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HAProxy-Patroni Setup Using Health Check Endpoints and Debugging

March 12, 2025

Lalit Choudhary

HAProxy-Patroni Setup Using Health Check Endpoints and Debugging

Patroni has a REST API that allows HAProxy and other kinds of load balancers to perform HTTP health checks. This [...]

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Ready for the Enterprise: New Solution Updates from Percona

March 11, 2025

Aleksandra Mitroshkina

Ready for the Enterprise: New Solution Updates from Percona

The latest releases from Percona bring targeted improvements that help organizations streamline deployments, strengthen security, and optimize performance in demanding [...]

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Extending MySQL 5.7: Percona Releases Post-End-of-Life Source Code to the Community

March 10, 2025

Steve Hoffman

Extending MySQL 5.7: Percona Releases Post-End-of-Life Source Code to the Community

Percona is excited to announce the community release of our MySQL 5.7 End-of-Life (EOL) source code for both Percona Server [...]

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Simplify Valkey Adoption with Percona Support and Services

March 6, 2025

Aleksandra Mitroshkina

Simplify Valkey Adoption with Percona Support and Services

With Redis moving away from its open source roots, the key-value store ecosystem is shifting. For over 70% of users, [...]

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Why Companies Are Saying No to Proprietary Software, Including MongoDB

March 3, 2025

David Quilty

Why Companies Are Saying No to Proprietary Software, Including MongoDB

Is your organization’s innovation being constrained by proprietary software restrictions? You’re not alone—these limitations are increasingly at odds with enterprise [...]

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Using VS Code and Docker to Debug MySQL Crashes

February 26, 2025

Roberto De Bem

Using VS Code and Docker to Debug MySQL Crashes

Typically, we receive customer tickets regarding crashes or bugs, where we request a core dump to analyze and identify the [...]

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Understanding trx-consistency-only on MyDumper Before Removal

February 24, 2025

David Ducos

Understanding trx-consistency-only on MyDumper Before Removal

I have been working on MyDumper for over three years now, and I usually don’t use the tax-consistency-only feature during backups because [...]

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Alternatives to MongoDB Atlas: More Control, Lower Costs

February 18, 2025

David Quilty

Alternatives to MongoDB Atlas: More Control, Lower Costs

At first glance, MongoDB Atlas seems like the perfect solution—an easy-to-use, fully managed cloud database that takes the hassle out [...]

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Orchestrator (for Managing MySQL) High Availability Using Raft

February 14, 2025

Anil Joshi

Orchestrator (for Managing MySQL) High Availability Using Raft

As we know, Orchestrator is a MySQL high availability and replication management tool that aids in managing farms of MySQL servers. [...]

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Sizing the Replication Backlog Buffer for Valkey

February 13, 2025

Agustin Palazuelos

Sizing the Replication Backlog Buffer for Valkey

Data consistency and availability across distributed systems is crucial, particularly in environments that rely heavily on replication. In Valkey, one [...]

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Security Advisory: CVE Affecting Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM)

February 11, 2025

Matt Kane

Security Advisory: CVE Affecting Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM)

A critical security vulnerability has been identified in the following software that Percona has made available: PMM Open Virtual Appliance [...]

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Encrypt PostgreSQL Data at Rest on Kubernetes

February 7, 2025

Ege Gunes

Encrypt PostgreSQL Data at Rest on Kubernetes

The upcoming Percona Operator for PostgreSQL v2.6.0 release introduces support for PostgreSQL 17, which opens exciting possibilities for data security. [...]

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MongoDB 8.0 Performance; Does It Live Up to the Hype?

February 4, 2025

Ivan Groenewold

MongoDB 8.0 Performance; Does It Live Up to the Hype?

Percona Server for MongoDB 8.0 has been available for over a month now. We covered the most important new MongoDB [...]

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Using Blue/Green Deployment For (near) Zero-Downtime Primary Key Updates in RDS MySQL

January 22, 2025

Roberto De Bem

Using Blue/Green Deployment For (near) Zero-Downtime Primary Key Updates in RDS MySQL

Large tables can pose challenges for many operations when working with a database. Occasionally, we may need to modify the [...]

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Navigating MongoDB Licensing Challenges: Why Percona is a Game-Changer

January 21, 2025

Kai Wagner

Navigating MongoDB Licensing Challenges: Why Percona is a Game-Changer

MongoDB has long been a favorite in the database community and is renowned for its flexibility and performance as a [...]

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What’s the Cost of Counting MySQL Table Rows?

January 17, 2025

Przemysław Malkowski

What’s the Cost of Counting MySQL Table Rows?

What index will be used when you count all rows in a table? Well, the MySQL documentation provides a straightforward [...]

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Percona Everest: An Open Source Solution for MongoDB Sharding and Backups

January 16, 2025

Edith Puclla

Percona Everest: An Open Source Solution for MongoDB Sharding and Backups

The increase of cloud-native technologies is transforming how we manage databases. Since I stepped into the world of databases and [...]

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What Hurts in PostgreSQL Part One: Temporary Tables

January 14, 2025

Jobin Augustine

What Hurts in PostgreSQL Part One: Temporary Tables

PostgreSQL is one of the most powerful database systems in the world. I have always been passionate about its great [...]

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PostgreSQL vs. the Cloud for GenAI? 4 Things to Consider

January 13, 2025

Valeria Bogatyreva

PostgreSQL vs. the Cloud for GenAI? 4 Things to Consider

Originally published on The New Stack. Cloud-related regulatory, security and financial issues prompt many to weigh the benefits of building GenAI [...]

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Orchestrator (for Managing MySQL) High Availability Using Raft

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HAProxy-Patroni Setup Using Health Check Endpoints and Debugging

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Ready for the Enterprise: New Solution Updates from Percona

Extending MySQL 5.7: Percona Releases Post-End-of-Life Source Code to the Community

Simplify Valkey Adoption with Percona Support and Services

Why Companies Are Saying No to Proprietary Software, Including MongoDB

Using VS Code and Docker to Debug MySQL Crashes

Understanding trx-consistency-only on MyDumper Before Removal

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Alternatives to MongoDB Atlas: More Control, Lower Costs

Orchestrator (for Managing MySQL) High Availability Using Raft

Sizing the Replication Backlog Buffer for Valkey

Security Advisory: CVE Affecting Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM)

Encrypt PostgreSQL Data at Rest on Kubernetes

MongoDB 8.0 Performance; Does It Live Up to the Hype?

Using Blue/Green Deployment For (near) Zero-Downtime Primary Key Updates in RDS MySQL

Navigating MongoDB Licensing Challenges: Why Percona is a Game-Changer

What’s the Cost of Counting MySQL Table Rows?

Percona Everest: An Open Source Solution for MongoDB Sharding and Backups

What Hurts in PostgreSQL Part One: Temporary Tables

PostgreSQL vs. the Cloud for GenAI? 4 Things to Consider

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