XtraBackup which will align Percona XtraBackup Versions with Percona Server for MySQL. These changes are to bring Percona XtraBackup release naming line with Percona Server and MySQL and ensure...
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 Diana Muina | Aug 17, 2020 | Insight for DBAs, Monitoring, Percona Software
Every software story starts with a simple idea of how to serve a specific user need. However, with the growing number of applications and ways to deploy those applications (on-premise or in the cloud or both) our environments are becoming more and more complex. But...
by David Quilty | Aug 17, 2020 | Percona Services, Percona Software
It’s release roundup time here at Percona! Our Release Roundups showcase the latest software updates, tools, and features to help you manage and deploy our software, with highlights and critical information, as well as links to the full release notes and direct...
by Carlos Tutte | Aug 12, 2020 | Insight for DBAs, Insight for Developers, MySQL, Percona Software
Disclaimer: the following script only works for Percona Server for MySQL 5.7, and relies on enabling performance schema (PS) instrumentation which can add overhead on high concurrent systems, and is not intended for continuous production usage as it’s a POC (proof of...
by Tomislav Plavcic | Aug 11, 2020 | Cloud, MySQL, Percona Software
In Percona Operator for MySQL based on Percona XtraDB Cluster versions prior to 1.5.0, there were two methods for upgrading PXC clusters, and both of these use built-in StatefulSet update strategies. The first one is manual (OnDelete update strategy) and the second...
by Rachel Pescador | Aug 11, 2020 | Database Trends, Percona Announcements, Percona Software
We are delighted to announce that Percona has joined the VMware Technology Alliance Partner (TAP) program. This program allows partners to develop and deliver proven solutions by providing tools and resources to test, integrate, and package joint products. The TAP...
by Agustín | Aug 5, 2020 | Monitoring, Percona Software
In this blog post, we will take a look at how we can manually remove a client instance from Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) version 2. Under normal operations, this shouldn’t be necessary, since a graceful PMM client uninstall shouldn’t leave any...
by David Quilty | Aug 3, 2020 | Percona Services, Percona Software
It’s release roundup time here at Percona! Our Release Roundups showcase the latest software updates, tools, and features to help you manage and deploy our software, with highlights and critical information, as well as links to the full release notes and direct...
by Lalit Choudhary | Jul 29, 2020 | Insight for DBAs, Insight for Developers, Percona Software
At Percona, we operate on the premise that full-transparency makes a product better. We strive to build not only the best open-source database products but also to help you manage any issues that arise in any of the databases that we support. And, in true open-source...
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 Rick Golba | Jul 21, 2020 | Cloud, MySQL, Percona Software
On July 21, 2020, Percona delivered an updated version of our Percona Kubernetes Operator for Percona XtraDB Cluster (PXC) focused on easing deployment and operations management of a clustered MySQL environment. Included in the Percona Distribution for MySQL, our...
by George O. Lorch III | Jul 21, 2020 | MySQL, Percona Software
On Monday, July 13, 2020, Oracle released MySQL 8.0.21. This release contained a few new changes that cause issues with Percona XtraBackup. First, this release introduced the ability to temporarily disable InnoDB redo logging (see the work log and documentation). If...
by Sami Ahlroos | Jul 20, 2020 | Cloud, Insight for DBAs, MySQL, Percona Software
The Percona Kubernetes Operator for Percona XtraDB Cluster can send backups to Amazon S3 or S3-compatible storage. And every now and then at Support, we are asked how to send backups to Google Cloud Storage. Google Cloud Storage offers an “interoperability mode” which...
by Michal Nosek | Jul 20, 2020 | Insight for DBAs, MongoDB, Percona Software
Every database environment should require a robust backup strategy as its a fundamental requirement to running a successful and robust database. No matter the size of the database, the function of the application, or how technologically advanced a company is, backups...
by David Quilty | Jul 20, 2020 | Percona Services, Percona Software
It’s release roundup time here at Percona! Our Release Roundups showcase the latest software updates, tools, and features to help you manage and deploy our software, with highlights and critical information, as well as links to the full release notes and direct...
by Roman Misyurin | Jul 16, 2020 | Monitoring, Percona Software
We’ve been improving the Query Analytics component of Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM). Here’s a summary of what we’ve done, beginning with a reminder of what PMM is and what it’s for. Database Troubleshooting and PMM Troubleshooting...
by Rick Golba | Jul 16, 2020 | Monitoring, Percona Announcements, Percona Software
Effective August 1, 2020, Percona is moving the Percona Monitoring Plugins to end of life status. This means that no new versions, enhancements, bug fixes, or security updates will be released. The software will continue to be available at our download site. The...
by Peter Zaitsev | Jul 15, 2020 | Insight for DBAs, Monitoring, MySQL, Percona Software
When I speak about MySQL performance troubleshooting (or frankly any other database), I tend to speak about four primary resources which typically end up being a bottleneck and limiting system performance: CPU, Memory, Disk, and Network. It would be great if when...
