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How TalentNeuron optimized data operations and cut costs and modernized with Amazon Aurora I/O-Optimized ^{(from AWS Database Blog)}

For years, TalentNeuron, a leader in talent intelligence and workforce planning, has been empowering organizations with data-driven insights by collecting and processing vast amounts of job board data. In this post, we share three key benefits that TalentNeuron realized by using Amazon Aurora I/O-Optimized as part of their new data platform: reduced monthly database costs by 29%, improved data vali [...]

Published Tuesday, 08. July 2025 20:58 • 10 hours ago

TiDB Cloud Dedicated Now in Public Preview on Microsoft Azure: Distributed SQL, Anywhere You Need It ^{(from PingCAP Blog)}

pWe’re excited to announce that TiDB Cloud Dedicated is now available on Microsoft Azure, in public preview. With this launch, TiDB Cloud now runs on all three major public cloud platforms—AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure—giving you greater flexibility to deploy distributed SQL where it best fits your strategy. For enterprise teams already invested in Azure, […]/p pThe post TiDB Cloud Dedic [...]

Published Tuesday, 08. July 2025 16:34 • 14 hours ago

Caching ^{(from PlanetScale Blog)}

Every time you use a computer, the cache is working to ensure your experience is fast. [...]

Published Tuesday, 08. July 2025 00:00 • a day ago

When Query Optimization Isn’t Enough: Solving MySQL Overload with Caching ^{(from Readyset Blog)}

pConsider the perfect scenario: the database is running on reliable hardware, MySQL has been finely tuned, and queries have been reviewed and optimized. Despite this, sustained business growth inevitably leads to an increase in workload over time. When this happens, even optimized queries can begin to overwhelm the system, not/p [...]

Published Monday, 07. July 2025 18:44 • a day ago

MongoDB Contention Deep Dive ^{(from MinervaDB Blog)}

MongoDB Contention Deep Dive: Dissecting Lock Escalation, WiredTiger Bottlenecks, and Distributed System Pathologies Monday’s database meltdown wasn’t just another performance hiccup—it was a perfect storm of distributed systems anti-patterns, storage engine contention, and architectural debt [...] [...]

Published Sunday, 06. July 2025 17:34 • 3 days ago

To BLOB or not to BLOB? The image storage dilemma ^{(from Vettabase)}

Years ago, it was extremely common to store user-uploaded images and other multimedia contents in a database. This practice became less common over time, but I still hear questions like: would it be a bad idea to store images in our database? Or, more specifically: how bad would it be to store images in a database? In this article, we’ll discuss the pros and cons. We’ll briefly discuss [...]

Published Sunday, 06. July 2025 11:08 • 3 days ago

TiDB Selection Framework for Enterprise Architecture ^{(from MinervaDB Blog)}

TiDB Selection Framework for Enterprise Architecture: A Technical Decision Guide TiDB is an open-source distributed SQL database that provides Hybrid Transactional and Analytical Processing (HTAP) capabilities with MySQL compatibility . This technical assessment outlines the [...] [...]

Published Saturday, 05. July 2025 18:36 • 4 days ago

Advanced TiDB SQL Optimization ^{(from MinervaDB Blog)}

Advanced TiDB SQL Optimization: Mastering Execution Plans, Indexes, and Join Algorithms Introduction In the rapidly evolving landscape of distributed databases, TiDB has emerged as a powerful solution that combines the scalability of NoSQL systems with [...] [...]

Published Friday, 04. July 2025 17:52 • 5 days ago

Bringing Oracle’s Associative Arrays to MariaDB ^{(from MariaDB Foundation Blog)}

pOne of the standout features of Oracle PL/SQL is the associative array — a versatile and efficient in-memory data structure that developers rely on for fast temporary lookups, streamlined batch processing, and dynamic report generation. … /p pContinue reading \"Bringing Oracle’s Associative Arrays to MariaDB\"/p pThe post Bringing Oracle’s Associative Arrays to MariaDB appe [...]

Published Friday, 04. July 2025 17:32 • 5 days ago

Tuning TiDB Server Parameters for Optimal Performance ^{(from MinervaDB Blog)}

Tuning TiDB Server Parameters for Optimal Performance: A Technical Guide - Optimize TiDB Server Parameters TiDB's performance heavily depends on proper configuration of server parameters. This guide covers essential tuning strategies to maximize your TiDB [...] [...]

Published Friday, 04. July 2025 10:58 • 5 days ago

Webinar Recap: Mastering the New MySQL 8.4 Audit Log Filter | Mydbops ^{(from Mydbops Blog)}

Missed our webinar on Secure Auditing in MySQL 8.4? Here are the key takeaways on the powerful new Audit Log Filter, from JSON rules to performance tuning. [...]

Published Friday, 04. July 2025 06:52 • 5 days ago

How Conga Transforms Revenue Lifecycle Management with TiDB ^{(from PingCAP Blog)}

pToday’s businesses require seamless, scalable, and intelligent revenue lifecycle management solutions that can efficiently handle transactional and analytical workloads. Conga, a recognized leader in revenue management, is a pioneering company transforming the revenue operations space through a unique blend of cloud-agnostic architecture and cutting-edge hybrid transactional/analytical processing [...]

Published Thursday, 03. July 2025 18:54 • 5 days ago

MariaDB Node.js Connector 3.4.4 now available ^{(from MariaDB Corporation Blog)}

MariaDB is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the MariaDB Connector/Node.js 3.4.4 GA release. Release Notes MariaDB Connector/Node.js MariaDB […] [...]

Published Thursday, 03. July 2025 18:21 • 6 days ago

HeatWave MySQL Database Audit ^{(from MySQL expert Diary)}

pHeatWave MySQL Database Audit brings powerful enterprise-grade auditing capabilities to the cloud, allowing organizations to monitor and track database activity for security, compliance, and performance optimization. With features like customizable filters, real-time monitoring, minimal overhead, and seamless integration with MySQL tools, it enables administrators to log critical operations, detec [...]

Published Thursday, 03. July 2025 17:00 • 6 days ago

MySQL Analysis: With an AI-Powered CLI Tool ^{(from Another MySQL DBA)}

MySQL Analysis: With an AI-Powered CLI Tool pAs DBAs with MySQL we often live on a Linux terminal window. We also enjoy free options when available. This post shows an approach that allows us to stay on our terminal window and still use an AI-powered tool. You can update to use other direct AI providers but I set this example up to use aimlapi.com as it brings multiple AI models to your terminal f [...]

Published Thursday, 03. July 2025 16:52 • 6 days ago | Updated Thursday, 03. July 2025 16:52 • 6 days ago

How to Use AI for MySQL: Optimizing Queries and Database Management ^{(from Devart MySQL Tool Blog)}

pBoost your MySQL performance with AI for MySQL. Learn how AI tools can optimize queries, enhance troubleshooting, and automate database management. Get started now!/p pThe post How to Use AI for MySQL: Optimizing Queries and Database Management appeared first on Devart Blog./p [...]

Published Thursday, 03. July 2025 15:30 • 6 days ago

AI for Data Analytics: Unlocking the Power of Data Insights ^{(from Devart MySQL Tool Blog)}

pThis article explores how AI tools accelerate insights, automate SQL, enhance forecasting, and reduce technical barriers, empowering developers and business users. Discover top AI solutions, real-world use cases, and how to integrate AI effectively into your analytics stack./p pThe post AI for Data Analytics: Unlocking the Power of Data Insights appeared first on Devart Blog./p [...]

Published Thursday, 03. July 2025 13:08 • 6 days ago

A Tale of Two Databases: How PostgreSQL and MySQL Handle Torn Pages ^{(from Percona Database Blog)}

♦Welcome to this first installment of the blog series, which explores how PostgreSQL and MySQL deal with different aspects of relational databases. As a long-time open source database administrator, I have always been fascinated by the differences in how these two databases handle various challenges and how DBAs who know one of these technologies often […] [...]

Published Thursday, 03. July 2025 12:00 • 6 days ago

Alibaba Cloud launches Eigen+ to cut costs and boost reliability for enterprise databases ^{(from InfoWorld)}

pAlibaba Cloud has developed a new cluster management system called Eigen+ that achieved a 36% improvement in memory allocation efficiency while eliminating Out of Memory (OOM) errors in production database environments, according to research presented at the recent SIGMOD conference./p pThe system addresses a fundamental challenge facing cloud providers: how to maximize m [...]

Published Thursday, 03. July 2025 11:33 • 6 days ago

The principles of extreme fault tolerance ^{(from PlanetScale Blog)}

The principles and processes we follow for fault tolerance. [...]

Published Thursday, 03. July 2025 09:00 • 6 days ago

AWS DMS validation: A custom serverless architecture ^{(from AWS Database Blog)}

AWS DMS customers might choose not to use the data validation feature provided by the AWS DMS service due to the time it takes to complete validation after a load, a large dataset transfer or a data reload, where business requires rapid availability of data in the target environment. As a result, you might opt to perform validation manually or use a single pass full load only validation, which requ [...]

Published Wednesday, 02. July 2025 21:46 • 6 days ago

MariaDB Node.js Connector 3.4.3 now available ^{(from MariaDB Corporation Blog)}

MariaDB is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the MariaDB Connector/Node.js 3.4.3 GA release. Release Notes MariaDB Connector/Node.js MariaDB […] [...]

Published Wednesday, 02. July 2025 21:27 • 6 days ago

Register now for the MySQL Global Forum – a Free Virtual Event ^{(from The Oracle MySQL Blog)}

Reflecting on 30 Years of MySQL and Looking Ahead This year marks an incredible milestone as MySQL celebrates 30 years of powering applications worldwide! Whether you’re a long-time fan or just starting your journey, you’re invited to join the MySQL Global Forum a virtual event bringing together MySQL leaders, experts, and community members from around the globe. [...]

Published Wednesday, 02. July 2025 19:55 • 6 days ago

Boost your MySQL apps: why enterprises are migrating MySQL databases to Azure ^{(from Azure for MySQL Blog)}

pMySQL is one of the world’s most popular open-source databases, and for good reason. It’s cost-effective, scalable, and familiar to millions of developers. But if your enterprise is running MySQL on-premises, you might be missing out on huge benefits in cost savings, performance, and agility. Recent findings from an ESG Economic Validation report, commissioned by Microsoft, reveal just how advanta [...]

Published Wednesday, 02. July 2025 15:00 • 7 days ago

How to Create a Database from Scratch: A Step-by-Step Guide ^{(from Devart MySQL Tool Blog)}

pThis guide covers how to build a high-performance database from the ground up; schema design, indexing, security, and optimization included. Aimed at engineers and architects, it also shows how AI tools like dbForge Edge accelerate development across MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, and Oracle./p pThe post How to Create a Database from Scratch: A Step-by-Step Guide appeared first on Devart Blog./p [...]

Published Wednesday, 02. July 2025 13:40 • 7 days ago

Testing ReadySet as a Query Cacher for PostgreSQL (Plus ProxySQL and HAproxy) Part 2: Test Results ^{(from Percona Database Blog)}

♦In the first post of this series (Testing ReadySet as a Query Cacher for PostgreSQL (Plus ProxySQL and HAproxy) Part 1: How-To), I presented my test environment and methodology and explained how to install ReadySet, ProxySQL, and HAproxy and configure them to work with PostgreSQL. In this final part, I present the different test scenarios […] [...]

Published Wednesday, 02. July 2025 12:38 • 7 days ago

The Agentic Software Engineer ^{(from DoltHub Blog)}

As some of you know, I've been enthusiastically touting Claude Code, and coding agents in general in this space lately. I've been using… [...]

Published Wednesday, 02. July 2025 00:00 • 7 days ago

MariaDB Java Connector 3.5.4 now available ^{(from MariaDB Corporation Blog)}

MariaDB is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the MariaDB Connector/Java 3.5.4 release. Release Notes and Changelogs MariaDB Connector/Java […] [...]

Published Tuesday, 01. July 2025 18:01 • 8 days ago

TiDB SCaiLE 2025 Call for Proposals (CFP) is Now Open! ^{(from PingCAP Blog)}

pTiDB SCaiLE 2025, our new global conference for builders, operators, and AI infrastructure leaders shaping data-intensive systems, has officially opened its 2025 call for proposals (CFP). Formerly known as HTAP Summit, we’ve rebranded the event to reflect a bolder vision: helping leading companies scale smarter and build faster across distributed SQL, cloud-native architecture, and GenAI […] [...]

Published Tuesday, 01. July 2025 17:21 • 8 days ago

Amazon Aurora MySQL and Amazon RDS for MySQL integration with Amazon SageMaker is now available ^{(from AWS What's New)}

pOn June 30, 2025, AWS announced that Amazon Aurora MySQL-Compatible Edition and Amazon RDS for MySQL now support zero-ETL integration with Amazon SageMaker, enabling near real-time data availability for analytics workloads. This integration automatically extracts and loads data from MySQL tables into your lakehouse where it's immediately accessible through various analytics engines and machine lea [...]

Published Tuesday, 01. July 2025 17:00 • 8 days ago

Hetzner Becomes Gold Sponsor of the MariaDB Foundation: Powering Our Build Infrastructure ^{(from MariaDB Foundation Blog)}

pWe are delighted to welcome Hetzner as a Gold Sponsor of the MariaDB Foundation!br Hetzner’s exceptional commitment to supporting our infrastructure has a direct and strategic impact on our operations. … /p pContinue reading \"Hetzner Becomes Gold Sponsor of the MariaDB Foundation: Powering Our Build Infrastructure\"/p pThe post Hetzner Becomes Gold Sponsor of the MariaDB Foundation: P [...]

Published Tuesday, 01. July 2025 16:16 • 8 days ago

Galera Cluster for MySQL 8.0.42-26.23 and 8.4.5-26.23 ^{(from MinervaDB Blog)}

Galera Cluster for MySQL 8.0.42-26.23 and 8.4.5-26.23: Complete Technical Guide Introduction The latest release of Galera Cluster 4 for MySQL brings significant improvements with versions 8.0.42-26.23 and 8.4.5-26.23, released on June 24, 2025 1. This [...] [...]

Published Tuesday, 01. July 2025 14:37 • 8 days ago

MySQL InnoDB Cluster Deployment Guide ^{(from Mydbops Blog)}

Learn how to deploy, manage, and scale MySQL InnoDB Cluster for high availability, performance, and security in transactional workloads. [...]

Published Tuesday, 01. July 2025 10:57 • 8 days ago

Announcing PlanetScale for Postgres ^{(from PlanetScale Blog)}

PlanetScale now supports Postgres [...]

Published Tuesday, 01. July 2025 09:00 • 8 days ago

Benchmarking Postgres ^{(from PlanetScale Blog)}

Benchmarking Postgres in a transparent, standardized and fair way is challenging. Here, we look at the process of how we did it in-depth [...]

Published Tuesday, 01. July 2025 00:00 • 8 days ago

Seamlessly connect to your HeatWave MySQL from VS Code using the MySQL Shell Extension ^{(from The Oracle MySQL Blog)}

In the previous post, we explored how the MySQL Shell extension for Visual Studio Code brings database development directly into your editor. In this follow-up, we'll walk through how to connect to a HeatWave MySQL database which is hosted in the cloud on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and how to browse schemas and run queries, all without leaving VS Code. Here is an architecture diagram that gi [...]

Published Monday, 30. June 2025 23:28 • 8 days ago

Fintech startups choose HeatWave MySQL ^{(from The Oracle MySQL Blog)}

Fintech (financial technology) companies continue to disrupt the financial services industry. The technology they rely on is paramount; it often determines their ability to deliver an innovative solution exhibiting the performance, scalability, security, reliability, and cost-efficiency that will sway customers. Let’s consider in this blog why 3 fintech startups migrated to HeatWave MySQL, and the [...]

Published Monday, 30. June 2025 23:10 • 8 days ago

MySQL Shell in VS Code: A Modern Way to Work with Your Data ^{(from The Oracle MySQL Blog)}

Modern development demands tools that minimize context switching and improve efficiency. The MySQL Shell extension for Visual Studio Code makes that possible by bringing powerful database interaction directly into the developer's workspace. With seamless support for connecting, querying, and scripting in SQL, Javascript, and TypeScript - all inside the familiar VS Code environment - it helps develo [...]

Published Monday, 30. June 2025 22:23 • 8 days ago

Building Horizontally Scalable RDS Infrastructure ^{(from MinervaDB Blog)}

Building Horizontally Scalable RDS Infrastructure: A Complete Guide to Optimal Database Performance – Build Horizontally Scalable RDS Infrastructure Introduction As applications grow and user demands increase, traditional vertical scaling of RDS instances hits physical and [...] [...]

Published Monday, 30. June 2025 18:23 • 9 days ago

The MySQL SQL Error 1064 Blues ^{(from Dave's MySQL Stuff)}

p /pp Writing error messages is an art. Sadly, most of us lack talent in that area. One of the prime examples that you see with SQL User Interfaces is the MySQL SQL Error 1064./ppSQL Error [1064] [42000]: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'select @var' at line 2/pp/ppEr [...]

Published Monday, 30. June 2025 16:18 • 9 days ago

Toying around with MariaDB : query cache edition ^{(from The consistent voice)}

Toying around with MariaDB : query cache editionpMariaDB’s query cache , as explained here is a legacy memory-based mechanism which stores the results of SELECT queries to avoid recalculating them when identical queries are executed again. When a SELECT query is run, MariaDB first checks if the result already exists in the cache and returns it directly if found, which significantly improves perform [...]

Published Monday, 30. June 2025 13:02 • 9 days ago

MySQL Legend 2024. Q&A with Shlomi Noach ^{(from ODBMS.org)}

Q1. Congratulations for your title of MySQL Legend 2024. What is your role now that you are a Legend and how do you support the MySQL community? I have been involved with the MySQL... [...]

Published Monday, 30. June 2025 09:35 • 9 days ago

Percona Bug Report: June 2025 ^{(from Percona Community Blog)}

pAt Percona, we operate on the premise that full transparency makes a product better. We strive to build the best open-source database products, but also to help you manage any issues that arise in any of the databases that we support. And, in true open-source form, report back on any issues or bugs you might encounter along the way./p pWe constantly update our bug reports and monitor other boards [...]

Published Monday, 30. June 2025 00:00 • 9 days ago

Vector Index Algorithms in Milvus ^{(from MinervaDB Blog)}

Mastering Vector Index Algorithms in Milvus: IVF, HNSW, and Beyond – A Complete Performance Guide Vector similarity search is the cornerstone of modern AI applications, from recommendation systems to semantic search. Milvus, as a leading [...] [...]

Published Saturday, 28. June 2025 19:35 • 10 days ago

Extending Milvus with Custom Plugins and Extensions ^{(from MinervaDB Blog)}

Extending Milvus with Custom Milvus Plugins and Extensions: A Complete Developer Guide Vector databases have become the backbone of modern AI applications, and Milvus stands out as a leading open-source solution. While Milvus offers robust [...] [...]

Published Saturday, 28. June 2025 18:21 • 11 days ago

On Deploying AI at the Enterprise Level. Q&A with Nadeem Asghar. ^{(from ODBMS.org)}

Q1. What are the main performance and scalability challenges when deploying AI at the enterprise level? Generating reliable business insights at “the speed of now” requires getting an assortment of bespoke or legacy business... [...]

Published Saturday, 28. June 2025 00:44 • 11 days ago

Supercharging AWS database development with AWS MCP servers ^{(from AWS Database Blog)}

Amazon Aurora, Amazon DynamoDB, and Amazon ElastiCache are popular choices for developers powering critical workloads, including global commerce platforms, financial systems, and real-time analytics applications. To enhance productivity, developers are supplementing everyday tasks with AI-assisted tools that understand context, suggest improvements, and help reason through system configurations. Mo [...]

Published Friday, 27. June 2025 21:37 • 11 days ago

Milvus Migration Strategies ^{(from MinervaDB Blog)}

Milvus Migration Strategies: From Legacy Systems to Modern Vector Databases Introduction As organizations increasingly adopt AI-driven applications requiring similarity search and vector operations, migrating from traditional databases to specialized vector databases like Milvus has become [...] [...]

Published Friday, 27. June 2025 19:13 • 11 days ago

Leveling up Amazon RDS with AWS Graviton4: Benchmarks ^{(from AWS Database Blog)}

In November 2024, AWS introduced the latest evolution of its custom-designed ARM-based processors with Graviton4, delivering significant performance and efficiency improvements for Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MariaDB and Amazon Aurora. In this post, we focus on Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL and compare the performance of the new Graviton4 instances to both Graviton3 and Graviton2. Using bench [...]

Published Friday, 27. June 2025 17:44 • 12 days ago

Managing PostgreSQL on Kubernetes with Percona Everest’s REST API ^{(from Percona Database Blog)}

♦I’ve been working with Kubernetes and databases for the past few months, and I’m enjoying learning and exploring more about Percona Everest’s features. Percona Everest is a free, open source tool that makes it easier for teams to manage databases in the cloud. In a Cloud Native world, everything is programmable, including databases. Percona Everest […] [...]

Published Friday, 27. June 2025 13:07 • 12 days ago

Nextcloud joins MariaDB Foundation as Silver Sponsor, strengthening the European open source backbone ^{(from MariaDB Foundation Blog)}

pWe are proud to welcome Nextcloud GmbH to the MariaDB Foundation sponsor family as a Silver Sponsor. As the world’s most popular privacy-focused platform for secure file sharing, collaboration, and communication, Nextcloud stands as a pillar of digital sovereignty — a value that resonates deeply with MariaDB Foundation’s mission./p pThe post Nextcloud joins MariaDB Foundation as Silver Sponsor, st [...]

Published Friday, 27. June 2025 08:00 • 12 days ago

PostgreSQL Threat Modeling for FinTech ^{(from MinervaDB Blog)}

PostgreSQL Threat Modeling for FinTech: Building Advanced Secured Database Infrastructure Introduction Financial technology companies handle sensitive data that makes them prime targets for cyber attacks. PostgreSQL, while robust and feature-rich, requires comprehensive threat modeling to [...] [...]

Published Friday, 27. June 2025 06:56 • 12 days ago

Track MySQL Table Activity: Know your Hot, Cold, and Static Tables ^{(from The Oracle MySQL Blog)}

It's incredibly useful to know which tables in your MySQL databases are seeing active changes versus those tables that are more static. To do this, we need to examine DML (Data Manipulation Language) activity—specifically, updates, inserts, and deletes. MySQL offers various mechanisms to gather this information. [...]

Published Thursday, 26. June 2025 17:40 • 13 days ago

Percona XtraDB Cluster: Our Commitment to Open Source High Availability ^{(from Percona Database Blog)}

♦At Percona, we’ve always been dedicated to providing robust, open source solutions that meet our users’ evolving needs. Percona XtraDB Cluster (PXC) stands as a testament to this commitment, offering a highly available and scalable solution for your MySQL and Percona Server for MySQL deployments. We understand that database high availability is critical for your […] [...]

Published Thursday, 26. June 2025 16:03 • 13 days ago

Handle CSV files with HeatWave MySQL ^{(from MySQL expert Diary)}

pEfficiently loading CSV data into your MySQL environment is a crucial step for many analytical workloads, especially when dealing with the substantial datasets common in today's data-driven world. Both MySQL Shell's parallel import utility and HeatWave's Auto Parallel Load feature offer robust and effective solutions, each catering to slightly different needs and environments./p pMySQL Shell's uti [...]

Published Thursday, 26. June 2025 14:17 • 13 days ago

Automating Machine Learning with MySQL HeatWave Service: A Guide for DBAs & Developers ^{(from MySQL Solutions - On Premises & Cloud)}

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Published Thursday, 20. March 2025 13:21 • 4 months ago | Updated Thursday, 26. June 2025 12:20 • 13 days ago

Build Real-Time Data Analytics and Visualization Using Kafka, S3, HeatWave on AWS, and QuickSight ^{(from MySQL Solutions - On Premises & Cloud)}

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Published Thursday, 26. June 2025 12:18 • 13 days ago | Updated Thursday, 26. June 2025 12:18 • 13 days ago

MariaDB 12.1 preview available ^{(from MariaDB Foundation Blog)}

pWe are pleased to announce the availability of a preview of the MariaDB 12.1 series. MariaDB 12.1 will be a rolling release. … /p pContinue reading \"MariaDB 12.1 preview available\"/p pThe post MariaDB 12.1 preview available appeared first on MariaDB.org./p [...]

Published Thursday, 26. June 2025 10:18 • 13 days ago

MySQL Entity Relationship Maps With DBeaver ^{(from Dave's MySQL Stuff)}

p Even the most experienced database professionals are known to feel a little anxious when peering into an unfamiliar database. Hopefully, they will inspect how the data is normalized and how the various tables are combined to answer complex queries. Entity Relationship Maps (ERM) provide a visual overview of how tables are related and can document the structure of the data./pp&nbs [...]

Published Wednesday, 25. June 2025 13:56 • 14 days ago

Using Percona Everest Operator CRDs to Manage Databases in Kubernetes ^{(from Percona Database Blog)}

♦Percona Everest is a free and open source tool for running and managing databases like PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MongoDB inside Kubernetes. It simplifies things by providing three ways to work with your databases: a web interface (UI), a set of commands (API), and direct access through Kubernetes itself using built-in tools like kubectl. Note: Before […] [...]

Published Wednesday, 25. June 2025 13:16 • 14 days ago

How to Convert MS Access Database to MySQL ^{(from Devart MySQL Tool Blog)}

pMicrosoft Access is a relational system for managing databases that is used to create small-scale databases for a single user or small teams. MySQL is a robust open-source relational database management system for more extensive data volumes and web applications./p pThe post How to Convert MS Access Database to MySQL appeared first on Devart Blog./p [...]

Published Wednesday, 25. June 2025 10:31 • 14 days ago

Galera Cluster for MySQL 8.0.42-26.23 and 8.4.5-26.23 released ^{(from Galera Blog)}

Codership is pleased to announce a new Generally Available (GA) release of the multi-master Galera Cluster for MySQL 8.0, consisting of MySQL-wsrep 8.0.42-26.23 (release notes, download), with Galera replication library 4.23 (release notes, download) implementing wsrep API version 26. It also includes Galera Cluster for MySQL 8.4, consisting of MySQL-wsrep 8.4.5-26.23 (release notes, download); it [...]

Published Wednesday, 25. June 2025 08:01 • 14 days ago

Crest Infosolutions LLC Joins MariaDB Foundation as Silver Sponsor ^{(from MariaDB Foundation Blog)}

pAccelerating Digital Transformation Through Open Source Innovationbr The MariaDB Foundation is proud to welcome Crest Infosolutions LLC as a Silver Sponsor, marking a significant step forward in fostering enterprise-grade open-source adoption. … /p pContinue reading \"Crest Infosolutions LLC Joins MariaDB Foundation as Silver Sponsor\"/p pThe post Crest Infosolutions LLC Joins MariaDB Founda [...]

Published Tuesday, 24. June 2025 19:11 • 14 days ago

Why Switch.ch Chose MariaDB: A Swiss Case Study in Open Source, Digital Sovereignty, and Academic IT ^{(from MariaDB Foundation Blog)}

pAt the MariaDB Foundation, we’re constantly engaging with users, partners, and collaborators to understand how MariaDB fits into their infrastructure—and what we can do better. A recent conversation between our Executive Chairman Kaj Arnö … /p pContinue reading \"Why Switch.ch Chose MariaDB: A Swiss Case Study in Open Source, Digital Sovereignty, and Academic IT\"/p pThe pos [...]

Published Tuesday, 24. June 2025 17:07 • 15 days ago

Sysadmin’s Inconceivable Tales: The Hanging Build – Part 2 ^{(from Shattered Silicon OSDB Blog)}

pIn part 1 of this post we were investigating an odd issue with a build process, running in docker, seemingly hanging on one particular server, but running successfully on others, and put a fix in place. In this post we take a deep dive through the system to understand what is actually happening and why […]/p pThe post Sysadmin’s Inconceivable Tales: The Hanging Build – Part 2 app [...]

Published Tuesday, 24. June 2025 15:44 • 15 days ago

Sysadmin’s Inconceivable Tales: The Hanging Build – Part 1 ^{(from Shattered Silicon OSDB Blog)}

pThe Problem I was facing a rather odd issue in our build pipeline, and needed to get to the bottom of it before it became a showstopper. We use docker images to build our software, which allows us to easily build for different distributions and different architectures without, in theory (foreshadowing: theory is not reality), […]/p pThe post Sysadmin’s Inconceivable Tales: The Hanging [...]

Published Tuesday, 24. June 2025 15:40 • 15 days ago

Protect Your MySQL Databases: Simple Security Steps Anyone Can Follow ^{(from Webyog Blog)}

pDatabase breaches are happening more and more often, with no signs of slowing down. Your MySQL databases and the important data they hold could be at risk right now. Recent […]/p pThe post Protect Your MySQL Databases: Simple Security Steps Anyone Can Follow appeared first on Webyog./p [...]

Published Tuesday, 24. June 2025 13:36 • 15 days ago

MySQL Meetups and Events with 30 years of MySQL Celebration! - UPDATED ^{(from The Oracle MySQL Blog)}

meetups&events with 30Y ann.celebration [...]

Published Tuesday, 24. June 2025 11:10 • 15 days ago

MongoDB FTDC ^{(from MinervaDB Blog)}

MongoDB’s FTDC: A Powerful Tool for Performance Monitoring and Troubleshooting MongoDB’s Full Time Diagnostic Data Capture (FTDC) is an essential built-in mechanism that continuously monitors and captures diagnostic data from your MongoDB deployments. This powerful [...] [...]

Published Tuesday, 24. June 2025 10:27 • 15 days ago

Roman Agabekov, Author at MySQL Blog by Releem ^{(from Releem Blog)}

Explore articles by Roman Agabekov, author at MySQL Blog by Releem. Insights, tips, and best practices for MySQL performance, optimization, and database management. [...]

Published Tuesday, 24. June 2025 10:24 • 15 days ago

MySQL Group Replication vs MariaDB Galera Cluster ^{(from MinervaDB Blog)}

MySQL Group Replication vs MariaDB Galera Cluster: Choosing the Right High Availability Solution When implementing high availability for MySQL and MariaDB databases, two prominent solutions stand out: MySQL Group Replication and MariaDB Galera Cluster. Both [...] [...]

Published Tuesday, 24. June 2025 09:23 • 15 days ago

Troubleshooting InnoDB Write Performance Bottlenecks ^{(from MinervaDB Blog)}

Troubleshooting InnoDB Write Performance Bottlenecks: A Complete Technical Guide Introduction InnoDB write performance bottlenecks can severely impact MySQL database operations, leading to slow query execution, increased response times, and poor user experience. Understanding how to [...] [...]

Published Tuesday, 24. June 2025 09:00 • 15 days ago

May 2025 at Releem: Configuration History for MySQL & MariaDB ^{(from Releem Blog)}

This month, we’re excited to roll out a refreshed dashboard design and several new features aimed at making your job easier and your databases even more secure. [...]

Published Tuesday, 24. June 2025 08:31 • 15 days ago

11 Best AI Coding Assistants: Top Tools Every Developer Needs in 2025 ^{(from Devart MySQL Tool Blog)}

pThis guide cuts through the hype and highlights the best AI coding assistants for 2025, with real-world insights on performance, integration, and usability. Discover which tools stand out—and why./p pThe post 11 Best AI Coding Assistants: Top Tools Every Developer Needs in 2025 appeared first on Devart Blog./p [...]

Published Tuesday, 24. June 2025 08:22 • 15 days ago

Optimizing Azure Database for MySQL ^{(from MinervaDB Blog)}

Optimizing Azure Database for MySQL: A Complete Guide to Performance, Scalability, and High Availability – Optimize Azure Database for MySQL Azure Database for MySQL has become the go-to managed database solution for enterprises seeking robust, [...] [...]

Published Monday, 23. June 2025 19:13 • 15 days ago

Migrate a self-managed MySQL database to Amazon Aurora MySQL using AWS DMS homogeneous data migrations ^{(from AWS Database Blog)}

In this post, we provide a comprehensive, step-by-step guide for migrating an on-premises self-managed encrypted MySQL database to Amazon Aurora MySQL using AWS DMS homogeneous data migrations over a private network. We show a complete end-to-end example of setting up and executing an AWS DMS homogeneous migration, consolidating all necessary configuration steps and best practices. [...]

Published Monday, 23. June 2025 17:28 • 16 days ago

Build Smarter with MariaDB MCP Server: AI-Ready, Vector-Enabled ^{(from MariaDB Corporation Blog)}

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Published Monday, 23. June 2025 14:13 • 16 days ago

New Silver Sponsor: Releem Boosts MariaDB Performance with Smarter Tuning and Optimization ^{(from MariaDB Foundation Blog)}

pWe’re delighted to welcome Releem as the newest Silver Sponsor of the MariaDB Foundation!br Releem is a database performance management platform that helps teams ensure consistent and reliable database performance through continuous profiling, configuration tuning, and SQL query optimization. … /p pContinue reading \"New Silver Sponsor: Releem Boosts MariaDB Performance with Smarter Tu [...]

Published Monday, 23. June 2025 08:38 • 16 days ago

Securing User Accounts in PostgreSQL ^{(from MinervaDB Blog)}

Securing User Accounts in PostgreSQL: A Comprehensive Technical Guide PostgreSQL’s robust security framework provides multiple layers of protection for user accounts, but proper configuration is essential to prevent unauthorized access and data breaches. This guide [...] [...]

Published Monday, 23. June 2025 08:16 • 16 days ago

Principles and Metrics for MongoDB Capacity Planning and Sizing ^{(from MinervaDB Blog)}

Principles and Metrics for MongoDB Capacity Planning and Sizing: A Comprehensive Technical Guide MongoDB capacity planning and sizing require a systematic approach to ensure optimal performance, cost-effectiveness, and scalability. This comprehensive guide explores the fundamental [...] [...]

Published Sunday, 22. June 2025 18:06 • 17 days ago

MySQL Full-Stack Optimization and Enterprise Support ^{(from MinervaDB Blog)}

MinervaDB: The Gold Standard for 24×7 MySQL Support Full-Stack Optimization and Enterprise Support The MySQL Performance Challenge in Enterprise Environments In today’s data-driven economy, MySQL powers some of the world’s largest applications—from Facebook’s social graph [...] [...]

Published Saturday, 21. June 2025 17:49 • 18 days ago

Personal opinion : Maria what ? ^{(from The consistent voice)}

Personal opinion : Maria what ?pOne year ago exactly, i did post my first linkedin article (also available here on medium or here in french) with the goal of becoming a regular author on subjects such as architecture, data, databases et MariaDB in particular. A few days before, Alejandro Duarte was posting about some confence he attended and sspoke at as Developer advocate for MariaDB. While discus [...]

Published Saturday, 21. June 2025 16:47 • 18 days ago

Apache Kafka for DBAs ^{(from MinervaDB Blog)}

Apache Kafka Architecture Deep Dive: A DBA’s Complete Guide to Stream Processing Excellence As database administrators increasingly face demands for real-time data processing and event-driven architectures, Master Apache Kafka has emerged as the de facto [...] [...]

Published Friday, 20. June 2025 18:41 • 18 days ago

MySQL Orchestrator Failover Behavior During Replication Lag ^{(from Percona Database Blog)}

♦Managing farms of MySQL servers under a replication environment is very efficient with the help of a MySQL orchestrator tool. This ensures a smooth transition happens when there is any ad hoc failover or a planned/graceful switchover comes into action. Several configuration parameters play a crucial role in controlling and influencing failover behavior. In this […] [...]

Published Friday, 20. June 2025 17:33 • 19 days ago

Improving TiDB Hash Joins: Up to 5× Faster with No Tuning Required ^{(from PingCAP Blog)}

pHash joins are a common performance bottleneck in SQL workloads, and TiDB was no exception. In TiDB 8.5, we introduced a brand-new hash join executor that improves performance across the board. This new engine fully exploits modern hardware with multi-threaded build, vectorized probe, and a more efficient spill strategy. Internal benchmarks show it doubles the […]/p pThe post Improving TiDB [...]

Published Friday, 20. June 2025 11:50 • 19 days ago

DuckDB MVCC 和 two values limit issue ^{(from Chen Zongzhi's GitHub blog)}

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Published Thursday, 19. June 2025 00:00 • 20 days ago

A New, Consistent Way to Monitor Replication Lag in MariaDB Community Server 11.8 LTS Release ^{(from MariaDB Corporation Blog)}

This blog post describes three new fields to monitor replication lag added in MariaDB Community Server 11.8 LTS and MariaDB […] [...]

Published Wednesday, 18. June 2025 18:41 • 21 days ago

MariaDB 11.8 LTS: Parallel Dumps, PARSEC authentication, new SQL syntaxes, and more ^{(from Vettabase)}

MariaDB released a new Long Term Support version as Generally Available: 11.8. I always review MariaDB LTS versions once they’re GA, so it’s time to write a new review. Support and timeline MariaDB 11.8 is the latest Long Term Support version (LTS). The first Generally Available release is 11.8.2, released on 4 June 2025. This branch will be supported til June 2028, unless the [...]

Published Wednesday, 18. June 2025 10:46 • 21 days ago

Building resilient applications: design patterns for handling database outages ^{(from AWS Database Blog)}

Database outages, whether planned or unexpected, pose significant challenges to applications. Planned outages for maintenance can be scheduled but still impact users. Unplanned outages are more disruptive and can happen at critical times. Even the most robust and resilient databases will inevitably experience outages, making application resiliency a critical consideration in modern system design. I [...]

Published Tuesday, 17. June 2025 19:30 • 21 days ago

Vectorized Query Processing for LLMs on MySQL HeatWave ^{(from MinervaDB Blog)}

Implementing Vectorized Query Processing for LLMs on MySQL HeatWave: A Complete Technical Guide Introduction The integration of Large Language Models (LLMs) with traditional database systems has created unprecedented demands for high-performance vector search capabilities. MySQL [...] [...]

Published Tuesday, 17. June 2025 18:07 • 22 days ago

Building AI Applications using frameworks with MariaDB Vector Store ^{(from MariaDB Corporation Blog)}

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Published Tuesday, 17. June 2025 17:44 • 22 days ago

Implement row-level security in Amazon Aurora MySQL and Amazon RDS for MySQL ^{(from AWS Database Blog)}

Row-level security (RLS) is a security mechanism that enhances data protection in scalable applications by controlling access at the individual row level. It enables organizations to implement fine-grained access controls based on user attributes, so users can only view and modify data they’re authorized to access. This post focuses on implementing a cost-effective custom RLS solution using native [...]

Published Monday, 16. June 2025 19:48 • 22 days ago

Amazon RDS for MySQL announces Innovation Release 9.3 in Amazon RDS Database Preview Environment ^{(from AWS What's New)}

pAmazon RDS for MySQL now supports community MySQL Innovation Release 9.3 in the Amazon RDS Database Preview Environment, allowing you to evaluate the latest Innovation Release on Amazon RDS for MySQL. You can deploy MySQL 9.3 in the Amazon RDS Database Preview Environment which provides the benefits of a fully managed database, making it simpler to set up, operate, and monitor databases.br br MySQ [...]

Published Monday, 16. June 2025 17:00 • 23 days ago

Personal opinion : Maxscale license change ^{(from The consistent voice)}

Personal opinion : Maxscale license changepI realize i never made a presentation of one of the most advanced database proxy for MariaDB/MySQL : MariaDB Maxscale apart from this short introduction to the war of the 3 proxys./ppNow is not really the time and i will make sure to write an extensive one in the coming weeks. There is still something to discuss around that today : its licensing./ppSome of [...]

Published Monday, 16. June 2025 11:33 • 23 days ago

The key to Oracle’s AI future ^{(from InfoWorld)}

pOracle’s stock is finally catching up with its talk about cloud, fueled by surging infrastructure and AI demand. In its recent Q4 2025 earnings statement, the 46-year-old database giant surprised Wall Street with an 11% jump in revenue (to $15.9 billion) and bullish forecasts for the year ahead. Oracle’s stock promptly enjoyed its best week since 2001, leaping 24%. It’s rela [...]

Published Monday, 16. June 2025 09:00 • 23 days ago

Readyset: Scale PostgreSQL and MySQL Performance by 100x Without Code Changes ^{(from Readyset Blog)}

pReadyset is a database scalability and query caching platform designed to dramatically accelerate query performance without requiring code changes. Based on nearly a decade of research at MIT on database caching and incremental view maintenance, it is built to work seamlessly with PostgreSQL and MySQL. Readyset allows applications to scale/p [...]

Published Friday, 13. June 2025 14:10 • 26 days ago

Percona Earns Kubernetes Certified Services Provider Status for All Three Major Open Source Databases ^{(from Percona Database Blog)}

♦As a member of the Kubernetes Certified Services Provider program, Percona is now part of a select, “pre-qualified tier of vetted service providers who have deep experience helping enterprises successfully adopt Kubernetes…” Kubernetes (frequently abbreviated as K8s) has come a long way over the past decade. From being used almost exclusively for orchestrating stateless container […] [...]

Published Friday, 13. June 2025 12:47 • 26 days ago

Personal opinion : the future of Galera Cluster ^{(from The consistent voice)}

Personal opinion : the future of Galera ClusterpAs you already know, MariaDB plc acquired Codership Oy, editor of the Galera clustering solution on 2025, June 1st./ppThis acquisition makes a lot of sense given the tight integration of Galera into MariaDB server since MariaDB 10.0 in 2014. Galera Cluster brings distributed synchronous multi-master clustering to MariaDB, which differentiates it from [...]

Published Friday, 13. June 2025 11:14 • 26 days ago

How To Use HAProxy with a Tungsten Connector Farm ^{(from Continuent Blog)}

Learn how to use HAProxy with a Tungsten Connector farm to build a high-availability MySQL proxy layer. Explore deployment architectures, load balancing strategies, and HAProxy configuration examples.Tags: haproxyTungsten ConnectorHigh Availabilitydatabase proxyLoad Balancing [...]

Published Friday, 13. June 2025 08:36 • 26 days ago

Can you do RAG with Full Text Search in MariaDB? ^{(from MariaDB Foundation Blog)}

pWe continue our blog series on learning more about users of MariaDB. Searching LinkedIn for posts about MariaDB this morning we saw an impressive confident post about using MariaDB in a RAG solution named SemantiQ. … /p pContinue reading \"Can you do RAG with Full Text Search in MariaDB?\"/p pThe post Can you do RAG with Full Text Search in MariaDB? appeared first on MariaDB.org./p [...]

Published Friday, 13. June 2025 06:36 • 26 days ago

TiDB Runtime Dashboard: A Detailed Analysis with Use Cases ^{(from PingCAP Blog)}

pIn TiDB’s runtime environment, issues related to memory management, garbage collection (GC) behavior, and lock contention at the Go Runtime level can significantly impact system stability and performance. However, such problems are often difficult to reproduce and analyze directly. As a result, high-quality runtime monitoring metrics are essential for effective troubleshooting and performanc [...]

Published Thursday, 12. June 2025 16:29 • 27 days ago

Supporting INSERT...RETURNING Statements ^{(from DoltHub Blog)}

tl;dr: Dolt now supports statements, similar to MariaDB. See what this means for Dolt’s MySQL compatibility. Dolt is an open-source version… [...]

Published Thursday, 12. June 2025 00:00 • 27 days ago

MariaDB Enterprise Server Q2 2025 Maintenance Releases ^{(from MariaDB Corporation Blog)}

New maintenance releases for MariaDB Enterprise Server 11.4.7-4, 10.6.22-18, and 10.5.29-23 are now available. These releases include new backported features. […] [...]

Published Wednesday, 11. June 2025 21:18 • 27 days ago

HeatWave MySQL: Exciting New Features and Updates for FY 2025/26 Q4–Q1 ^{(from The Oracle MySQL Blog)}

HeatWave MySQL continues to evolve, bringing powerful enhancements that bolster security, improve backup retention, and streamline partition management. Over the last two quarters (March–June 2025), several notable updates have been introduced, enhancing security controls, optimizing data management, and delivering greater flexibility for developers and businesses alike. [...]

Published Wednesday, 11. June 2025 20:49 • 27 days ago

Troubleshooting PostgreSQL Page Corruption ^{(from MinervaDB Blog)}

Troubleshooting PostgreSQL Page Corruption: A Technical Guide PostgreSQL page corruption is a critical database issue that can lead to data loss and application downtime. This comprehensive guide covers detection, diagnosis, and recovery strategies for database [...] [...]

Published Wednesday, 11. June 2025 10:23 • 28 days ago

Scarf Joins as Gold Sponsor of the MariaDB Foundation ^{(from MariaDB Foundation Blog)}

pScarf joins the MariaDB Foundation as a Gold Sponsor, bringing powerful analytics to help us understand and grow our open source community. Discover how this partnership supports transparency, adoption, and global collaboration./p pThe post Scarf Joins as Gold Sponsor of the MariaDB Foundation appeared first on MariaDB.org./p [...]

Published Tuesday, 10. June 2025 08:33 • 29 days ago

Claude Code is My New Best Friend ^{(from DoltHub Blog)}

Just one month ago, I wrote an article asking "Are Coding Agents One PageRank Away From Awesome?". Well, little did I know at the time, that… [...]

Published Tuesday, 10. June 2025 00:00 • 29 days ago

Building a multi-zone and multi-region SQL Server Failover Cluster Instance in Azure ^{(from InfoWorld)}

pMuch has been written about SQL Server Always On Availability Groups, but the topic of SQL Server Failover Cluster Instances (FCI) that span both availability zones and regions is far less discussed. However, for organizations that require SQL Server high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) without the added licensing costs of Enterprise Edition, SQL Server FCI rema [...]

Published Monday, 09. June 2025 09:00 • 30 days ago

Why Swiss eCommerce Leader Glarotech Migrated from MySQL to MariaDB – and What’s Next for PepperShop ^{(from MariaDB Foundation Blog)}

pAfter 20 years on MySQL, Glarotech chose MariaDB for PepperShop. Learn what drove the switch and how they run a scalable eCommerce platform today./p pThe post Why Swiss eCommerce Leader Glarotech Migrated from MySQL to MariaDB – and What’s Next for PepperShop appeared first on MariaDB.org./p [...]

Published Monday, 09. June 2025 08:52 • 30 days ago

PostgreSQL JSON/JSONB Operations ^{(from MinervaDB Blog)}

Advanced JSON/JSONB Operations: When PostgreSQL Beats Document Databases PostgreSQL’s JSON and JSONB capabilities have evolved into a powerful alternative to dedicated document databases, offering the best of both relational and document-oriented worlds. Understanding when and [...] [...]

Published Sunday, 08. June 2025 18:40 • 1 months ago

PostgreSQL Cross-Region Replication ^{(from MinervaDB Blog)}

Cross-Region PostgreSQL Replication: Latency and Consistency Trade-offs Cross-region PostgreSQL replication presents a fundamental challenge in distributed database systems: balancing data consistency with acceptable latency. As organizations expand globally, understanding these trade-offs becomes critical for designing [...] [...]

Published Sunday, 08. June 2025 18:17 • 1 months ago

Cybersec : MariaDB, round2 ^{(from The consistent voice)}

Cybersec : MariaDB, round2pWhile being an Open source database management system developped and maintained by a team of immensely skilled developpers, MariaDB (and MySQL) is not immune to mismanagement and/or administrator-induced security risks./ppA not well known feature of MariaDB is init_file, a nice little parameter that allows to have a set of SQL statement executed once at each server startu [...]

Published Sunday, 08. June 2025 17:08 • 1 months ago

MariaDB 11.8 LTS Released ^{(from MariaDB Foundation Blog)}

pNow is a good time to upgrade to the freshest MariaDB Server. MariaDB 11.8 is the yearly long term support release for 2025. It’s the first LTS with support for MariaDB Vector, and it includes a number of other updates based on user requests. … /p pContinue reading \"MariaDB 11.8 LTS Released\"/p pThe post MariaDB 11.8 LTS Released appeared first on MariaDB.org./p [...]

Published Sunday, 08. June 2025 06:55 • 1 months ago

Seven Golden Rules for MongoDB Infrastructure Performance ^{(from MinervaDB Blog)}

The Ultimate Guide to MongoDB Infrastructure Performance: 7 Golden Rules for Enterprise-Scale Database Operations Master MongoDB deployment strategies, performance optimization, and high availability configurations for production environments Building a robust MongoDB infrastructure requires not only [...] [...]

Published Saturday, 07. June 2025 19:01 • 1 months ago

Logging MariaDB User Activity ^{(from MinervaDB Blog)}

Complete Guide to MariaDB User Activity Logging and Transaction Auditing for Performance & Security Introduction: Essential MariaDB Logging for Enterprise Operations Implementing comprehensive MariaDB user activity logging and transaction auditingis crucial for maintaining database security, [...] [...]

Published Saturday, 07. June 2025 18:31 • 1 months ago

MariaDB Galera Cluster Monitoring: ^{(from MinervaDB Blog)}

Implementing MariaDB Galera Cluster Observability: Complete Guide to Monitoring with Grafana and Prometheus for SRE Excellence Introduction: Building a Bulletproof MariaDB SRE Ecosystem In today’s data-driven landscape, MariaDB Galera Cluster observability is crucial for maintaining [...] [...]

Published Saturday, 07. June 2025 06:42 • 1 months ago

AWS MySQL Performance Comparison: RDS vs. Aurora vs. Aurora Serverless v2 ^{(from Mydbops Blog)}

Compare the performance of AWS MySQL services: RDS, Aurora, and Aurora Serverless v2. Explore architecture differences, latency, throughput, scaling, and optimization features to choose the best option for your workload. [...]

Published Saturday, 07. June 2025 04:27 • 1 months ago

Troubleshooting Cassandra Thread Contention Performance ^{(from MinervaDB Blog)}

pThe Complete Guide to Diagnosing and Troubleshooting Cassandra Thread Contention Performance Issues Thread contention in Apache Cassandra can severely impact your database performance, leading to increased latency, reduced throughput, and frustrated users. If you’re experiencing [...]/p pThe post Troubleshooting Cassandra Thread Contention Performance appeared first on The WebScale Database [...]

Published Friday, 06. June 2025 18:41 • 1 months ago

Building More Scalable GenAI Applications for Startups and Developers ^{(from TechCrunch)}

In this TechCrunch Sessions: AI event, Oracle shares a rundown of how MySQL HeatWave empowers you in building AI-based solutions in areas such as personal productivity, automating workflows for compliance, service, or support, and increasing efficiencies in healthcare, among others. By leveraging HeatWave’s built-in vector store, in-database LLMs, in-database machine learning capabilities, an [...]

Published Friday, 06. June 2025 18:30 • 1 months ago

Troubleshooting MariaDB Deadlock and Livelock ^{(from MinervaDB Blog)}

pComplete Guide to MariaDB Deadlock and Livelock Troubleshooting: Advanced Database Performance Optimization Introduction Database deadlocks and livelocks represent critical performance bottlenecks that can severely impact application responsiveness and system throughput. In MariaDB environments, understanding how [...]/p pThe post Troubleshooting MariaDB Deadlock and Livelock appeared first on The [...]

Published Friday, 06. June 2025 11:31 • 1 months ago

Enhancing Security in OCI: Using Network Security Groups with HeatWave MySQL ^{(from The Oracle MySQL Blog)}

Security is a foundational principle for cloud deployments, especially when dealing with mission-critical workloads like those managed by HeatWave MySQL. As applications and environments scale, fine-grained network control becomes critical not just for protecting sensitive data, but also for isolating systems, enforcing boundaries, and minimizing lateral movement within a Virtual Cloud Network (VCN [...]

Published Friday, 06. June 2025 01:41 • 1 months ago

May Product Update ^{(from Readyset Blog)}

♦pHi there, hope you’re enjoying a great start to the summer season! Let’s dive into what’s new at Readyset: /p📝 We're Taking Applications for QueryPilot Private Beta pWe’re now accepting applications for the private beta of QueryPilot, our/p [...]

Published Thursday, 05. June 2025 18:00 • 1 months ago

Amazon RDS for MariaDB now supports community MariaDB minor versions 10.11.13 and 11.4.7 ^{(from AWS What's New)}

pAmazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for MariaDB now supports new community MariaDB minor versions 10.11.13 and 11.4.7. We recommend that you upgrade to the latest minor versions to fix known security vulnerabilities in prior versions of MariaDB, and to benefit from the bug fixes, performance improvements, and new functionality added by the MariaDB community.br br You can leverage autom [...]

Published Thursday, 05. June 2025 17:20 • 1 months ago

Scaling Metadata Management: Innovations in TiDB’s Placement Driver ^{(from PingCAP Blog)}

pAs TiDB scales to support larger deployments, its core metadata management hub—the Placement Driver (PD)—must evolve to meet growing demands. This post explores how TiDB addresses PD’s challenges, including scalability bottlenecks, stability risks, and storage limitations. In this post, we’ll cover: Whether you’re optimizing large-scale deployments or curious about TiDB’s architecture, this post h [...]

Published Thursday, 05. June 2025 15:48 • 1 months ago

Introducing Experimental Support for Stored Programs in JS in Percona Server for MySQL ^{(from Percona Database Blog)}

♦TL;DR Percona Server for MySQL now offers experimental support for stored programs in the JS language. This free and open source alternative to Oracle’s Enterprise/Cloud-only feature enables users to write stored programs in a more modern, convenient, and often more familiar language. It is still in active development, and we would very much like your […] [...]

Published Thursday, 05. June 2025 14:31 • 1 months ago

Query Optimisation: Using indexes for WHERE with multiple conditions ^{(from Vettabase)}

You have a beautiful application, but a page is slow. After some investigation, you find out that a query is unexpectedly slow, ruining user experience and causing frustration for you. It is a simple query with a WHERE clause and nothing else. You tried to build an index with all the columns mentioned in the query, but nothing changed. The EXPLAIN command shows that the index is not used, which see [...]

Published Thursday, 05. June 2025 09:01 • 1 months ago

MySQL Meetups and Events with 30 years of MySQL Celebration ^{(from ODBMS.org)}

MySQL Meetups: EMEA: JAPAC: External (3rd party) Events with MySQL, HeatWave & MySQL Celebration: EMEA: JAPAC: LAD: NA: More Upcoming Events with MySQL & HeatWave NA: Registration page [...]

Published Thursday, 05. June 2025 06:26 • 1 months ago

Database Performance Tuning in 2025 ^{(from MinervaDB Blog)}

pDatabase Performance Tuning in 2025: Why Traditional Buffer Metrics Fall Short in Modern Analytics The database performance tuning landscape has undergone a seismic shift, yet many experts remain anchored to traditional metrics that no longer [...]/p pThe post Database Performance Tuning in 2025 appeared first on The WebScale Database Infrastructure Architecture, Engineering and Operations Company [...]

Published Thursday, 05. June 2025 05:50 • 1 months ago

A Potential Optimization for Inserting into MySQL Unique Indexes ^{(from Zhao Song's Blog)}

In my previous blog, I discussed how many B+Tree searches MySQL performs when inserting a record, detailing the process for inserting into both the primary index and unique secondary indexes. [...]

Published Thursday, 05. June 2025 00:00 • 1 months ago

Latest LTS Version of MariaDB Community Server 11.8 is Now Available ^{(from MariaDB Corporation Blog)}

MariaDB Community Server 11.8 is now generally available (GA) for download. This is the latest long-term maintenance (also known as […] [...]

Published Wednesday, 04. June 2025 17:53 • 1 months ago

Troubleshooting HeatWave Replication Channel ^{(from MySQLHK)}

pHeatWave is a MySQL Database Service running on Cloud with powerful in-memory data warehouse service that provides fast and scalable analytics capabilities. One of the key features of HeatWave is its ability to replicate data from MySQL databases, allowing businesses to replicate data from MySQL source. The replicated deployment may help in horizontally scaling to allow multiple MySQL Servers with [...]

Published Wednesday, 04. June 2025 15:55 • 1 months ago | Updated Wednesday, 04. June 2025 15:55 • 1 months ago

Interesting Troubleshooting of a MySQL Crash : filling then freeing the disk ^{(from J-F Gagné's MySQL Blog)}

I recently troubleshoot an interesting MySQL crash, and I think it is worth sharing (with the related bugs). MySQL crashed when the disk was full, you can see the free disk graph below. The Y-axis is in the tens of GiB scale and the X-axis is in the hour scale. Can you guess what happened ? Just to make sure we agree on the meaning of the graph above, let's describe it [...]

Published Wednesday, 04. June 2025 12:08 • 1 months ago | Updated Wednesday, 04. June 2025 12:29 • 1 months ago

Interesting Binary Logging Optimization in MariaDB ^{(from J-F Gagné's MySQL Blog)}

As I wrote in a LinkedIn post, I am working on a blog post related to binary logging of big transactions. I thought I would split this post in two, so here is the first part where I cover the recent binary logging optimization in MariaDB and its unspoken advantage. (And this post is a way for me to see if Planet MySQL is still blocking posts mentioning MariaDB. This censorship / [...]

Published Monday, 26. May 2025 22:50 • 1 months ago | Updated Wednesday, 04. June 2025 12:20 • 1 months ago

Troubleshooting Writes in Galera Cluster ^{(from MinervaDB Blog)}

pTroubleshooting WRITE Performance Bottlenecks in Galera Cluster Operations Understanding Galera Cluster Write Performance Galera Cluster uses synchronous replication, which means every write operation must be committed on all nodes before being acknowledged to the client. [...]/p pThe post Troubleshooting Writes in Galera Cluster appeared first on The WebScale Database Infrastructure Architecture, [...]

Published Wednesday, 04. June 2025 12:11 • 1 months ago

Horizontally Scaling MariaDB ^{(from MinervaDB Blog)}

pUnderstanding MariaDB Horizontal Scaling Horizontal scaling (scale-out) involves distributing database workload across multiple servers rather than upgrading a single server’s hardware. MariaDB offers several approaches to achieve horizontal scalability. Core Infrastructure Requirements 1. Hardware and [...]/p pThe post Horizontally Scaling MariaDB appeared first on The WebScale Database Inf [...]

Published Wednesday, 04. June 2025 11:53 • 1 months ago

Less Work is Faster: Database Caching Done Right ^{(from Readyset Blog)}

pEvery engineer eventually confronts the complexities of scaling applications and systems. At first glance, the solution seems straightforward: add more cores, introduce replicas, or distribute workloads. However, at scale, each decision quickly compounds in complexity, introducing unexpected overhead, rising costs, and increasingly fragile systems./ppThe reality is that effective scaling/p [...]

Published Tuesday, 03. June 2025 22:12 • 1 months ago

PostgreSQL 18 IOPS Optimization ^{(from MinervaDB Blog)}

pPostgreSQL 18 IOPS Optimization: Complete Performance Tuning Guide for High-Throughput Workloads Introduction PostgreSQL 18 introduces significant performance improvements, but achieving optimal IOPS (Input/Output Operations Per Second) requires careful configuration tuning. This comprehensive guide demonstrates how [...]/p pThe post PostgreSQL 18 IOPS Optimization appeared first on The WebScale D [...]

Published Tuesday, 03. June 2025 15:06 • 1 months ago

Youtube Semantic Search is the winner of MariaDB AI RAG Hackathon innovation track ^{(from MariaDB Foundation Blog)}

pLast week we announced the winners of the MariaDB AI RAG hackathon that we organized together with the Helsinki Python meetup group. Now is time to go for a deep dive into the innovation track winner. … /p pContinue reading \"Youtube Semantic Search is the winner of MariaDB AI RAG Hackathon innovation track\"/p pThe post Youtube Semantic Search is the winner of MariaDB AI RAG Hackathon [...]

Published Tuesday, 03. June 2025 07:42 • 1 months ago

What's new in PMM 3.2.0: Five major improvements you need to know ^{(from Percona Community Blog)}

pPMM 3.2.0 brings some long-awaited fixes and new capabilities. You can now install PMM Client on Amazon Linux 2023 with proper RPM packages, get complete MySQL 8.4 replication monitoring, and track MongoDB backups directly in PMM./p pHere’s what’s most important in this release:/p 1. Native Amazon Linux 2023 support - no more workarounds pWhat’s new: If you’ve been running [...]

Published Tuesday, 03. June 2025 00:00 • 1 months ago

Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server for Azure Database for MySQL ^{(from Azure for MySQL Blog)}

pThe Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open standard designed to facilitate seamless integration between AI applications and various external systems, including tools, data sources, and resources. MCP aims to standardize how AI models, such as large language models (LLMs), interact with external tools and data sources. MCP enables developers to build AI applications that can easily connect to MCP [...]

Published Monday, 02. June 2025 16:00 • 1 months ago

HeatWave MySQL security series: Achieving PCI DSS 4.0 Compliance ^{(from The Oracle MySQL Blog)}

For the Financial services Industry, PCI DSS compliance ensures the secure handling of cardholder data by organizations that process, store, or transmit credit card information. Payment Card Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is designed to protect card holder information and ensure a secure environment for handling credit card data.While this is primarily used to secure credit card data, adhering to [...]

Published Monday, 02. June 2025 14:53 • 1 months ago

Vettabase is a MariaDB Foundation sponsor! ^{(from Vettabase)}

Vettabase is a MariaDB Foundation partner. We contributed documentation about automating MariaDB deployments and configuration management. [...]

Published Monday, 02. June 2025 09:34 • 1 months ago

Replacing MySQL Enterprise Monitor with Enterprise Manager ^{(from Severalnines Blog)}

pKeeping a close eye on MySQL databases is essential for maintaining top-notch performance, reliability, and security. For many years, MySQL Enterprise Monitor (MEM) was the go-to tool for monitoring, providing basic alerts, performance graphs, and straightforward query analysis. However, since it was phased out in January 2025, organizations have been looking for modern alternatives, with [… [...]

Published Monday, 02. June 2025 07:00 • 1 months ago

MariaDB Join Optimizer ^{(from MinervaDB Blog)}

pMariaDB Join Optimizer: Common Configuration Mistakes and Best Practices When configuring MariaDB’s join optimizer for better query performance, even experienced DBAs can make critical syntax errors that prevent optimizations from working properly. The Problem: Incorrect [...]/p pThe post MariaDB Join Optimizer appeared first on The WebScale Database Infrastructure Architecture, Engineering [...]

Published Monday, 02. June 2025 05:42 • 1 months ago

Dolt turns 10! Kind of. ^{(from DoltHub Blog)}

We're writing Dolt, the world's first and only version-controlled SQL database. And we've been at it for a long time, over six years! We… [...]

Published Monday, 02. June 2025 00:00 • 1 months ago

HeatWave MySQL security series - Transparent Data Encryption ^{(from The Oracle MySQL Blog)}

Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) in Oracle HeatWave MySQL, a fully managed database service within Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), is a security feature that protects sensitive data at rest by encrypting database files at the storage level without requiring application changes. It provides industrial level data protection from unauthorized access while meeting compliance regulations like GDPR, [...]

Published Friday, 30. May 2025 20:00 • 1 months ago

MariaDB’s acquisition of Codership: Why enterprises should care ^{(from InfoWorld)}

pStruggling database company MariaDB PLC is making further efforts to get back on its feet, good news for enterprises running MariaDB or looking to adopt it. At least, that’s what analysts think after hearing of MariaDB’s announcement that it is acquiring Finnish data replication software provider Codership./p p“The acquisition stresses MariaDB’s evolution into a complete, [...]

Published Friday, 30. May 2025 19:50 • 1 months ago

Teradata partners with Fivetran to assist data centralization in VantageCloud ^{(from InfoWorld)}

pTeradata has partnered with cloud-based data integration platform provider Fivetran to help joint enterprise customers bring their data stored in multiple locations to the former’s data analytics platform, VantageCloud, to centralize data and metadata for analytics and AI use cases./p pCustomers will be able to automatically move their data into VantageCloud using the Ter [...]

Published Friday, 30. May 2025 17:10 • 1 months ago

MariaDB ODBC Connector 3.2.6 and 3.1.22 now available ^{(from MariaDB Corporation Blog)}

MariaDB is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the MariaDB Connector/ODBC 3.2.6 release. Release Notes MariaDB Connector/ODBC 3.2.6 MariaDB […] [...]

Published Friday, 30. May 2025 17:01 • 1 months ago

Database Design Best Practices for Optimal Schema & Table Structures ^{(from Devart MySQL Tool Blog)}

pLearn the essential database design best practices to optimize your schema and table structures. Implement these strategies for scalable, high-performance databases. Read more!/p pThe post Database Design Best Practices for Optimal Schema & Table Structures appeared first on Devart Blog./p [...]

Published Friday, 30. May 2025 12:46 • 1 months ago

Parameterized Queries: Complete Guide to SQL Query Parameterization ^{(from Devart MySQL Tool Blog)}

pImprove SQL query safety and performance with parameterized queries. Find out what a parameterized query is and how it protects your database. Click to learn more!/p pThe post Parameterized Queries: Complete Guide to SQL Query Parameterization appeared first on Devart Blog./p [...]

Published Friday, 30. May 2025 11:42 • 1 months ago

Tungsten Operator for Kubernetes: Cloud-Native MySQL Clustering, Simplified ^{(from Continuent Blog)}

Simplify MySQL clustering in Kubernetes with Tungsten Operator for Tungsten Cluster v8. Automate HA deployment, backups, & failover. Cloud-native MySQL is here!Tags: Tungsten Operatortungsten clusterkubernetesautomationHigh Availability [...]

Published Friday, 30. May 2025 09:11 • 1 months ago

Amazon Redshift Indexing for PostgreSQL DBAs ^{(from MinervaDB Blog)}

pAmazon Redshift Indexing for PostgreSQL DBAs: Performance Optimization Guide As a PostgreSQL DBA transitioning to Amazon Redshift, understanding the fundamental differences in indexing approaches is crucial for optimal performance. Unlike PostgreSQL’s traditional B-tree and hash [...]/p pThe post Amazon Redshift Indexing for PostgreSQL DBAs appeared first on The WebScale Database Infrastruct [...]

Published Friday, 30. May 2025 09:08 • 1 months ago

Model Context Protocol – MCP is the winner of the MariaDB AI RAG Hackathon integration track ^{(from MariaDB Foundation Blog)}

pWe recently announced the winners of the MariaDB AI RAG hackathon that we organized together with the Helsinki Python meetup group. Let’s deep dive into the integration track winner. … /p pContinue reading \"Model Context Protocol – MCP is the winner of the MariaDB AI RAG Hackathon integration track\"/p pThe post Model Context Protocol – MCP is the winner of the MariaDB AI RAG Ha [...]

Published Friday, 30. May 2025 07:13 • 1 months ago

How Flipkart Scales Over 1M QPS with Zero Downtime Maintenance ^{(from PingCAP Blog)}

pThis article is based on a technical presentation by the Flipkart engineering team at TiDB User Day India 2025. Flipkart is one of India’s largest e-commerce platforms, serving millions of users across a complex ecosystem. Its operations span the full customer journey, from product discovery to order placement, and finally to delivery. This includes three […]/p pThe post How Flipkart S [...]

Published Friday, 30. May 2025 05:54 • 1 months ago

Identifying Cacheable Queries: Using tools like pt-query-digest or the MySQL sys schema to pinpoint queries that would benefit from caching ^{(from Readyset Blog)}

IntroductionpIt’s common for DBAs to optimize queries to address bottlenecks and reduce resource contention. However, in production workloads, the most resource-intensive queries aren’t always the longest-running ones. High-frequency queries that execute quickly but are called repeatedly can collectively consume significant resources, increasing overall latency and/p [...]

Published Thursday, 29. May 2025 19:45 • 1 months ago

Pegadaian boosts both efficiency and customer satisfaction using MySQL Enterprise Edition ^{(from The Oracle MySQL Blog)}

In an era where customer expectations are higher than ever, and businesses must adapt to ever-changing technological landscapes, Pegadaian’s choice to implement MySQL Enterprise Edition has proven to be a strategic move. By upgrading their database infrastructure, the company has enhanced its application quality, ensured reliability, and most importantly, continued to deliver the high level of serv [...]

Published Thursday, 29. May 2025 17:43 • 1 months ago

Insignia Financial Uses MySQL Enterprise Edition to Improve Performance and Reduce Costs ^{(from The Oracle MySQL Blog)}

In today’s fast-paced financial environment, ensuring that core systems are secure, high-performing, and cost-effective is essential for maintaining a competitive edge. For Insignia Financial, upgrading to MySQL Enterprise Edition has not only addressed the challenges of database performance, security, and administrative overhead but has also provided substantial savings in licensing costs. Read th [...]

Published Thursday, 29. May 2025 17:17 • 1 months ago

How to Safely Upgrade InnoDB Cluster From MySQL 8.0 to 8.4 ^{(from Percona Database Blog)}

♦In this blog, we continue from where we left off in the previous post, InnoDB Cluster Setup: Building a 3-Node High Availability Architecture, where we demonstrated how to set up a MySQL InnoDB Cluster with three nodes to achieve high availability. Here, we walk through the step-by-step process of performing a rolling upgrade of that […] [...]

Published Thursday, 29. May 2025 13:17 • 1 months ago

Helsinki Python Hackathon – a role model for future MariaDB hackathons! ^{(from MariaDB Foundation Blog)}

pOne of the most fun and rewarding activities the past two-three months has been working with the participants in the Helsinki Python hackathon on MariaDB Vector. … /p pContinue reading \"Helsinki Python Hackathon – a role model for future MariaDB hackathons!\"/p pThe post Helsinki Python Hackathon – a role model for future MariaDB hackathons! appeared first on MariaDB.org./p [...]

Published Thursday, 29. May 2025 09:03 • 1 months ago

Helsinki Python meetup with AI RAG and MariaDB Foundation ^{(from MariaDB Foundation Blog)}

pThe Helsinki Python meetup on Tuesday 27th May was hosted by MariaDB Foundation with nearly 100 participants of the 2600+ members of the Helsinki python meetup community. … /p pContinue reading \"Helsinki Python meetup with AI RAG and MariaDB Foundation\"/p pThe post Helsinki Python meetup with AI RAG and MariaDB Foundation appeared first on MariaDB.org./p [...]

Published Wednesday, 28. May 2025 07:57 • 1 months ago

Building Intelligent AI Agents: A New Data Application Paradigm with MCP and TiDB ^{(from PingCAP Blog)}

pWe’ve entered the Agentic AI Era—a new phase where large language models (LLMs) go beyond understanding instructions to actively making decisions and autonomously executing tasks. In this landscape, the ability to efficiently integrate LLMs with external systems, particularly databases, has become critical for building truly powerful AI applications. The Model Context Protocol (MCP) has emer [...]

Published Wednesday, 28. May 2025 07:56 • 1 months ago

What is a Vector in AI and RAG? ^{(from Programming Brain)}

What exactly is a Vector embedding in AI apps and how to use them in RAG architectures? [...]

Published Wednesday, 28. May 2025 07:38 • 1 months ago

Introducing Full-Text Search for TiDB: Enhancing RAG Applications with Hybrid Search ^{(from PingCAP Blog)}

pAt PingCAP, we strive to make TiDB your all-in-one AI database, capable of handling any workload seamlessly to fulfill the demand of the fast-evolving AI ecosystem. With vector search already available in TiDB, we are now excited to announce the native support for full-text search (beta) in TiDB Cloud Serverless clusters. Full-text search allows you […]/p pThe post Introducing Full-Text Sear [...]

Published Wednesday, 28. May 2025 07:14 • 1 months ago

Why Fresh Data, SQL, and Unified Platforms Are Your Competitive Edge for AI Applications ^{(from PingCAP Blog)}

pDelivering truly personalized AI experiences is complex. It requires Large Language Models (LLMs) to access relevant personal or organizational information and possess the intelligence to translate needs into tangible actions. This pursuit has been a key direction in GenAI application development. With foundational models like GPT-4o and DeepSeek-V2 becoming genuinely practical, their reasoning an [...]

Published Wednesday, 28. May 2025 05:46 • 1 months ago

MariaDB to Dolt Replication ^{(from DoltHub Blog)}

Dolt is the world's first and only version-controlled SQL database. It gives you the power of a SQL database to quickly and expressively… [...]

Published Wednesday, 28. May 2025 00:00 • 1 months ago

Troubleshooting Thread Contention in Apache Cassandra ^{(from MinervaDB Blog)}

pMastering Thread Contention in Apache Cassandra: A DBA’s Complete Guide As Cassandra DBAs, we’ve all been there—your cluster is running smoothly until suddenly latencies spike, CPU usage soars, but throughput plummets. Welcome to the world [...]/p pThe post Troubleshooting Thread Contention in Apache Cassandra appeared first on The WebScale Database Infrastructure Architecture, Enginee [...]

Published Tuesday, 27. May 2025 19:28 • 1 months ago

Amazon RDS for MySQL announces Extended Support minor 5.7.44-RDS.20250508 ^{(from AWS What's New)}

pAmazon Relational Database Service (RDS) for MySQL now supports new Amazon RDS Extended Support minor version 5.7.44-RDS.20250508. We recommend that you upgrade to this version to fix known security vulnerabilities and bugs in prior versions of MySQL. Learn more about upgrading your database instances, including minor and major version upgrades, in the Amazon RDS User Guide.br br Amazon RDS Extend [...]

Published Tuesday, 27. May 2025 17:00 • 1 months ago

The Best MySQL Active/Active Solution Gets Better! ^{(from Continuent Blog)}

Discover how Tungsten Cluster v8 builds on the already powerful v7, adding Kubernetes support, REST API v2, stronger security, and lots of enhancements to redefine MySQL clustering.Tags: MySQLactive/activetungsten clusterClusteringkubernetes [...]

Published Tuesday, 27. May 2025 15:56 • 1 months ago

AWS adds observability support to Aurora PostgreSQL Limitless ^{(from InfoWorld)}

pAmazon Web Services (AWS) has added observability support to its managed Aurora PostgreSQL Limitless service to help enterprises monitor the health of their database fleet and troubleshoot issues around it./p pObservability of databases is crucial for enterprise stakeholders, including DevOps engineers, application developers, and database administrators (DBAs), as it all [...]

Published Tuesday, 27. May 2025 11:19 • 1 months ago

Driving Real-Time Engineering Insights with MySQL Enterprise Edition: The Power Behind Nibana’s ESEC Platform ^{(from The Oracle MySQL Blog)}

ESEC leverages MySQL Enterprise Edition from Oracle to process millions of transactions in real-time, ensuring that stakeholders across the organization have access to accurate and timely insights. Whether it's a design consultancy firm managing a few hundred licenses or a multinational corporation tracking thousands of users working across the globe, ESEC scales to meet the complexity of diverse o [...]

Published Tuesday, 27. May 2025 02:46 • 1 months ago

Union Mobile Financial Technology Co., Ltd. (UMF) Chooses MySQL Enterprise Edition for its Mobile Financial Systems ^{(from The Oracle MySQL Blog)}

UMF’s choice of MySQL Enterprise Edition has proven to be a critical component in delivering secure, stable, and affordable mobile financial systems to their clients. From protecting sensitive customer data to ensuring system uptime and supporting cost-conscious businesses, MySQL continues to help UMF lead the way in the mobile financial technology space. For UMF, MySQL is not just a database solut [...]

Published Tuesday, 27. May 2025 02:01 • 1 months ago

Parkson Credit Levels Up Security with MySQL Enterprise Edition ^{(from The Oracle MySQL Blog)}

Parkson Credit’s selection of MySQL Enterprise Edition has allowed the company to significantly enhance its security, availability, and operational efficiency. The comprehensive suite of features, from enterprise encryption to high availability and disaster recovery, ensured that Parkson Credit not only met regulatory requirements but also provided a seamless and secure experience for their custome [...]

Published Tuesday, 27. May 2025 01:22 • 1 months ago

HeatWave REST Service - The Ultimate REST Builder for MySQL Databases, Now Available Everywhere ^{(from The Oracle MySQL Blog)}

We’re thrilled to announce the general availability of the HeatWave REST Service – a powerful, fully managed cloud service that lets you instantly create RESTful API endpoints directly from your HeatWave MySQL databases, without writing a single line of backend code. [...]

Published Monday, 26. May 2025 19:18 • 1 months ago

Comparing DevOps tooling approaches: Terraform, Ansible, Chef, Puppet, and DIY scripting ^{(from Severalnines Blog)}

pIn today’s DevOps landscape, Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform, Ansible, Chef, and Puppet have become essential for automating infrastructure provisioning and configuration, streamlining deployment processes, improving consistency, and enhancing scalability, especially in heterogenous, large-scale environments. While DIY (homegrown) scripts provide flexibility necessary to serve sp [...]

Published Monday, 26. May 2025 10:02 • 1 months ago

Reviewing the Internals of MariaDB’s Vector Index 2 ^{(from Zhao Song's Blog)}

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Published Monday, 26. May 2025 00:00 • 1 months ago

The Round Table Expands: A Queen’s Reflections on Unity and Momentum ^{(from MariaDB Foundation Blog)}

pLegend says Queen Guinevere once presided over a court where knights debated honor and destiny. In my version, the knights bring code diffs, sponsorship agreements, and opinions on open source governance. … /p pContinue reading \"The Round Table Expands: A Queen’s Reflections on Unity and Momentum\"/p pThe post The Round Table Expands: A Queen’s Reflections on Unity and Momentum appeared fir [...]

Published Sunday, 25. May 2025 14:47 • 1 months ago

ACID at Scale: Why MySQL Needs a Distributed SQL Alternative ^{(from PingCAP Blog)}

pMySQL’s simplicity and robust single-instance ACID guarantees have made it a developer favorite for years. The familiar ease of use, quick installation, and a rich ecosystem contribute to its widespread adoption. InnoDB, its default storage engine, ensures Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, and Durability (ACID), which are vital for data integrity and defined as follows: However, this [̷ [...]

Published Saturday, 24. May 2025 20:20 • 2 months ago

Ironclad Security for Your MySQL Databases ^{(from The Oracle MySQL Blog)}

Your MySQL databases are the backbone of your operations, housing invaluable and often sensitive information. But with increasing cyber threats and evolving regulatory landscapes, securing them can feel like an overwhelming challenge. Can you build a security program that's not just compliant, but truly resilient against the ever-present dangers of data breaches and cyberattacks? The good news is, [...]

Published Friday, 23. May 2025 16:22 • 2 months ago

What Oracle Missed, We Fixed: More Performant Query Processing in Percona Server for MySQL ^{(from Percona Database Blog)}

♦At Percona, we constantly search for ways to make query processing more performant. Our activities include continuous monitoring of Percona Server for MySQL performance by doing performance regression tests. We also challenge Percona Server for MySQL with newly designed tests and analyze bottlenecks for possible improvements. Among our activities in this area is monitoring what […] [...]

Published Friday, 23. May 2025 13:21 • 2 months ago

.NET Aspire update includes AI debugging via GitHub Copilot ^{(from InfoWorld)}

p.NET Aspire 9.3, the latest version of Microsoft’s cloud-ready stack for building distributed applications, has been released. The current update leverages GitHub Copilot as an AI debugging assistant./p pIntroduced May 19 and billed as a minor release, .NET Aspire 9.3 makes AI-based Copilot available in the Aspire dashboard. Copilot supercharges the dashboard’s OpenTeleme [...]

Published Friday, 23. May 2025 09:00 • 2 months ago

Scoped Vector Search with the MyVector Plugin for MySQL – Part I ^{(from AskDba)}

Semantic Search with SQL Simplicity and Operational Control Introduction Vector search is redefining how we work with unstructured and semantic data. Until recently, integrating it into traditional relational databases like MySQL required external services, extra infrastructure, or awkward workarounds. That changes with the MyVector plugin — a native vector indexing and search extension purpose-bui [...]

Published Friday, 23. May 2025 01:21 • 2 months ago

Amazon Aurora Global Database introduces support for up to 10 secondary Regions ^{(from AWS Database Blog)}

In this post, we dive deep into Amazon Aurora Global Database's new support for up to 10 secondary Regions and explore use cases it unlocks. An Aurora Global Database consists of one primary Region and up to 10 read-only secondary Regions for low-latency local reads. [...]

Published Thursday, 22. May 2025 22:58 • 2 months ago

MariaDB Community Server 11.4.7 and 10.11.13 releases ^{(from MariaDB Corporation Blog)}

MariaDB is pleased to announce the immediate availability of MariaDB Community Server 11.4.7, and 10.11.13 maintenance releases. See the release […] [...]

Published Thursday, 22. May 2025 17:03 • 2 months ago

Amazon Aurora reduces cross-Region Global Database Switchover time to typically under 30 seconds ^{(from AWS What's New)}

pAmazon Aurora for MySQL and Amazon Aurora for PostgreSQL now offer faster Global Database cross-Region switchover, reducing recovery time for read/write operations to typically under 30 seconds and enhancing availability for applications operating at a global scale.br br With Global Database, a single Aurora cluster can span multiple AWS Regions, providing disaster recovery from Region-wide outage [...]

Published Thursday, 22. May 2025 17:00 • 2 months ago

Managing Resource Isolation: Optimizing Performance Stability in TiDB ^{(from PingCAP Blog)}

pIn complex business environments, resource isolation is critical to ensure stability, performance, and efficient resource utilization. TiDB offers robust features for resource control, allowing you to achieve efficient resource isolation across multiple levels: This blog focuses on best practices for flow-based resource isolation, helping you understand how to control and isolate workloads at runt [...]

Published Thursday, 22. May 2025 15:13 • 2 months ago

long_query_time for Optimal Query Monitoring ^{(from Shattered Silicon OSDB Blog)}

pProblem In order to facilitate query monitoring in MySQL and MariaDB, you have two options for sourcing the data: performance_schema slow_query_log performance_schema is cheap, but it lacks some of the important information. Specifically, it provides little or no visibility of any queries that run as prepared statements (unless they haven’t been torn down yet – […]/p pThe post lo [...]

Published Thursday, 22. May 2025 13:20 • 2 months ago

OS Platform End of Life (EOL) Announcement for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS ^{(from Percona Community Blog)}

pUbuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) is scheduled to reach its official end of life on May 31, 2025. In alignment with the upstream vendor’s lifecycle, we are also ending platform support for Ubuntu 20.04 for all our MySQL related product offerings. This date and others are published in advance on our Percona Release Lifecycle Overview page./p pAs part of our support policy, Percona will continue [...]

Published Thursday, 22. May 2025 00:00 • 2 months ago

How to Convince Your DBA to Run Dolt ^{(from DoltHub Blog)}

So, you found this cool, new database with all the version control features of Git. It's got a funny name, Dolt. It looks like it fits your… [...]

Published Thursday, 22. May 2025 00:00 • 2 months ago

Azure Database for MySQL bindings for Azure Functions (General Availability) ^{(from Azure for MySQL Blog)}

pWe’re thrilled to announce the general availability (GA) of Azure Database for MySQL Input and Output bindings for Azure Functions—a powerful way to build event-driven, serverless applications that seamlessly integrate with your MySQL databases./p Key Capabilities pWith this GA release, your applications can use:/p ul liInput bindings that allow your function to retrieve data from a [...]

Published Wednesday, 21. May 2025 19:59 • 2 months ago

MySQL Hypergraph Optimizer ^{(from The Oracle MySQL Blog)}

Let's have a look at the new MySQL Optimizer: Hypergraph [...]

Published Wednesday, 21. May 2025 18:01 • 2 months ago

Amazon RDS now supports easy retrieval of engine lifecycle support dates ^{(from AWS What's New)}

pAmazon RDS announces a new capability that helps you view engine lifecycle support dates for your databases. This new feature provides a centralized and convenient place to access engine support dates, offering greater control over your database lifecycle management.br br You can view start and end dates for RDS Standard Support and RDS Extended Support for RDS and Aurora major engine versions thr [...]

Published Wednesday, 21. May 2025 17:00 • 2 months ago

MySQL Hypergraph Optimizer ^{(from lefred's blog)}

During the last MySQL & HeatWave Summit, Wim Coekaerts announced that a new optimizer is available and is already enabled in MySQL HeatWave. Let’s have a quick look at it and how to use it. The first step is to verify that Hypergraph is available: The statement won’t return any error if the Hypergraph Optimizer […] [...]

Published Wednesday, 21. May 2025 15:33 • 2 months ago

Evaluate MariaDB’s Powerful Database Proxy: Introducing MaxScale Trial ^{(from MariaDB Corporation Blog)}

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Published Wednesday, 21. May 2025 14:34 • 2 months ago

Using dlt to get data from Db2 to PostgreSQL ^{(from dbi Blog)}

pFor a recent project at one of our customers we needed to get data from a Db2 database into PostgreSQL. The first solution we thought of was the foreign data wrapper for Db2. This is usually easy to setup and configure and all you need are the client libraries (for Db2 in this case). But […]/p pL’article Using dlt to get data from Db2 to PostgreSQL est apparu en premier sur dbi Blog./p [...]

Published Wednesday, 21. May 2025 11:34 • 2 months ago

Introducing Tungsten Dashboard v8: A New Era for MySQL Cluster Management ^{(from Continuent Blog)}

Discover Tungsten Dashboard v8, the next-gen UI for MySQL & MariaDB clusters. Featuring a new communication protocol, improved security, and user-friendly operation triggers. Learn how to upgrade and streamline your database infrastructure today!Tags: tungsten dashboardtungsten clusterdemogui [...]

Published Wednesday, 21. May 2025 08:07 • 2 months ago

Never-Down MySQL: A Blueprint for Uninterrupted Business Operations ^{(from The Oracle MySQL Blog)}

Uninterrupted IT is vital. MySQL Reference Architectures for High Availability offers blueprints to ensure your MySQL databases are always available, minimizing costly downtime. From Bronze to Platinum, these tiers provide tailored solutions for on-premises, cloud, or hybrid environments. [...]

Published Tuesday, 20. May 2025 18:57 • 2 months ago

Amazon RDS for MariaDB now supports community MariaDB minor versions 10.5.29 and 10.6.22 ^{(from AWS What's New)}

pAmazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for MariaDB now supports community MariaDB minor versions 10.5.29 and 10.6.22. We recommend that you upgrade to the latest minor versions to fix known security vulnerabilities in prior versions of MariaDB, and to benefit from the bug fixes, performance improvements, and new functionality added by the MariaDB community.br br You can leverage automatic [...]

Published Tuesday, 20. May 2025 17:00 • 2 months ago

Announcing key maintenance experience enhancements for Azure Database for MySQL ^{(from Azure for MySQL Blog)}

pWe are pleased to share a set of major enhancements to the maintenance experience for Azure Database for MySQL, designed to give customers more control, visibility, and predictability over how maintenance is orchestrated across their environments. These improvements are now available through the Azure Portal and are the direct result of feedback from users managing MySQL at scale./p Virtual Canary [...]

Published Tuesday, 20. May 2025 16:00 • 2 months ago

InnoDB Cluster: Set Up Router and Validate Failover ^{(from Percona Database Blog)}

♦Setting up an InnoDB Cluster requires three key components: Group Replication, MySQL Shell, and MySQL Router. In the previous post, we covered the process of building a 3-node InnoDB Cluster. In this post, we shift our focus to configuring MySQL Router and validating failover functionality. Environment overview We are using three InnoDB Cluster nodes along […] [...]

Published Tuesday, 20. May 2025 15:35 • 2 months ago

Planet for the MySQL Community

A blog aggregator for the MySQL Community/Ecosystem

Tuesday, 08. July 2025

How TalentNeuron optimized data operations and cut costs and modernized with Amazon Aurora I/O-Optimized (from AWS Database Blog)

TiDB Cloud Dedicated Now in Public Preview on Microsoft Azure: Distributed SQL, Anywhere You Need It (from PingCAP Blog)

Caching (from PlanetScale Blog)

Monday, 07. July 2025

When Query Optimization Isn’t Enough: Solving MySQL Overload with Caching (from Readyset Blog)

Sunday, 06. July 2025

MongoDB Contention Deep Dive (from MinervaDB Blog)

To BLOB or not to BLOB? The image storage dilemma (from Vettabase)

Saturday, 05. July 2025

TiDB Selection Framework for Enterprise Architecture (from MinervaDB Blog)

Friday, 04. July 2025

Advanced TiDB SQL Optimization (from MinervaDB Blog)

Bringing Oracle’s Associative Arrays to MariaDB (from MariaDB Foundation Blog)

Tuning TiDB Server Parameters for Optimal Performance (from MinervaDB Blog)

Webinar Recap: Mastering the New MySQL 8.4 Audit Log Filter | Mydbops (from Mydbops Blog)

Thursday, 03. July 2025

How Conga Transforms Revenue Lifecycle Management with TiDB (from PingCAP Blog)

MariaDB Node.js Connector 3.4.4 now available (from MariaDB Corporation Blog)

HeatWave MySQL Database Audit (from MySQL expert Diary)

MySQL Analysis: With an AI-Powered CLI Tool (from Another MySQL DBA)

How to Use AI for MySQL: Optimizing Queries and Database Management (from Devart MySQL Tool Blog)

AI for Data Analytics: Unlocking the Power of Data Insights (from Devart MySQL Tool Blog)

A Tale of Two Databases: How PostgreSQL and MySQL Handle Torn Pages (from Percona Database Blog)

Alibaba Cloud launches Eigen+ to cut costs and boost reliability for enterprise databases (from InfoWorld)

The principles of extreme fault tolerance (from PlanetScale Blog)

Wednesday, 02. July 2025

AWS DMS validation: A custom serverless architecture (from AWS Database Blog)

MariaDB Node.js Connector 3.4.3 now available (from MariaDB Corporation Blog)

Register now for the MySQL Global Forum – a Free Virtual Event (from The Oracle MySQL Blog)

Boost your MySQL apps: why enterprises are migrating MySQL databases to Azure (from Azure for MySQL Blog)

How to Create a Database from Scratch: A Step-by-Step Guide (from Devart MySQL Tool Blog)

Testing ReadySet as a Query Cacher for PostgreSQL (Plus ProxySQL and HAproxy) Part 2: Test Results (from Percona Database Blog)

The Agentic Software Engineer (from DoltHub Blog)

Tuesday, 01. July 2025

MariaDB Java Connector 3.5.4 now available (from MariaDB Corporation Blog)

TiDB SCaiLE 2025 Call for Proposals (CFP) is Now Open! (from PingCAP Blog)

Amazon Aurora MySQL and Amazon RDS for MySQL integration with Amazon SageMaker is now available (from AWS What's New)

Hetzner Becomes Gold Sponsor of the MariaDB Foundation: Powering Our Build Infrastructure (from MariaDB Foundation Blog)

Galera Cluster for MySQL 8.0.42-26.23 and 8.4.5-26.23 (from MinervaDB Blog)

MySQL InnoDB Cluster Deployment Guide (from Mydbops Blog)

Announcing PlanetScale for Postgres (from PlanetScale Blog)

Benchmarking Postgres (from PlanetScale Blog)

Monday, 30. June 2025

Seamlessly connect to your HeatWave MySQL from VS Code using the MySQL Shell Extension (from The Oracle MySQL Blog)

Fintech startups choose HeatWave MySQL (from The Oracle MySQL Blog)

MySQL Shell in VS Code: A Modern Way to Work with Your Data (from The Oracle MySQL Blog)

Building Horizontally Scalable RDS Infrastructure (from MinervaDB Blog)

The MySQL SQL Error 1064 Blues (from Dave's MySQL Stuff)

Toying around with MariaDB : query cache edition (from The consistent voice)

MySQL Legend 2024. Q&A with Shlomi Noach (from ODBMS.org)

Percona Bug Report: June 2025 (from Percona Community Blog)

Saturday, 28. June 2025

Vector Index Algorithms in Milvus (from MinervaDB Blog)

Extending Milvus with Custom Plugins and Extensions (from MinervaDB Blog)

On Deploying AI at the Enterprise Level. Q&A with Nadeem Asghar. (from ODBMS.org)

Friday, 27. June 2025

Supercharging AWS database development with AWS MCP servers (from AWS Database Blog)

Milvus Migration Strategies (from MinervaDB Blog)

Leveling up Amazon RDS with AWS Graviton4: Benchmarks (from AWS Database Blog)

Managing PostgreSQL on Kubernetes with Percona Everest’s REST API (from Percona Database Blog)

Nextcloud joins MariaDB Foundation as Silver Sponsor, strengthening the European open source backbone (from MariaDB Foundation Blog)

PostgreSQL Threat Modeling for FinTech (from MinervaDB Blog)

Thursday, 26. June 2025

Track MySQL Table Activity: Know your Hot, Cold, and Static Tables (from The Oracle MySQL Blog)

Percona XtraDB Cluster: Our Commitment to Open Source High Availability (from Percona Database Blog)

Handle CSV files with HeatWave MySQL (from MySQL expert Diary)

Automating Machine Learning with MySQL HeatWave Service: A Guide for DBAs & Developers (from MySQL Solutions - On Premises & Cloud)

Build Real-Time Data Analytics and Visualization Using Kafka, S3, HeatWave on AWS, and QuickSight (from MySQL Solutions - On Premises & Cloud)

MariaDB 12.1 preview available (from MariaDB Foundation Blog)

Wednesday, 25. June 2025

MySQL Entity Relationship Maps With DBeaver (from Dave's MySQL Stuff)

Using Percona Everest Operator CRDs to Manage Databases in Kubernetes (from Percona Database Blog)

How to Convert MS Access Database to MySQL (from Devart MySQL Tool Blog)

Galera Cluster for MySQL 8.0.42-26.23 and 8.4.5-26.23 released (from Galera Blog)

Tuesday, 24. June 2025

Crest Infosolutions LLC Joins MariaDB Foundation as Silver Sponsor (from MariaDB Foundation Blog)

Why Switch.ch Chose MariaDB: A Swiss Case Study in Open Source, Digital Sovereignty, and Academic IT (from MariaDB Foundation Blog)

How TalentNeuron optimized data operations and cut costs and modernized with Amazon Aurora I/O-Optimized ^{(from AWS Database Blog)}

TiDB Cloud Dedicated Now in Public Preview on Microsoft Azure: Distributed SQL, Anywhere You Need It ^{(from PingCAP Blog)}

Caching ^{(from PlanetScale Blog)}

When Query Optimization Isn’t Enough: Solving MySQL Overload with Caching ^{(from Readyset Blog)}

MongoDB Contention Deep Dive ^{(from MinervaDB Blog)}

To BLOB or not to BLOB? The image storage dilemma ^{(from Vettabase)}

TiDB Selection Framework for Enterprise Architecture ^{(from MinervaDB Blog)}

Advanced TiDB SQL Optimization ^{(from MinervaDB Blog)}

Bringing Oracle’s Associative Arrays to MariaDB ^{(from MariaDB Foundation Blog)}

Tuning TiDB Server Parameters for Optimal Performance ^{(from MinervaDB Blog)}

Webinar Recap: Mastering the New MySQL 8.4 Audit Log Filter | Mydbops ^{(from Mydbops Blog)}

How Conga Transforms Revenue Lifecycle Management with TiDB ^{(from PingCAP Blog)}

MariaDB Node.js Connector 3.4.4 now available ^{(from MariaDB Corporation Blog)}

HeatWave MySQL Database Audit ^{(from MySQL expert Diary)}

MySQL Analysis: With an AI-Powered CLI Tool ^{(from Another MySQL DBA)}

How to Use AI for MySQL: Optimizing Queries and Database Management ^{(from Devart MySQL Tool Blog)}

AI for Data Analytics: Unlocking the Power of Data Insights ^{(from Devart MySQL Tool Blog)}

A Tale of Two Databases: How PostgreSQL and MySQL Handle Torn Pages ^{(from Percona Database Blog)}

Alibaba Cloud launches Eigen+ to cut costs and boost reliability for enterprise databases ^{(from InfoWorld)}

The principles of extreme fault tolerance ^{(from PlanetScale Blog)}

AWS DMS validation: A custom serverless architecture ^{(from AWS Database Blog)}

MariaDB Node.js Connector 3.4.3 now available ^{(from MariaDB Corporation Blog)}

Register now for the MySQL Global Forum – a Free Virtual Event ^{(from The Oracle MySQL Blog)}

Boost your MySQL apps: why enterprises are migrating MySQL databases to Azure ^{(from Azure for MySQL Blog)}

How to Create a Database from Scratch: A Step-by-Step Guide ^{(from Devart MySQL Tool Blog)}

Testing ReadySet as a Query Cacher for PostgreSQL (Plus ProxySQL and HAproxy) Part 2: Test Results ^{(from Percona Database Blog)}

The Agentic Software Engineer ^{(from DoltHub Blog)}

MariaDB Java Connector 3.5.4 now available ^{(from MariaDB Corporation Blog)}

TiDB SCaiLE 2025 Call for Proposals (CFP) is Now Open! ^{(from PingCAP Blog)}

Amazon Aurora MySQL and Amazon RDS for MySQL integration with Amazon SageMaker is now available ^{(from AWS What's New)}

Hetzner Becomes Gold Sponsor of the MariaDB Foundation: Powering Our Build Infrastructure ^{(from MariaDB Foundation Blog)}

Galera Cluster for MySQL 8.0.42-26.23 and 8.4.5-26.23 ^{(from MinervaDB Blog)}

MySQL InnoDB Cluster Deployment Guide ^{(from Mydbops Blog)}

Announcing PlanetScale for Postgres ^{(from PlanetScale Blog)}

Benchmarking Postgres ^{(from PlanetScale Blog)}

Seamlessly connect to your HeatWave MySQL from VS Code using the MySQL Shell Extension ^{(from The Oracle MySQL Blog)}

Fintech startups choose HeatWave MySQL ^{(from The Oracle MySQL Blog)}

MySQL Shell in VS Code: A Modern Way to Work with Your Data ^{(from The Oracle MySQL Blog)}

Building Horizontally Scalable RDS Infrastructure ^{(from MinervaDB Blog)}

The MySQL SQL Error 1064 Blues ^{(from Dave's MySQL Stuff)}

Toying around with MariaDB : query cache edition ^{(from The consistent voice)}

MySQL Legend 2024. Q&A with Shlomi Noach ^{(from ODBMS.org)}

Percona Bug Report: June 2025 ^{(from Percona Community Blog)}

Vector Index Algorithms in Milvus ^{(from MinervaDB Blog)}

Extending Milvus with Custom Plugins and Extensions ^{(from MinervaDB Blog)}

On Deploying AI at the Enterprise Level. Q&A with Nadeem Asghar. ^{(from ODBMS.org)}

Supercharging AWS database development with AWS MCP servers ^{(from AWS Database Blog)}

Milvus Migration Strategies ^{(from MinervaDB Blog)}

Leveling up Amazon RDS with AWS Graviton4: Benchmarks ^{(from AWS Database Blog)}

Managing PostgreSQL on Kubernetes with Percona Everest’s REST API ^{(from Percona Database Blog)}

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PostgreSQL Threat Modeling for FinTech ^{(from MinervaDB Blog)}

Track MySQL Table Activity: Know your Hot, Cold, and Static Tables ^{(from The Oracle MySQL Blog)}

Percona XtraDB Cluster: Our Commitment to Open Source High Availability ^{(from Percona Database Blog)}

Handle CSV files with HeatWave MySQL ^{(from MySQL expert Diary)}

Automating Machine Learning with MySQL HeatWave Service: A Guide for DBAs & Developers ^{(from MySQL Solutions - On Premises & Cloud)}

Build Real-Time Data Analytics and Visualization Using Kafka, S3, HeatWave on AWS, and QuickSight ^{(from MySQL Solutions - On Premises & Cloud)}

MariaDB 12.1 preview available ^{(from MariaDB Foundation Blog)}

MySQL Entity Relationship Maps With DBeaver ^{(from Dave's MySQL Stuff)}

Using Percona Everest Operator CRDs to Manage Databases in Kubernetes ^{(from Percona Database Blog)}

How to Convert MS Access Database to MySQL ^{(from Devart MySQL Tool Blog)}

Galera Cluster for MySQL 8.0.42-26.23 and 8.4.5-26.23 released ^{(from Galera Blog)}

Crest Infosolutions LLC Joins MariaDB Foundation as Silver Sponsor ^{(from MariaDB Foundation Blog)}

Why Switch.ch Chose MariaDB: A Swiss Case Study in Open Source, Digital Sovereignty, and Academic IT ^{(from MariaDB Foundation Blog)}

Sysadmin’s Inconceivable Tales: The Hanging Build – Part 2 ^{(from Shattered Silicon OSDB Blog)}

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Protect Your MySQL Databases: Simple Security Steps Anyone Can Follow ^{(from Webyog Blog)}

MySQL Meetups and Events with 30 years of MySQL Celebration! - UPDATED ^{(from The Oracle MySQL Blog)}

MongoDB FTDC ^{(from MinervaDB Blog)}

Roman Agabekov, Author at MySQL Blog by Releem ^{(from Releem Blog)}

MySQL Group Replication vs MariaDB Galera Cluster ^{(from MinervaDB Blog)}

Troubleshooting InnoDB Write Performance Bottlenecks ^{(from MinervaDB Blog)}

May 2025 at Releem: Configuration History for MySQL & MariaDB ^{(from Releem Blog)}

11 Best AI Coding Assistants: Top Tools Every Developer Needs in 2025 ^{(from Devart MySQL Tool Blog)}

Optimizing Azure Database for MySQL ^{(from MinervaDB Blog)}

Migrate a self-managed MySQL database to Amazon Aurora MySQL using AWS DMS homogeneous data migrations ^{(from AWS Database Blog)}

Build Smarter with MariaDB MCP Server: AI-Ready, Vector-Enabled ^{(from MariaDB Corporation Blog)}

New Silver Sponsor: Releem Boosts MariaDB Performance with Smarter Tuning and Optimization ^{(from MariaDB Foundation Blog)}

Securing User Accounts in PostgreSQL ^{(from MinervaDB Blog)}

Principles and Metrics for MongoDB Capacity Planning and Sizing ^{(from MinervaDB Blog)}