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December 18, 2024
How To Deal with a AUTO_INCREMENT Max Value Problem in MySQL and MariaDB
An application down due to not being able to write into a table anymore due to a maximum allowed auto-increment [...]
May 23, 2024
How to Migrate From MariaDB to MySQL
MySQL and MariaDB are two major open source database management systems that share a common codebase and history. MariaDB started [...]
May 16, 2024
Choosing the Right Database: MariaDB vs. MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB
Selecting the appropriate database technology for your needs is crucial for ensuring compatibility with existing applications and infrastructure, optimizing application [...]
April 23, 2024
Why MariaDB Is “Better” Than MySQL
Apples or oranges? Tea or coffee? Books or eBooks? Each of these comparisons has very similar features and serves many [...]
April 16, 2024
A Guide to Better Understanding MySQL Charset Levels
We usually receive and see some questions regarding the charset levels in MySQL, especially after the deprecation of utf8mb3 and [...]
April 15, 2024
Why SELECT COUNT(*) FROM TABLE Is Sometimes Very Slow in MySQL or MariaDB
If you have enough experience with MySQL, it is very possible that you stumbled upon an unusually slow SELECT COUNT(*) [...]
April 11, 2024
How to Replicate and Rename a Database in MariaDB
MySQL/MariaDB replication filter is an important feature when we need to replicate only certain databases or tables. Having this configuration [...]
November 1, 2023
Is ANALYZE TABLE Safe on a Busy MySQL Database Server?
Sometimes, there is a need to update the table and index statistics manually using the ANALYZE TABLE command. Without going [...]
September 15, 2023
Convert MariaDB Binary Log File and Position-Based Replication to GTID Replication
At Percona Managed Services, we manage Percona Server for MySQL, Community MySQL, and MariaDB. There are slight differences when configuring [...]
August 18, 2023
Want to Migrate From MariaDB 10.4 to MySQL 8.0 but Facing Hurdles? MySQL 5.7 to the Rescue!
Note that MariaDB 10.4 is not the latest version and has had new releases since 10.4. The client requirement was [...]
August 4, 2023
Database Server Lifecycle for MySQL and MariaDB
In this blog post, we will look at the lifecycle and release management for MySQL and MariaDB servers — where [...]
June 4, 2023
MariaDB vs MySQL: Key Differences and Use Cases
This blog post was originally published in November 2017 and was updated in June 2023. In this blog, we’ll provide [...]
June 1, 2023
Migrating From MariaDB to Percona Server for MySQL 8: The Security Witchcraft
Hello friends, on certain occasions, some clients, for whatever reason, ask us to migrate a supposedly “equivalent” brand of an [...]
June 2, 2022
How Three Companies Used Percona to Boost Performance, Availability, and Market Value
At Percona, we love collaborating with companies to achieve their goals – no matter how ambitious. With each new customer, [...]
March 28, 2022
MariaDB 10.9 Quick Peek
MariaDB 10.9 is a preview release of the popular open source database server and is considered alpha level code (pronounced: [...]
January 27, 2021
Deploying Any Version of Leading Open Source Databases for Tests and Experiments
I want to present a tool for running a specific version of open source databases in a single instance, replication [...]
January 6, 2021
Webinar January 20: MariaDB Observability
Don’t miss out! Join Peter Zaitsev, Percona CEO, as he discusses MariaDB observability! A broken MariaDB means a broken application, [...]
October 2, 2020
Exciting and New Features in MariaDB 10.5
MariaDB 10.5 was released in June 2020 and it will be supported until June 2025. This is the current stable [...]
August 4, 2020
The Road Story of a MyRocks/MariaDB Migration
This post has been written in collaboration with Nicolas Modalvsky of e-planning. Nicolas and I recently worked together on a [...]