Percona

JUNE 29, 2023

Before Percona Server for MongoDB 4.4 PSMDB), the best practice to create an index was doing it in a rolling manner. Many folks used to create directly on Primary, resulting in the first index being created successfully on Primary and then replicated to Secondary nodes. Starting from PSMDB 4.4,

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Percona

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Migrating a proprietary database to open source is a major decision that can significantly affect your organization. Today, we’ll be taking a deep dive into the intricacies of database migration, along with specific solutions to help make the process easier.

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Scalegrid

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

In a world where data security is essential, enabling MongoDB SSL is critical in fortifying your database. Each section is crafted to elevate your database’s security protocol, from acquiring the necessary SSL certificates to configuring server and client connections.

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Percona

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

This post was originally published in June 2020 and was updated in September 2023. MySQL performance tuning offers several significant advantages for effective database management and optimization. Enhanced Database Efficiency By adjusting configuration settings, you can markedly enhance the overall efficiency of your MySQL database.

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Percona

DECEMBER 27, 2023

As we at Percona wind down 2023 and look into what the next year holds, our attention is drawn to the cloud-native landscape and how it is maturing, growing, and evolving. KubeCon NA 2023 recap The theme for KubeCon NA was very clear — AI and Large Language Models (LLMs).

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Percona

MAY 1, 2023

This blog was originally published in August 2018 and was updated in May 2023. It has default settings for all of the database parameters. It is primarily the responsibility of the database administrator or developer to tune PostgreSQL according to their system’s workload. What is PostgreSQL performance tuning?

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Percona

AUGUST 3, 2023

As an experienced database developer, you should know that these kinds of queries should not exist in any production code. This is not a best practice at all, and we strongly encourage you to always create an explicit PK in your tables. Suppose you have SELECT * queries in your application code.

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Percona

MAY 15, 2023

The main reason behind this is that MySQL is a relational database system (RDBMS), and any data that is going to be written in it must respect the RDBMS rules. In shard-nothing, each shard can live in a totally separate logical schema instance / physical database server/data center/continent. The POC Why this POC?

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Percona

JULY 19, 2023

I did the following: kubectl create namespace argocd kubectl apply -n argocd -f [link] Expose the ArgoCD server. Retrieve the admin password to log in using the CLI: argocd admin initial-password -n argocd Login to the server. Server Side sync Percona relies on OpenAPI v3.0 ArgoCD supports Server-Side apply.

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Percona

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

This blog was originally published in August of 2021 and updated in November of 2023. Following the series of blogs written with the intention to describe basic operations matching Docker and open source databases, in this article, I will demonstrate how to proceed with installing MongoDB with Docker. connecting to: mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017/?compressors=disabled&gssapiServiceName=mongodb

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Percona

JULY 7, 2023

Unfortunately, using certain open source database software as part of an HA architecture can present significant challenges. This blog highlights considerations for keeping your own PostgreSQL databases highly available and healthy. The same changes made in the primary database are made in the replicas.

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Percona

JULY 2, 2023

This blog was originally written in September 2018 and was updated in June 2023. The size of the database and your database environment—if it is on colo or cloud—matters. In this post, we cover the methods used to achieve an enterprise-grade backup strategy for the PostgreSQL cluster.

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Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 3, 2023

How We Optimized Performance To Serve A Global Audience How We Optimized Performance To Serve A Global Audience Liran Cohen 2023-08-03T10:00:00+00:00 2023-08-03T13:06:00+00:00 I work for Bookaway , a digital travel brand. These edge servers are distributed in data centers across the globe.

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Percona

AUGUST 5, 2023

This blog was originally published in July 2017 and was updated in August 2023. Partitioning is a way in which a database (MySQL in this case) splits its actual data down into separate tables but still gets treated as a single table by the SQL layer. So, What is MySQL Partitioning? Additionally, MySQL 8.0

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Percona

JUNE 6, 2023

This blog was originally published in January 2012 and was updated in June 2023. A full backup is a comprehensive data backup strategy that involves creating a complete, exact copy of all data and files in a database. In order to implement effective full backups of your database, you must follow some best practices.

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Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 2, 2023

for the web app, Sanity CMS, Firebase Auth, and Firestore database. Now, let’s dive into the technical features and best practices that my team adopted in the process of building the WaterBear web app. Finally, we covered how my team handled dynamic server-side rendered sitemaps using the next-sitemap plugin for Next.js.

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Percona

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

This blog was originally published in November 2021 and was updated in September 2023. MySQL server performance can sometimes be perplexing, and if you’ve ever wondered about the role of triggers in influencing your MySQL server’s memory allocation, this post is for you. What is a Trigger in MySQL?

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O'Reilly

JULY 25, 2023

Here’s how I worked on it: I subscribed to ChatGPT Plus and used the GPT-4 model in ChatGPT (first the May 12, 2023 version, then the May 24 version) to help me with design and implementation. Swift Papers felt like a well-scoped project to test how well AI handles a realistic yet manageable real-world programming task.

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