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May 1, 2024
MySQL 8.4 First Peek
MySQL 8.4 has now been officially released, and this is a quick review of what is in the release notes. [...]
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April 30, 2024
LDAP Authentication in PgBouncer Through PAM
There are many cases where external connection poolers like pgBouncer become unavoidable despite the costs and complexities associated with them. [...]
April 30, 2024
Redis, Valkey, and Percona’s Ongoing Support of Open Source
For me, the Redis story starts with… Memcached. Back in the early 2000s, “Web 2.0” was being built following [...]
April 26, 2024
Trying out the PostgreSQL pg_tde Tech Preview Release
The tech preview version of the pg_tde extension for PostgreSQL 16 was released on March 28th, with many improvements compared [...]
April 26, 2024
Benchmarking MongoDB Performance on Kubernetes
Cloud-native databases are becoming the norm, and containerized databases are a common trend (see the report from Dynatrace and Figure [...]
April 24, 2024
Bringing Percona Experts to a City Near You
Percona.connect, a series of free events hosted by Percona database performance experts, is coming to a city near you! This [...]
April 23, 2024
Why MariaDB Is “Better” Than MySQL
Apples or oranges? Tea or coffee? Books or eBooks? Each of these comparisons has very similar features and serves many [...]
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April 22, 2024
PostgreSQL Database Security Best Practices
When data is everything, the sophistication of cybersecurity threats casts a shadow over the world of data security, including for [...]
April 19, 2024
Did MyDumper LIKE Triggers?
Yes, but now it likes them more, and here is why. Intro Using the LIKE clause to filter triggers or [...]
April 18, 2024
Should You Deploy Your Databases on Kubernetes? And What Makes StatefulSet Worthwhile?
Why do cloud-native databases matter? Kubernetes makes it easier to run applications. It’s like having a magic wand for managing [...]
April 18, 2024
How to Improve Database Performance: The Ultimate Guide
Welcome to the ultimate guide on how to boost your database performance! We’ve designed it to help you understand and [...]
April 17, 2024
Switch PostgreSQL Environments Across AWS, GCP, and k3d Using Kubernetes Contexts
This article explains how to install the Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL on Kubernetes using “context”. We will show you how [...]
April 16, 2024
Percona Stands Firmly on the Side of Open Source
Percona is proud to formally state our support for the Valkey project and its community. We will soon offer commercial [...]
April 16, 2024
A Guide to Better Understanding MySQL Charset Levels
We usually receive and see some questions regarding the charset levels in MySQL, especially after the deprecation of utf8mb3 and [...]
April 15, 2024
Why SELECT COUNT(*) FROM TABLE Is Sometimes Very Slow in MySQL or MariaDB
If you have enough experience with MySQL, it is very possible that you stumbled upon an unusually slow SELECT COUNT(*) [...]
April 12, 2024
Partially Rolling Back a Transaction in MySQL or PostgreSQL
This short write-up focuses on a different transaction control behavior of databases. Though this is not unusual, I decided to [...]
April 11, 2024
JSON_TABLE() Will Be in PostgreSQL 17
JSON_TABLE() will be in PostgreSQL 17! It almost made it two years ago but was yanked away at the last [...]
April 11, 2024
How to Replicate and Rename a Database in MariaDB
MySQL/MariaDB replication filter is an important feature when we need to replicate only certain databases or tables. Having this configuration [...]
April 10, 2024
MongoDB 4.4 EOL with 5.0 Not Far Behind
February 2024 marked the end of life (EOL) of MongoDB 4.4. Another year, another EOL, is a fitting summary. Time [...]