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June 12, 2024
GCache and Record-Set Cache Encryption in Percona XtraDB Cluster – Part Two
Keeping Your Data Safe: An Introduction to Data-at-Rest Encryption in Percona XtraDB Cluster. In the first part of this blog [...]
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June 11, 2024
Important Update: Streamlined Repository Management for Improved Efficiency
We’re announcing an upcoming update to our repository management system to ensure you receive the most timely updates and benefit [...]
June 10, 2024
A Practical Guide to PostgreSQL Indexes
PostgreSQL is known for its reliability and feature-rich environment, but as with any database, when datasets grow larger and query [...]
June 10, 2024
Is Oracle Finally Killing MySQL?
Some 15 years ago, when Oracle acquired Sun, and hence MySQL, there was a lot of talk on the internet [...]
June 7, 2024
GCache and Record-Set Cache Encryption in Percona XtraDB Cluster – Part One
Keeping Your Data Safe: An Introduction to Data-at-Rest Encryption in Percona XtraDB Cluster. Data breaches are a major concern today. [...]
June 6, 2024
End of Life Alert: CentOS 7 and Debian 10 Approaching EOL
The End-of-Support date for CentOS 7 and Debian 10 is coming soon. According to their respective release life cycles, the [...]
June 5, 2024
Administering a Patroni Managed PostgreSQL Cluster
There are quite a number of methods these days for installing Patroni. I want to discuss the next step, which [...]
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June 4, 2024
Downsampling Metrics in Percona Monitoring and Management: Saving Space and Improving Performance
Downsampling is the process by which we can selectively prune (discard, summarize, or recalculate) data from a series of samples [...]
June 4, 2024
MongoDB Partitioning: Best Practices for Scalability and Performance
MongoDB’s flexibility and speed make it a popular database choice, but as your data grows, managing and querying massive datasets [...]
June 3, 2024
Controlling Resource Consumption on a PostgreSQL Server Using Linux cgroup2
Multi-tenancy/co-hosting is always challenging. Running multiple PG instances could help to reduce the internal contention points (scalability issues) within PostgreSQL. [...]
June 3, 2024
Keeping an Eye on the Eye: Self-Monitoring for Percona Monitoring and Management
Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) is a powerful tool for keeping your databases healthy, but what about PMM itself? While [...]
May 30, 2024
PostgreSQL 17: Two Small Improvements That Will Have a Major Impact
PostgreSQL releases are incremental evolutions that improve the product. The beta version 17 was recently released, and there are two [...]
May 30, 2024
Announcing ARM Support in Percona Operator for MongoDB
Percona is thrilled to announce the release of ARM support in Percona Operator for MongoDB 1.16.0. This new feature addresses [...]
May 29, 2024
Valkey/Redis: Setting Up Replication
In most database systems, like MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB, replication of some kind is used to create a highly available [...]
May 29, 2024
Beyond The Horizon: Mastering Percona Server for MongoDB Exposure in Kubernetes – Part Two – Istio
This is the second part of the series of blog posts unmasking the complexity of MongoDB cluster exposure in Kubernetes [...]
May 28, 2024
Valkey/Redis Sharding Using the Native Clustering Feature
In this blog post, we are going to implement the concept of sharding in a Valkey setup. This is a [...]
May 28, 2024
Beyond the Horizon: Mastering Percona Server for MongoDB Exposure in Kubernetes – Part One
Running and managing MongoDB clusters in Kubernetes is made easy with the Percona Operator for MongoDB. Some aspects are just [...]
May 24, 2024
Valkey/Redis: Migrating to Valkey
As you are probably aware, Redis decided to switch to a source-available, SSPLv1 license. This means, as of Redis 7.4, [...]
May 24, 2024
Upcoming Percona University Events – France, Germany, and India
Experience a full day of deep-dive technical sessions and meet database experts and a community of open source database users, [...]