How to Manually Remove Client Instances From Percona Monitoring and Management 2
In this blog post, we will take a look at how we can manually remove a client instance from Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) version 2. Under normal operations, this shouldn’t be necessary,...
View ArticleHow Can ScaleFlux Handle MySQL Workload?
Recently I had the opportunity to test a storage device from ScaleFlux called CSD 2000. In this blog post, I will share the results of using it to run MySQL in comparison with an Intel device that had...
View ArticleJoin Us For Percona Tech Days!
In the lead up to Percona Live Online, we are excited to introduce Percona Tech Days! Percona Tech Days are free, half-day events dedicated to the most popular open source database technologies: MySQL,...
View ArticleFinding a Regression in MySQL Source Code: A Case Study
At the Percona engineering team, we often receive requests to analyze changes in MySQL/Percona Server for MySQL behavior from one version to another, either due to regression or a bug fix (when having...
View ArticleWebinar August 19: MongoDB Encryption at Rest
Join Stephen Thorn and Michal Nosek, Percona Technical Experts, as they discuss MongoDB Encryption at Rest. This hands-on workshop will walk through the process of setting up data-at-rest encryption in...
View ArticleMySQL 8.x DDL Rewriter and Query Rewriter Plugins: Implementation and Use Cases
Rewriting a MySQL query for performance is an important process that every DBA should be aware of so they can fix the wrong queries on runtime without code changes on the application end. ProxySQL has...
View ArticlePercona Road Show… Straight To Your Home!
Percona is taking to the road — and bringing open source insights straight to your home! We are excited to announce the kick-off of our Percona Road Show series — virtual events covering a broad range...
View ArticleSecuring MongoDB: Top Five Security Concerns
“I think most of the time hackers behind the attacks do it just for fun, because they can and because it’s very simple”, — says Diachenko. Source: “Meowing” attack completely destroyed more than 1000...
View ArticlePercona Joins the VMware Technology Alliance Partner Program
We are delighted to announce that Percona has joined the VMware Technology Alliance Partner (TAP) program. This program allows partners to develop and deliver proven solutions by providing tools and...
View ArticleSmart Update Strategy in Percona Kubernetes Operator for Percona XtraDB Cluster
In Percona Kubernetes Operator for Percona XtraDB Cluster (PXC) versions prior to 1.5.0, there were two methods for upgrading PXC clusters, and both of these use built-in StatefulSet update strategies....
View ArticleDeadlock Troubleshooting in Percona Server for MySQL 5.7
Disclaimer: the following script only works for Percona Server for MySQL 5.7, and relies on enabling performance schema (PS) instrumentation which can add overhead on high concurrent systems, and is...
View ArticleHow Many innodb_buffer_pool_instances Do You Need in MySQL 8?
Following up on my recent benchmark posts on MySQL and MariaDB, MySQL and MariaDB on Enterprise SSD Storage and How MySQL and MariaDB Perform on NVMe Storage, I wanted to dig a little deeper and...
View ArticlePart Two: How Many innodb_buffer_pool_instances Do You Need in MySQL 8 With a...
Following up on my recent benchmark posts on MySQL and MariaDB, MySQL and MariaDB on Enterprise SSD Storage and How MySQL and MariaDB Perform on NVMe Storage, I wanted to dig a little deeper and...
View ArticleEvaluating Performance Improvements in MariaDB 10.5.5
Recently, I published a series of posts on MySQL and MariaDB, where MariaDB 10.5.4 does not necessarily perform well in some scenarios: How MySQL and MariaDB Perform on NVMe Storage Checkpointing in...
View ArticleImprovements in Percona Monitoring and Management, Kerberos Authentication in...
It’s release roundup time here at Percona! Our Release Roundups showcase the latest software updates, tools, and features to help you manage and deploy our software, with highlights and critical...
View ArticleManaging Database Complexity with Percona Monitoring and Management
Every software story starts with a simple idea of how to serve a specific user need. However, with the growing number of applications and ways to deploy those applications (on-premise or in the cloud...
View ArticleQ & A on Webinar “Converting MongoDB to Percona Server for MongoDB”
We had great attendance, questions, and feedback from our “Converting MongoDB to Percona Server for MongoDB” webinar which was recorded and can be viewed here. Without further ado, here are your...
View ArticleAligning Percona XtraBackup Versions with Percona Server for MySQL
We are excited to let you know about two upcoming changes to Percona XtraBackup which will align Percona XtraBackup Versions with Percona Server for MySQL. These changes are to bring Percona...
View ArticlePercona Is Now ‘Partner Ready’ on the VMware Tanzu Platform
Following our announcement of Percona Joining the VMware Technology Alliance Partner Program, we are pleased to announce the addition of Percona Kubernetes Operator for Percona Server for MongoDB on...
View ArticleStreaming Percona XtraBackup for MySQL to Multiple Destinations
Have you ever had to provision a large number of instances from a single backup? The most common use case is having to move to new hardware, but there are other scenarios as well. This kind of...
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