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July 3, 2025
A Tale of Two Databases: How PostgreSQL and MySQL Handle Torn Pages
Welcome to this first installment of the blog series, which explores how PostgreSQL and MySQL deal with different aspects of [...]
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July 2, 2025
Testing ReadySet as a Query Cacher for PostgreSQL (Plus ProxySQL and HAproxy) Part 2: Test Results
In the first post of this series (Testing ReadySet as a Query Cacher for PostgreSQL (Plus ProxySQL and HAproxy) Part [...]
July 1, 2025
Testing ReadySet as a Query Cacher for PostgreSQL (Plus ProxySQL and HAproxy) Part 1: How-To
A couple of weeks ago, I attended a PGDay event in Blumenau, a city not far away from where I [...]
June 30, 2025
The PG_TDE Extension Is Now Ready for Production
Lately, it feels like every time I go to a technical conference, someone is talking about how great PostgreSQL is. [...]
June 27, 2025
Managing PostgreSQL on Kubernetes with Percona Everest’s REST API
I’ve been working with Kubernetes and databases for the past few months, and I’m enjoying learning and exploring more about [...]
June 26, 2025
Percona XtraDB Cluster: Our Commitment to Open Source High Availability
At Percona, we’ve always been dedicated to providing robust, open source solutions that meet our users’ evolving needs. Percona XtraDB [...]
June 26, 2025
Scaling Smarter: What You Have Missed in MongoDB 8.0
MongoDB has always made it relatively easy to scale horizontally, but with version 8.0, the database takes a significant step [...]
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June 25, 2025
Using Percona Everest Operator CRDs to Manage Databases in Kubernetes
Percona Everest is a free and open source tool for running and managing databases like PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MongoDB inside [...]
June 24, 2025
Open Wins Again II: From Fork to Force
Forks aren’t just a technical event. We can look at them as philosophical ruptures, and the open source world isn’t [...]
June 20, 2025
MySQL Orchestrator Failover Behavior During Replication Lag
Managing farms of MySQL servers under a replication environment is very efficient with the help of a MySQL orchestrator tool. [...]
June 19, 2025
Looking Ahead: A Confident New Chapter for Percona
Percona has always been more than just a company—it’s a mission-driven community built on a strong foundation of innovation, resilience, [...]
June 17, 2025
Percona Software for MongoDB Release Plan Updates
Percona commits to delivering robust, enterprise-grade, and community-driven software for MongoDB. We build our databases and tools to meet evolving [...]
June 16, 2025
Integrating Repmgr with Barman: Managing Backups During Switchovers
Repmgr is an open source tool suite for managing replication and failover in a cluster of PostgreSQL servers. It enhances [...]
June 13, 2025
Percona Earns Kubernetes Certified Services Provider Status for All Three Major Open Source Databases
As a member of the Kubernetes Certified Services Provider program, Percona is now part of a select, “pre-qualified tier of [...]
June 10, 2025
Percona Named to DBTA’s 2025 List of 100 Companies That Matter Most in Data
We’re proud to share that Percona has been named to the 2025 DBTA 100—Database Trends and Applications’ annual list of [...]
June 9, 2025
How to Perform a Disaster Recovery Switchover with Patroni for PostgreSQL
Patroni is a Python-based template for managing high availability PostgreSQL clusters. Originally a fork of the Governor project by Compose, Patroni [...]
June 6, 2025
PgBouncer for PostgreSQL: How Connection Pooling Solves Enterprise Slowdowns
If your database is getting slower, your users don’t care why. They just want it to work. Meanwhile, you’re stuck [...]
June 5, 2025
Introducing Experimental Support for Stored Programs in JS in Percona Server for MySQL
TL;DR Percona Server for MySQL now offers experimental support for stored programs in the JS language. This free and open [...]
June 2, 2025
Understanding the Client-Output Buffer Limit for Replicas in Valkey
Valkey (a community-driven fork of Redis) uses a high-performance replication model to synchronize data between a primary node and its [...]