Percona

JUNE 22, 2023

To make data count and to ensure cloud computing is unabated, companies and organizations must have highly available databases. This guide provides an overview of what high availability means, the components involved, how to measure high availability, and how to achieve it.

Availability 106

Availability Database Open Source Hardware 106

Percona

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Percona is dedicated to open source software. But recently, open source software has come under attack. Once open source software is being locked away by changing licenses and code that you depended on. Before open source was available, there was little to no interoperability between computer systems.

Open Source 110

Open Source Software Software Hardware 110

Percona

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Today’s businesses face two major challenges when it comes to managing databases: vendor lock-in of public cloud providers and the inherent complexity of running and managing databases. Furthermore, managing a myriad of databases across multiple environments poses a daunting task, requiring significant effort and resources.

Open Source 91

Open Source Social Media Database Media 91

High Scalability

JUNE 8, 2018

Severalnines has spent the last several years writing blogs and crafting content to help make your open source database solutions highly available. Top HA Resources for MySQL & MariaDB.

Open Source 130

Open Source Database Scalability Availability 130

Percona

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

There is a new controversy in the Linkerd community with reports that many Linkerd users will now need to pay to run the software, and it will only be available under a proprietary license. I do not think this is entirely correct. Here are my thoughts on this topic.Linkerd is a CNCF project, where Buoyant […]

Open Source 78

Open Source Availability Software Software 78

Alex Podelko

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Some time ago Federico Toledo published Performance Testing with Open Source Tools- Busting The Myths. Otherwise we wouldn’t see so many commercial tools built on the top of open source including BlazeMeter (it is ironic that the article is posted on the BlazeMeter site), Flood, and OctoPerf.

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Open Source Performance Testing Testing Performance 223

Percona

JUNE 2, 2023

While not the first open source content management system (CMS), WordPress caught on like nothing before and helped spread open source to millions. It was simple, easy to deploy, and easy to use, and WordPress had the added benefit of being open source. MySQL was founded in 1995 and went open source in 2000.

Open Source 93

Open Source Traffic Tuning Database 93

Percona

APRIL 12, 2023

We’re equally convinced on both counts, but in this blog article, we’re focusing on why MongoDB is not open source. Let’s start with this: MongoDB is accurately referred to as source-available software. To be clear, we are rock-solid in our stance that MongoDB is not open source.

Open Source 80

Open Source Programming Database Servers 80

Percona

AUGUST 15, 2023

Last week, yet another company — HashiCorp — announced they are changing the license for the majority of their software from an Open Source License (Mozilla Public License 2.0) to a Business Source License ( BSL ). Commercial open source is going to continue being less open source.

Open Source 76

Open Source Government Software Software 76

Percona

MARCH 26, 2024

MySQL is a very popular database and a good choice for new projects. Luckily you have several options for this choice.MySQL Community vs. Enterprise EditionsTraditionally, the MySQL Community Edition has been a mainstay in the open source community for decades, and it is available for free. But is it the best choice?Luckily

Database 74

Database Open Source Availability Software 74

Percona

APRIL 9, 2024

For PostgreSQL users, the tech preview release availability of the new encryption extension pg_tde delivers unmatched protection for vital data assets.What is pg_tde?pg_tde, pg_tde, developed by Percona, is an open source […]

Open Source 108

Open Source Database Availability Development 108

Dynatrace

JANUARY 13, 2021

Dynatrace’s OneAgent automatically captures PurePaths and analyzes transactions end-to-end across every tier of your application technology stack with no code changes, from the browser all the way down to the code and database level. The post Monitoring-as-code through Dynatrace’s Open-Source Initiative appeared first on Dynatrace blog.

Open Source 139

Open Source Code Monitoring Azure 139

Scalegrid

APRIL 28, 2020

If you’re hosting your databases in the cloud, choosing the right cloud service provider is a significant decision to make for your long-term hosting costs. Over the last few weeks, we have been inundated with requests from SMB customers looking to improve the ROI on their database hosting. MongoDB® Database. EC2 instances.

Azure 344

Azure AWS Database Latency 344

Scalegrid

AUGUST 26, 2020

Microsoft Azure is one of the most popular cloud providers in the world, and a natural fit for database hosting on applications leveraging Microsoft across their infrastructure. MySQL is the number one open source database that’s commonly hosted through Azure instances. We measure latency in ms 95th percentile latency.

Azure 299

Azure Benchmarking Database Latency 299

Percona

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) is a state-of-the-art piece of software that exists in part thanks to great open source projects like VictoriaMetrics, PostgreSQL, and ClickHouse. Being software composed of different, multiple technologies can add complexity to a well-known concept: High Availability (HA).

Availability 98

Availability Monitoring Open Source Traffic 98

Scalegrid

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

ScyllaDB is an open-source distributed NoSQL data store, reimplemented from the popular Apache Cassandra database. We’ve heard a lot about this rising database from the DBA community and our users, and decided to become a sponsor for this years Scylla Summit to learn more about the deployment trends from its users.

Big Data 187

Big Data Database Open Source Azure 187

Percona

JULY 7, 2023

With the average cost of unplanned downtime running from $300,000 to $500,000 per hour , businesses are increasingly using high availability (HA) technologies to maximize application uptime. Unfortunately, using certain open source database software as part of an HA architecture can present significant challenges.

Availability 82

Availability Open Source Architecture Database 82

Percona

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Sure, database migration is complex, particularly when you’re looking to migrate from a proprietary database to an open source one. Database migration is almost always time-consuming, tedious, and full of potential pitfalls. Database migration is complex Let’s start here.

Database 81

Database Open Source Benchmarking Strategy 81

Percona

JUNE 12, 2023

When it comes to access to their applications, users demand instant, reliable, and secure interactions — and that means databases must be highly available. With database high availability (HA), services are largely uninterrupted, and end users are largely satisfied. They’re proven and ready-to-go.

Architecture 95

Architecture Availability Open Source Healthcare 95

Scalegrid

JUNE 9, 2020

June 9, 2020 – ScaleGrid, a leading Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) provider, has just announced support for their MySQL , PostgreSQL and Redis™ solutions on DigitalOcean. This launch is in addition to their current DigitalOcean offering for MongoDB® database , the only DBaaS to support this database on DigitalOcean.

Availability 227

Availability Open Source Benchmarking Database 227

Percona

MARCH 23, 2023

When it comes to enterprise-level databases, there are several options available in the market, but PostgreSQL stands out as one of the most popular and reliable choices. PostgreSQL is a free and open source object-relational database management system (ORDBMS) that has existed since the mid-1990s.

Database 114

Database Open Source Traffic Small Business 114

Dynatrace

MARCH 20, 2024

In this article, we’ll explore these challenges in detail and introduce Keptn, an open source project that addresses these issues, enhancing Kubernetes observability for smoother and more efficient deployments. External dependencies Many applications rely on external services, such as databases, APIs, or third-party services.

Open Source 267

Open Source Hardware DevOps Infrastructure 267

Scalegrid

AUGUST 22, 2019

In the final post of this series, we will review the last solution, Patroni by Zalando, and compare all three at the end so you can determine which high availability framework is best for your PostgreSQL hosting deployment. Managing High Availability in PostgreSQL – Part I: PostgreSQL Automatic Failover. Patroni for PostgreSQL.

Availability 277

Availability Servers Network Open Source 277

Percona

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Databases are different from a lot of software. This is not a general rule, but as databases are responsible for a core layer of any IT system – data storage and processing — they require reliability. Think of us as the extra set of eyes, the extra layer of QA to ensure your safety passage to the next database version.

Availability 98

Availability Servers Database Open Source 98

Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

As cloud applications have become the norm, the databases that power these applications are now typically run as managed services by cloud providers. Optimize database performance. Small changes in a database can have an enormous impact on overall application performance. One place to rule them all.

Azure 195

Azure Database Performance Monitoring 195

DZone

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

In this article, I’m going to demonstrate how you can migrate a comprehensive web application from MySQL to YugabyteDB using the open-source data migration engine YugabyteDB Voyager. Nowadays, many people migrate their applications from traditional, single-server relational databases to distributed database clusters.

Open Source 286

Open Source Scalability Database Servers 286

Percona

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

It looks like we succeeded, and I’m happy to announce that Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL 16 is now available! Added support for regular expression matching of user and database names in pg_hba.conf, and user names in pg_ident.conf. We plan to make Percona images for PostgreSQL available on Docker Hub shortly.

Availability 107

Availability Open Source Database Servers 107

Scalegrid

JULY 13, 2020

Oracle Database is a commercial, proprietary multi-model database management system produced by Oracle Corporation, and the largest relational database management system (RDBMS) in the world. While Oracle remains the #1 database on the market, its popularity has steadily declined by over 18% since 2013. Compare Costs.

Open Source 244

Open Source Tuning C++ Database 244

Percona

AUGUST 30, 2023

Data powers everything, and unlike coal and coal combustion, data and databases aren’t going away. 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.

Database 86

Database Hardware Open Source Strategy 86

High Scalability

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Microsoft Azure is one of the most popular cloud providers in the world, and a natural fit for database hosting on applications leveraging Microsoft across their infrastructure. MySQL is the number one open source database that’s commonly hosted through Azure instances.

Azure 137

Azure Database Benchmarking Performance 137

Scalegrid

APRIL 2, 2019

PostgreSQL is an open source relational database system that has soared in popularity over the past 30 years from its active, loyal, and growing community. For the 2nd year in a row, PostgreSQL has kept the title of #1 fastest growing database in the world according to the DBMS of the Year report by the experts at DB-Engines.

Database 185

Database Cloud Open Source Azure 185

Percona

AUGUST 22, 2023

Estimates vary, but most reports put the average cost of unplanned database downtime at approximately $300,000 to $500,000 per hour, or $5,000 to $8,000 per minute. With so much at stake, database high availability and fault tolerance have become must-have items, but many companies just aren’t certain which one they must have.

Availability 77

Availability Hardware Open Source Database 77

Dynatrace

JANUARY 16, 2023

The strongest Kubernetes growth areas are security, databases, and CI/CD technologies. Open-source software drives a vibrant Kubernetes ecosystem. Strongest Kubernetes growth areas are security, databases, and CI/CD technologies. Open source software drives a vibrant Kubernetes ecosystem.

Open Source 342

Open Source Java Operating System Programming 342

Scalegrid

JUNE 11, 2019

Ready to transition from a commercial database to open source, and want to know which databases are most popular in 2019? Wondering whether an on-premise vs. public cloud vs. hybrid cloud infrastructure is best for your database strategy? 2019 Top Databases Used. So, which databases are most popular in 2019?

Open Source 55

Open Source Database Cloud Infrastructure 55

Scalegrid

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

PostgreSQL is an amazing relational database. 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. However, beyond just the features, there are other important aspects of a database that need to be considered.

Database 184

Database Open Source Storage Servers 184

Percona

JUNE 30, 2023

Percona, a leading provider of open-source database software and services, announced the general availability of Percona Operator for PostgreSQL version 2. The solution is 100% open source and automates the deployment and management of PostgreSQL clusters on Kubernetes. Please refer to our documentation.

Availability 92

Availability Open Source Azure Hardware 92

Scalegrid

JUNE 4, 2020

ScaleGrid is a fully managed DBaaS that supports MySQL, PostgreSQL and Redis™, along with additional support for MongoDB® database and Greenplum® database. Along with many popular cloud providers, DigitalOcean also provides a Managed Databases service. So, which database service is right for your application? Single Node.

Database 230

Database Latency Benchmarking Performance 230