Last week, we were assisting a client who needed to resolve an issue related to partitioned tables.Often, a table can include dozens or even hundreds of partitions. Unfortunately, some object-level parameters for tuning (like storage_parameter) cannot be modified from the parent table and must be manipulated directly through the child table. As a result,...

Welcome Valkey to the Percona family! We are excited to have you join our team of MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB database experts.Hang on. What is Valkey? In short, Valkey is a fork of Redis which maintains the original open source BSD license[1]. If you’re new to Redis/Valkey, then this ‘getting started’ post is just for […]

Since Valkey (a fork of Redis) is around the corner, I thought to write a short blog post about some of the configuration parts, mainly discussing how to dynamically change certain settings and persist those inside the configuration file.Disk persistenceLet me start with a very important setting, which is “SAVE,” that helps in performing a […]

MongoDB offers powerful features and scalability, but like any database system, it has security challenges that must be addressed to protect sensitive data as well as comply with regulatory standards like GDPR, HIPAA, PCI DSS, and AM/ATF. A single breach can significantly impact a business, and failure to establish sufficient security measures can result...

MySQL 8.4 has now been officially released, and this is a quick review of what is in the release notes. This is momentous as it is designated a Long-Term Support (LTS) release. Various 8.0 releases introduced material changes that impacted speed and stability, causing hair-pulling and swearing among those affected. Please note this is a […]

There are many cases where external connection poolers like pgBouncer become unavoidable despite the costs and complexities associated with them. PgBouncer is one of the most popular external connection poolers for PostgreSQL. It is thin and lightweight, so it doesn’t have built-in authentication features like LDAP, which is essential for many enterprises....