Fri, 16 Feb 2024 23:02:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 https://www.percona.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/cropped-percona-favicon-32x32.png 32 32 76301791 https://www.percona.com/blog/announcing-percona-distribution-for-postgresql-13/ Mon, 19 Oct 2020 20:00:49 +0000 https://www.percona.com/blog/?p=72122 Percona is pleased to announce the release of Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL 13. This release is available for immediate download and includes all of the latest features of PostgreSQL 13 Core Distribution.Reduce Resource UsageThis release includes enhancements to existing features that deliver a more streamlined and optimized environment, helping you to reduce overall resource usage. […]]]> 72122 https://www.percona.com/blog/percona-announces-updates-to-mongodb-solutions/ Wed, 26 Aug 2020 21:25:06 +0000 https://www.percona.com/blog/?p=70783 On August 26, 2020, Percona announced the latest release of Percona Distribution for MongoDB which includes new releases of Percona Backup for MongoDB 1.3, now with Point in Time Recovery and Percona Server for MongoDB 4.4. These new releases include several key features:Percona Backup for MongoDBPoint in Time RecoveryPercona Backup for MongoDB now provides Point […]]]> 70783 https://www.percona.com/blog/updates-to-percona-kubernetes-operator-for-percona-xtradb-cluster/ https://www.percona.com/blog/updates-to-percona-kubernetes-operator-for-percona-xtradb-cluster/#comments Tue, 21 Jul 2020 17:20:31 +0000 https://www.percona.com/blog/?p=69892 On July 21, 2020, Percona delivered an updated version of our Percona Kubernetes Operator for Percona XtraDB Cluster (PXC) focused on easing deployment and operations management of a clustered MySQL environment. Included in the Percona Distribution for MySQL, our Operator is based on the best practices for MySQL cluster configuration and setup in Kubernetes. This […]]]> https://www.percona.com/blog/updates-to-percona-kubernetes-operator-for-percona-xtradb-cluster/feed/ 2 69892 https://www.percona.com/blog/percona-monitoring-plugins-end-of-life-notification/ Thu, 16 Jul 2020 15:59:22 +0000 https://www.percona.com/blog/?p=69838 Effective August 1, 2020, Percona is moving the Percona Monitoring Plugins to end of life status. This means that no new versions, enhancements, bug fixes, or security updates will be released. The software will continue to be available at our download site.The Monitoring Plugins provide a suite of predefined monitoring tools for use with other […]]]> 69838 https://www.percona.com/blog/introducing-percona-distribution-for-mysql/ Tue, 23 Jun 2020 12:02:23 +0000 https://www.percona.com/blog/?p=69182 Percona is pleased to announce the release of Percona Distribution for MySQL. Following our recent releases of Percona Distribution for MongoDB and Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL, we have assembled the best and most critical enterprise components for MySQL, designed and tested to work together. This distribution delivers the key components you need to implement any […]]]> 69182 https://www.percona.com/blog/introducing-the-premier-release-of-percona-distribution-for-mongodb/ Tue, 19 May 2020 12:37:06 +0000 https://www.percona.com/blog/?p=68190 Percona is pleased to announce the release of Percona Distribution for MongoDB. This release combines two existing Percona products, Percona Server for MongoDB and Percona Backup for MongoDB, into one simple to install package. The distribution is an open-source enterprise MongoDB solution bringing together the key features and functionality that enterprises need such as: Improved […]]]> 68190 https://www.percona.com/blog/introducing-an-update-to-percona-distribution-for-postgresql/ Tue, 19 May 2020 12:33:03 +0000 https://www.percona.com/blog/?p=68194 Percona is pleased to announce the release of an updated version of Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL. Following on our initial PostgreSQL Distribution, released in September 2019, this update incorporates the new features of PostgreSQL 12.2 Core Distribution including: Less custom design work is required with SQL and DDL improvements that provide more flexibility and easier […]]]> 68194 https://www.percona.com/blog/introducing-the-ga-release-of-percona-xtradb-cluster-8-0/ https://www.percona.com/blog/introducing-the-ga-release-of-percona-xtradb-cluster-8-0/#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2020 14:00:12 +0000 https://www.percona.com/blog/?p=67627 April 29, 2020 – Percona is pleased to announce the release of Percona XtraDB Cluster 8.0. This release, based on Percona Server for MySQL 8.0 and Galera 4, brings together the best features of these and other products to deliver an open-source high availability MySQL solution that helps enterprises minimize unexpected downtime and data loss, […]]]> https://www.percona.com/blog/introducing-the-ga-release-of-percona-xtradb-cluster-8-0/feed/ 2 67627 https://www.percona.com/blog/end-of-life-notification-for-percona-server-for-mongodb-3-4/ Wed, 29 Jan 2020 14:14:20 +0000 https://www.percona.com/blog/?p=65027 As noted on our Software and Platform Lifecycle page, Percona Server for MongoDB 3.4 reached end of life on January 31, 2020. According to the Percona Services Lifecycle Policy, customers with an active support contract with Percona will continue receiving support; however, end-of-life software receives no new builds, bug fixes, security fixes, or features.Each software package […]]]> 65027 https://www.percona.com/blog/percona-distribution-for-postgresql-the-best-enterprise-level-components-from-one-source/ https://www.percona.com/blog/percona-distribution-for-postgresql-the-best-enterprise-level-components-from-one-source/#comments Tue, 17 Sep 2019 13:07:40 +0000 https://www.percona.com/blog/?p=62215 Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL – the best and most critical enterprise-level components from the open-source community, brought together in one single source.Percona is pleased to announce the general availability of our Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL 11. This distribution brings together a host of open source, community-supported components, in a single distribution, designed and tested to […]]]> https://www.percona.com/blog/percona-distribution-for-postgresql-the-best-enterprise-level-components-from-one-source/feed/ 2 62215 https://www.percona.com/blog/percona-distribution-for-postgresql-11-beta-is-now-available/ Mon, 19 Aug 2019 19:01:31 +0000 https://www.percona.com/blog/?p=61512 Percona is excited to announce the beta release of Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL 11 on August 19, 2019. This release signifies a change in Percona’s software release process. In order to provide a full-featured and holistic solution, we are introducing a product distribution: a database product and tools that enable solving essential practical tasks efficiently.Percona […]]]> 61512 https://www.percona.com/blog/percona-kubernetes-operators/ Wed, 29 May 2019 14:55:09 +0000 https://www.percona.com/blog/?p=57301 Percona announced the release of Percona Kubernetes Operator for XtraDB Cluster and Percona Kubernetes Operator for Percona Server for MongoDB. Kubernetes delivers a method to orchestrate containers, providing automated deployment, management, and scalability.In today’s cloud-native world, the ability to easily and efficiently deploy new environments or scale existing environments is key to ongoing growth and […]]]> 57301 https://www.percona.com/blog/see-percona-ceo-peter-zaitsevs-keynote-at-aws-reinvent-mysql-high-availability-and-disaster-recovery/ Mon, 26 Nov 2018 03:07:11 +0000 https://www.percona.com/blog/?p=53943 Join Percona CEO Peter Zaitsev at AWS re:Invent as he presents MySQL High Availability and Disaster Recovery on Tuesday, November 27, 2018, in the Bellagio Resort, Level 1, Gaugin 2 at 1:45 PM. In this hour-long session, Peter describes the differences between high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR), and then moves through scenarios detailing […]]]> 53943 https://www.percona.com/blog/is-serverless-just-a-new-word-for-cloud-based/ https://www.percona.com/blog/is-serverless-just-a-new-word-for-cloud-based/#comments Wed, 20 Jun 2018 11:35:25 +0000 https://www.percona.com/blog/?p=50665 Serverless is a new buzzword in the database industry. Even though it gets tossed around often, there is some confusion about what it really means and how it really works. Serverless architectures rely on third-party Backend as a Service (BaaS) services. They can also include custom code that is run in managed, ephemeral containers on […]]]> https://www.percona.com/blog/is-serverless-just-a-new-word-for-cloud-based/feed/ 1 50665 https://www.percona.com/blog/dont-drown-in-your-data-lake/ Thu, 31 May 2018 17:37:31 +0000 https://www.percona.com/blog/?p=50430 A data lake is “…a method of storing data within a system or repository, in its natural format, that facilitates the collocation of data in various schemata and structural forms…”1. Many companies find value in using a data lake but aren’t clear that they need to properly plan for it and maintain it in order […]]]> 50430 https://www.percona.com/blog/mariadb-columnstore/ https://www.percona.com/blog/mariadb-columnstore/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2017 17:29:42 +0000 https://www.percona.com/blog/?p=40549 Last month, MariaDB officially released MariaDB ColumnStore, their column store engine for MySQL. This post discusses what it is (and isn’t), why it matters and how you can approach a test of it.What is ColumnStore? ColumnStore is a storage engine that turns traditional MySQL storage concepts on their head. Instead of storing the data by […]]]> https://www.percona.com/blog/mariadb-columnstore/feed/ 9 40549 https://www.percona.com/blog/archiving-mysql-mongodb-data/ Fri, 06 Jan 2017 21:07:11 +0000 https://www.percona.com/blog/?p=40039 This post discusses archiving MySQL and MongoDB data and determining what, when and how to archive data.Many people store infrequently used data. This data is taking up storage space and might make your database slower than it could be. Archiving data can be a huge benefit, both regarding the performance impact and storage savings.Why archive […]]]> 40039 https://www.percona.com/blog/row-store-and-column-store-databases/ Thu, 15 Dec 2016 00:35:02 +0000 https://www.percona.com/blog/?p=39533 In this blog post, we’ll discuss the differences between row store and column store databases.Clients often ask us if they should or could be using columnar databases. For some applications, a columnar database is a great choice; for others, you should stick with the tried and true row-based option.Choosing Between Row Store and Column StoreAt […]]]> 39533 https://www.percona.com/blog/amazon-service-tiers/ Fri, 11 Nov 2016 20:33:04 +0000 https://www.percona.com/blog/?p=39270 39270