Percona

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Today, we are excited to announce the release of Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) V2.35 , including a tech preview of label-based access control, the general availability of Helm Chart, and a range of enhancements to our Database as a Service (DBaaS) offerings, among other improvements and features. Stay tuned!

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Dynatrace

OCTOBER 4, 2022

This architecture offers rich data management and analytics features (taken from the data warehouse model) on top of low-cost cloud storage systems (which are used by data lakes). This decoupling ensures the openness of data and storage formats, while also preserving data in context. This scenario is a thing of the past.

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Dynatrace

JULY 29, 2021

The complexity of such deployments has accelerated with the adoption of emerging, open-source technologies that generate telemetry data, which is exploding in terms of volume, speed, and cardinality. Extend your topology mapping to include open-source observability data. Next steps.

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Percona

MARCH 29, 2023

Compression in any database is necessary as it has many advantages, like storage reduction, data transmission time, etc. Storage reduction alone results in significant cost savings, and we can save more data in the same space. In this blog, we will discuss both data and network-level compression offered in MongoDB.

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Storage Network Open Source Latency 111

The Netflix TechBlog

OCTOBER 28, 2021

I developed many batch and real-time data pipelines using open source technologies for AOL Advertising and eBay. Over the years, I followed the big data open-source community and Netflix tech blogs closely, and learned a lot about Netflix’s innovative engineering solutions and active contributions to the open-source ecosystem.

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Dynatrace

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Prometheus is an open-source monitoring and alerting toolkit for services and applications that run in containers. Prometheus components include client libraries for application code instrumentation, special-purpose exporters for popular services, and the optional Prometheus server for orchestrating service discovery and data storage.

Technology 207

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High Scalability

APRIL 16, 2019

In this three-part blog series, we introduced a High Availability (HA) Framework for MySQL hosting in Part I, and discussed the details of MySQL semisynchronous replication in Part II. Now in Part III, we review how the framework handles some of the important MySQL failure scenarios and recovers to ensure high availability.

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Percona

OCTOBER 13, 2023

This blog will discuss how to debug the core file in VS code. Could not load source './obj/sql/./storage/innobase/./././mysql-8.0.34/storage/innobase/row/row0sel.cc': storage/innobase/./././mysql-8.0.34/storage/innobase/row/row0sel.cc': storage/innobase/row/row0sel.cc': 'SourceRequest' not supported. sourceFileMap":{ "./obj/sql/./storage/innobase/./././mysql-8.0.34/":

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Code C++ Storage Programming 104

Percona

DECEMBER 11, 2023

A Dedicated Log Volume (DLV) is a specialized storage volume designed to house database transaction logs separately from the volume containing the database tables. DLVs are particularly advantageous for databases with large allocated storage, high I/O per second (IOPS) requirements, or latency-sensitive workloads.

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Percona

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Let’s look at some of the most popular Percona Database Performance Blog posts in 2018. With the Percona Database Performance Blog, Percona staff and leadership work hard to provide the open source community with insights, technical support, predictions and metrics around multiple open source database software technologies.

Database 40

Database Tuning Performance AWS 40

Scalegrid

JULY 8, 2019

Are you looking to get started with the world’s most popular open-source database, and wondering how you should setup your MySQL hosting ? The first thing to consider when weighing between self-management and a MySQL Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) solution is what internal resources you have available.

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Percona

MAY 8, 2023

Percona is a leading provider of unbiased, performance-first, open source database solutions that allow organizations to easily, securely, and affordably maintain business agility, minimize risks, and stay competitive, free from vendor lock-in. It’s time for the release roundup! Take a look! Percona Distribution for MongoDB 5.0.17

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Monitoring Open Source Database Servers 79

Scalegrid

APRIL 28, 2020

Since database hosting is more dependent on memory (RAM) than storage, we are going to compare various instance sizes ranging from just 1GB of RAM up to 64GB of RAM so you can see how costs vary across different application workloads. Is my database cluster still highly available? DigitalOcean using the below instance types: AWS.

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Percona

AUGUST 30, 2023

In this blog, we’ll focus on the elements of database backup and disaster recovery, and we’ll introduce proven solutions for maintaining business continuity, even amid otherwise dire circumstances. An incremental backup, which is faster and requires less storage than a full backup, captures changes made since the previous backup.

Database 90

Database Hardware Open Source Strategy 90

Percona

JULY 17, 2023

In this blog, we’ll examine the reasons why people would seek an alternative to MongoDB Enterprise, and we’ll identify some of the most popular NoSQL alternatives. First, some stage-setting for this blog article. Organizations have access to the source code, allowing them to make changes and enhancements as needed.

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Open Source Database Scalability Software 77

Dynatrace

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Another source reported a 43% overall increase in Prometheus adoption for the last six months of 2021. As the two first graduates of the open source project incubator, the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), Kubernetes and Prometheus are usually deployed together. What is Prometheus?

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Scalegrid

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

There are many things I love about it – PL/ PG SQL, smart defaults, replication (that actually works out of the box), and an active and vibrant open source community. In this blog post, we will detail some of these operational challenges with PostgreSQL. Feature-wise, it is up there with the best, if not the best.

Database 184

Database Open Source Storage Servers 184

Percona

JUNE 12, 2023

Percona is a leading provider of unbiased, performance-first, open source database solutions that allow organizations to easily, securely, and affordably maintain business agility, minimize risks, and stay competitive, free from vendor lock-in. Read more about this release in the accompanying blog addressing the CVE.

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Open Source Servers Database Scalability 85

Dynatrace

AUGUST 5, 2022

However, that assumes he or she is available and has time to talk. Consumers store messages in a queue — usually in a buffer or on a storage medium — until they can process and delete them. How an observability platform eases message queue monitoring appeared first on Dynatrace blog. Two styles of message queuing.

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Monitoring Serverless Programming Speed 196

Dynatrace

AUGUST 5, 2022

However, that assumes he or she is available and has time to talk. Consumers store messages in a queue — usually in a buffer or on a storage medium — until they can process and delete them. How an observability platform eases message queue monitoring appeared first on Dynatrace blog. Two styles of message queuing.

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Monitoring Serverless Programming Speed 195

Percona

JUNE 22, 2023

A monitoring tool like Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) is a popular choice among open source options for effectively monitoring MySQL performance. In this blog, we will explore various MySQL KPIs that are basic and essential to track using monitoring tools like PMM.

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Performance Monitoring Traffic Database 106

Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

With these release candidate APIs available, instrumentation for web frameworks, storage clients, and much more can be built. We at Dynatrace understand the importance of contributing our expertise in enterprise-grade intelligent observability to the open source community. Dynatrace fully embraces OpenTelemetry.

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Open Source Software Engineering Government Java 151

Dynatrace

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The vulnerability was first reported to the Apache Foundation (an open-source project) on November 24 by security researcher Chen Zhaojun of Alibaba, China’s largest e-commerce company, after an attack was documented on December 9 and affected servers of the game Minecraft. Also, check back on this FAQ blog for frequent updates.

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Internet Internet Games Java 259

Percona

OCTOBER 13, 2023

MySQL writes a.sdi file to accommodate the serialized dictionary information for storage engines that lack support for this functionality. Storage engine compatibility Different MySQL storage engines handle.sdi files in various ways. Storage engine compatibility Different MySQL storage engines handle.sdi files in various ways.

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Storage Database Engineering Open Source 96

Percona

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Let’s take a look at how to get the benefits you need while spending less, based on the recommendations presented by Dani Guzmán Burgos, our Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) Tech Lead, on this webinar (now available on demand) hosted in November last year. These color-coded states on panels are available in PMM 2.32.0

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Cloud Serverless AWS Storage 121

Percona

MARCH 23, 2023

This blog is in reference to our previous ones for ‘Innodb Performance Optimizations Basics’ 2007 and 2013. Although there have been many blogs about adjusting MySQL variables for better performance since then, I think this topic deserves a blog update since the last update was a decade ago, and MySQL 5.7

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Performance Hardware Tuning Storage 127

Percona

JUNE 4, 2023

This blog post was originally published in November 2017 and was updated in June 2023. In this blog, we’ll provide a comparison between MariaDB vs. MySQL (including Percona Server for MySQL ). It continues to be developed and maintained by the open source community and remains free to use under the GNU General Public License.

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Open Source Servers Storage Scalability 52

Dynatrace

OCTOBER 11, 2021

In recent years, function-as-a-service (FaaS) platforms such as Google Cloud Functions (GCF) have gained popularity as an easy way to run code in a highly available, fault-tolerant serverless environment. Avoid lock-in with open-source technologies. appeared first on Dynatrace blog. Dynatrace news. Watch webinar now!

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Dynatrace

JULY 6, 2022

Consider selecting platform-based solutions — whether open source or from a commercial vendor — that support open ecosystems. Virtualization has revolutionized system administration by making it possible for software to manage systems, storage, and networks. Apply AIOps for analysis and automation.

Best Practices 184

Best Practices Open Source Tuning Infrastructure 184

Percona

DECEMBER 19, 2023

PG_TDE (PostgreSQL Transparent Data Encryption) is an experimental transparent data encryption access method for PostgreSQL 16, available on GitHub as an extension for vanilla PostgreSQL. deb package, or as source code on github. This key is stored in an external keyring, possibly at a separate location, to increase security.

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Open Source Storage Database C++ 85

Dynatrace

APRIL 8, 2022

Fluentd is an open-source data collector that unifies log collection, processing, and consumption. Output plugins deliver logs to storage solutions, analytics tools, and observability platforms like Dynatrace. There is also an excellent video tutorial available on the Is It Observable YouTube channel. Dynatrace news.

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Metrics Analytics Software Architecture Open Source 176

Percona

MARCH 28, 2023

In this blog post, we will dive deep into WiredTiger’s Logging and Checkpoint mechanism. Every database system has to ensure durability and reliability. MongoDB uses classic Write-Ahead-Logging (WAL) using Journals and Checkpoints. Starting with the basics, why is WAL needed in the first place? wt list -c WiredTigerCheckpoint.33:

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Hardware C++ Storage Cache 90

Scalegrid

JULY 17, 2020

For the purposes of this blog, when we refer to JSON support in PostgreSQL, we will refer to JSONB going forward. JSONB storage has some drawbacks vs. traditional columns: PostreSQL does not store column statistics for JSONB columns. JSONB storage results in a larger storage footprint.

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Storage Database Efficiency Processing 321

Percona

JUNE 6, 2023

This blog was originally published in January 2012 and was updated in June 2023. When it comes to backups, there are multiple types available, each with its own advantages and limitations. Learn how to restore a single InnoDB table from a full backup after accidentally dropping it in this blog. What is an incremental backup?

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Storage Strategy Network Efficiency 69

Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Nevertheless, there are related components and processes, for example, virtualization infrastructure and storage systems (see image below), that can lead to problems in your Kubernetes infrastructure. Configuring storage in Kubernetes is more complex than using a file system on your host. The Kubernetes experience.

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Virtualization Infrastructure Monitoring Cloud 160

Dynatrace

JULY 21, 2020

There are certain situations when an agent based approach isn’t possible, such as with network or storage devices, or a very old OS. Heading up the Platform Extension Services team at Dynatrace, we’re the go-to team for anything that isn’t available out of the box. Platform extensions.

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Infrastructure Monitoring Open Source Traffic 152

Dynatrace

APRIL 8, 2022

Fluentd is an open-source data collector that unifies log collection, processing, and consumption. Output plugins deliver logs to storage solutions, analytics tools, and observability platforms like Dynatrace. There is also an excellent video tutorial available on the Is It Observable YouTube channel. Dynatrace news.

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Metrics Analytics Software Architecture Open Source 130