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The Ultimate Guide to Database High Availability

Percona

To make data count and to ensure cloud computing is unabated, companies and organizations must have highly available databases. A basic high availability database system provides failover (preferably automatic) from a primary database node to redundant nodes within a cluster. HA is sometimes confused with “fault tolerance.”

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Backup and Recovery for Databases: What You Should Know

Percona

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.

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JSON and Relational Databases – Part One

Percona

JSON data and relational databases have traditionally been diametric opposites. So many folks were surprised when relational databases started adding a JSON data type to their products. In this multi-part blog series, we will start with an overview of using JSON in a relational database. JSON is popular. Very popular.

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From Proprietary to Open Source: The Complete Guide to Database Migration

Percona

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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2019 PostgreSQL Trends Report: Private vs. Public Cloud, Migrations, Database Combinations & Top Reasons Used

Scalegrid

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.

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T-SQL Windowing Improvements in SQL Server 2022

SQL Performance

Microsoft recently released the first public preview of SQL Server 2022. I’ll be using the sample database TSQLV6 in the examples in this article. You can download this sample database here. This clause is now available in Azure SQL Database and SQL Server 2022, provided you use database compatibility level 160 or higher.

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Percona Labs Presents: Infrastructure Generator for Percona Database as a Service (DBaaS)

Percona

Let’s look at how you can run Percona databases on Kubernetes, the easy way. Chances are that if you are using the latest Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) version, you have seen the availability of the new Percona Database as a Service (DBaaS). Well, for security, of course.