Personal blog of Yzmir Ramirez

From a technology perspective, Redis does a great job as a database and data cache. According to 6Sense, Redis is currently the number one product as an in-memory data cache. It just works. However, that position is also a potential challenge. Redis does its job so well that, well, why should you change it? One […]

Circle September 15 on your calendar! That’s when Valkey 9.0 officially drops, bringing enterprise-grade features that solve real operational headaches without the licensing restrictions or unpredictable costs you face with Redis. If you’ve been following Valkey since it forked from Redis, this release represents a major milestone. The same engineers who built Redis now work […]

Your MySQL database has been running smoothly for years. Your team knows it inside and out. Everything just… works. Why rock the boat with an upgrade? Here’s why: MySQL 8.0 reaches its end-of-life date in April 2026. After this date, there’s no safety net; staying on end-of-life software means you’re taking on all the responsibility […]

Your MySQL database has been running smoothly for years. Your team knows it inside and out. Everything just… works. Why rock the boat with an upgrade? Here’s why: MySQL 8.0 reaches its end-of-life date in April 2026. After this date, there’s no safety net; staying on end-of-life software means you’re taking on all the responsibility […]

Percona Everest has always aimed to simplify running databases on Kubernetes. Previously, importing existing data into a new Everest database cluster required doing some tasks outside the platform, as there was no built-in way to handle it. That changes with Data Importers, a new, extensible framework introduced in Percona Everest 1.8.0 that lets you define […]

Index maintenance can be a real challenge for anyone managing databases, and what makes it even trickier is that open source databases each handle it differently. In this post, we’ll take a closer look at how those differences show up in practice, and what they mean for you. When rows are added, updated, or deleted […]

Lately, it feels like every time I go to a technical conference, someone is talking about how great PostgreSQL is. I’d think it’s just me noticing, but the rankings and surveys say otherwise. PostgreSQL is simply very popular. From old-school bare metal setups to VMs, containers, and fully managed cloud databases, PostgreSQL keeps gaining ground. And […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]