Percona Database Performance Blog

Percona Operator for MongoDB 1.23.0 makes the operator a place you move to, not just a place you start. A new ClusterSync component clones a live source and follows its change streams, so leaving a hosted service is a short cutover rather than a long outage. Alongside it, this release adds semantic vector search and storage-layer snapshot backups, two features tha...

On December 1, 2025, MariaDB announced that MySQL Galera Cluster will reach end of life on September 30, 2026. After that date, the MySQL build of Galera stops receiving maintenance and binary re...

When most people start working with PostgreSQL, they quickly learn SQL:

But very soon, another world opens up inside psql — a set of commands that don’t look like SQL, don’t end with semicolons.

These are PostgreSQL Meta Commands, and they quietly power the daily workflow of almost every experienced DBA.

Meta commands are not...

MySQL 9.7, a Long-Term Support (LTS) release, incorporates a variety of potential features spanning across multiple technical domains. This article covers some of the primary features introduced and evaluates their practical utility within the MySQL database environment.

Following the End-of-Life (EOL) status of MySQL 8.0, this subsequent LTS release is designed to pro...