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Database Migration Plan: Avoiding Common Pitfalls in Open Source Migration

Percona

Many organizations are turning to open source solutions to streamline their operations and reduce costs. Open source migration can be a game-changer, offering flexibility, scalability, and cost-effectiveness. Below, we’ll explore the common pitfalls of open source migration and provide insights on how to avoid them.

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Open Source vs. Proprietary Database Software: What To Choose?

Percona

We are a company of open source proponents. We’re also dedicated and active participants in the global open source community. Both open source and proprietary options have advantages. With open source database software , anyone in the general public can access the source code, read it, and modify it.

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The Ultimate Guide to Open Source Databases

Percona

The use of open source databases has increased steadily in recent years. Past trepidation — about perceived vulnerabilities and performance issues — has faded as decision makers realize what an “open source database” really is and what it offers. What is an open source database?

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Open Source Software Security: Is Open Source Software Safe?

Percona

Even though open source software is firmly in the mainstream, used widely by businesses, governments, and everyone who owns a cell phone or computer, the question repeatedly arises: “Is open source software safe?” Is open source software as stable as other software? Our bar is higher than that.

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Using OpenTelemetry and AI-powered observability to eliminate open source data silos

Dynatrace

As a solution, teams often adopt open source observability tools like OpenTelemetry to gain situational awareness of their cloud-native environments. Open source observability tools help address cloud complexity. Using open-source tools to tame cloud complexity can lead to data silos.

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Install Prometheus on Kubernetes: Tutorial and Examples

DZone

As one of the most popular open-source Kubernetes monitoring solutions, Prometheus leverages a multidimensional data model of time-stamped metric data and labels. It stores the metrics in a time-series database and provides the powerful PromQL query language for efficient analysis and data visualization.

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Escrow Buddy: An open-source tool from Netflix for remediation of missing FileVault keys in MDM

The Netflix TechBlog

Netflix has open-sourced Escrow Buddy, which helps Security and IT teams ensure they have valid FileVault recovery keys for all their Macs in MDM. Relatively few authorization plugins are broadly used within the Mac admin community, but one popular example is the Crypt agent. We call this new tool Escrow Buddy.