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April 1, 2025
Choosing the Right Storage for PostgreSQL on Kubernetes: A Benchmark Analysis
As more organizations move their PostgreSQL databases onto Kubernetes, a common question arises: Which storage solution best handles its demands? [...]
April 1, 2025
Kubernetes Sidecar Containers Explained: Benefits, Use Cases, and What’s New
Kubernetes is becoming a popular choice for running containerized applications. While the core idea is to have a single container [...]
March 13, 2025
Using Barman Cloud Utilities for Backups and WAL Archiving in PostgreSQL
In this brief blog post, we will talk about Barman cloud utilities, which greatly ease the process of storing backups [...]
February 7, 2025
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. [...]
January 16, 2025
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 [...]
January 13, 2025
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 [...]
December 4, 2024
The Evolution of Stateful Applications in Kubernetes
Recently I listened to Lenny Rachitsky’s podcast, where he invited Shreyas Doshi for the second time. The session was titled [...]
November 19, 2024
Using Loki and Promtail to Display PostgreSQL Logs From a Kubernetes Cluster in PMM
This is a follow-up to my colleagues Nickolay and Phong’s Store and Manage Logs of Percona Operator Pods with PMM [...]
November 14, 2024
Exploring Kubernetes CPU Resources in View of Percona XtraDB Cluster’s Flow Control
Even though I used a dedicated Kubernetes cluster to host my test database, I had this belief that by not [...]
November 12, 2024
Alternatives to Cloud DBaaS: What to Look For
Originally published on The New Stack. Building a flexible cloud strategy means making decisions that align with operational efficiency, cost [...]
November 6, 2024
An Elephant in the Cluster: Making PostgreSQL Feel at Home on Kubernetes
TL;DR Kubernetes was built for stateless apps, but as more stateful applications (like databases) run on it, operators include quite [...]
November 4, 2024
Exposing PostgreSQL with NGINX Ingress Controller
I wrote a blog post in the past about a generic approach on how to expose databases in Kubernetes with [...]
October 30, 2024
Percona Backup for MongoDB and Disk Snapshots in Amazon AWS – Part 2
Percona Backup for MongoDB (PBM) supports snapshot-based physical backups. This is made possible by the backup cursor functionality present in [...]
October 21, 2024
Percona Backup for MongoDB and Disk Snapshots in Amazon AWS
We recently covered the use case of Percona Backup for MongoDB and Disk Snapshots in Google Cloud Platform; now it’s time [...]
October 15, 2024
Percona Backup for MongoDB and Disk Snapshots in Google Cloud Platform – Part 2
Percona Backup for MongoDB (PBM) supports snapshot-based physical backups. This is made possible by the backup cursor functionality present in [...]
October 8, 2024
Unlocking the Power of Cloud Snapshots: Backup and Restore Your MongoDB Clusters on Kubernetes
There are various ways to backup and restore Percona Server for MongoDB clusters when you run them on Kubernetes. Percona [...]
October 2, 2024
Percona Backup for MongoDB and Disk Snapshots in Google Cloud Platform
Percona Backup for MongoDB (PBM) supports snapshot-based physical backups. This is made possible by the backup cursor functionality present in [...]
September 12, 2024
Simplify User Management with Percona Operator for MongoDB
Managing database users within complex CICD pipelines and GitOps workflows has long been a challenge for MongoDB deployments. With Percona [...]
August 20, 2024
How to Run Percona Toolkit in Kubernetes
Percona Operator for MySQL, based on Percona XtraDB Cluster (PXC), provides configuration to expose the ProxySQL, HAProxy, and the PXC [...]
August 19, 2024
Why You Should Consider an External Replica for Your Cloud Environment
In current times, there is a high degree of focus on ensuring the availability and recovery of your production data. [...]