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Keeping Your Data Safe: An Introduction to Data-at-Rest Encryption in Percona XtraDB Cluster. In the first part of this blog post, we learned how to enable GCache and Record-Set cache encryption in Percona XtraDB Cluster. This part will explore the details of the implementation to understand what happens behind the scenes. How does it work […]

MySQL Shell offer many features to make life easier for DBAs and developers. In this post we discuss how to view the details of the connection to a MySQL instance.

MySQL warnings are an anti-pattern when it comes to maintaining data integrity. When the information retrieved from a database does not match what was entered, and this is not identified immediately, this can be permanently lost.

Over the last few years, I have become quite smitten with MySQL Shell. For those who may not be familiar with MySQL Shell, it is a new(ish) command line interface (CLI) for connecting to and managing MySQL instances. During a recent episode of Inside MySQL: Sakila Speaks, Fred and I talked to Miguel Araujo about many of the helpful […]

Over the last few years, I have become quite smitten with MySQL Shell. For those who may not be familiar with MySQL Shell, it is a new(ish) command line interface (CLI) for connecting to and managing MySQL instances. During a recent episode of Inside MySQL: Sakila Speaks, Fred and I talked to Miguel Araujo about many of the helpful […]

Some 15 years ago, when Oracle acquired Sun, and hence MySQL, there was a lot of talk on the internet over when Oracle was going to “Kill MySQL”.  Multiple theories were circled around, ranging from killing MySQL altogether, so there is less competition to proprietary Oracle, or just killing it as an open source project, […]

Keeping Your Data Safe: An Introduction to Data-at-Rest Encryption in Percona XtraDB Cluster. Data breaches are a major concern today. Whether you’re a business owner or value your privacy, the thought of your sensitive information being exposed is unsettling. Fortunately, data-at-rest encryption can help. Think of it as a sophisticated lock that scrambles your data, […]

OpenLiteSpeed is a lightweight and open-source version of the LiteSpeed Server developed by LiteSpeed Technologies. It supports Apache Rewrite rules, HTTP/2 and HTTP/3, and TLS v1.3 and QUIC protocols. This tutorial will show you how to install an OpenLiteSpeed Server on Ubuntu 24.04.

MySQL Shell offer many features to make life easier for DBAs and developers. In this post we discuss how to check if a database instance has any compatibility issues in upgrading to a newer versions of MySQL.

Over the last few years, I have become quite smitten with MySQL Shell. For those who may not be familiar with MySQL Shell, it is a new(ish) command line interface (CLI) for connecting to and managing MySQL instances. During a recent episode of Inside MySQL: Sakila Speaks, Fred and I talked to Miguel Araujo about many of the helpful […]