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MariaDB Server maintenance releases are here! On August 24, we released updates for our four currently maintained Long Term Support series: As usual, these maintenance releases include bug fixes, stability improvements, and ongoing work across MariaDB Server. … Continue reading “MariaDB Server 12.3, 11.8, 11.4 and 10.11 – Q3 2026 Maintenance Releases, and Goodbye 10.6” MariaDB Server 12.3, 11.8, 11.4 and 10.11 – Q3 2026 Maintenance Releases, and Goodbye 10.6 appeared first on MariaDB.orgRead more

After a long break, I will be taking over reporting on the contributions. FYI, the last one was done in Jan 2025. Just like last time, I’m going to start with a breakdown of all the organizations who have contributed to MariaDB Server during the above period. … Continue reading “MariaDB Contribution Statistics, January-June 2026” MariaDB Contribution Statistics, January-June 2026 appeared first on MariaDB.orgRead more

MariaDB is pleased to announce the immediate availability of MariaDB Community Server 12.3.3, 11.8.9, 11.4.13, and 10.11.19 maintenance releases. See […]Read more

MinervaDB whitepaper on Oracle Exadata cost optimization: measure Exadata license spend, optimize in place, then migrate to PostgreSQL 18, ClickHouse 26.3 LTS, Kafka/Debezium and Valkey with code, diagrams, TCO model and a rollback-safe cutover plan. […]Read more

A production-tested BigQuery SOX compliance checklist: IAM, CMEK, audit-log retention, change management, and the SQL evidence queries auditors accept. […]Read more

MySQL 26.7 moved the Thread Pool plugin to Community edition. As of the 26.7.0 Innovation release (GA 2026-07-31), the MySQL Thread Pool — the connection-handling model Oracle reserved for MySQL Enterprise Edition for roughly fifteen […]Read more

Back in February, I wrote about Hackorum, a forum style web view of the pg-hackers mailing list. If you missed that post, you can read it here first. It turns the mailing list into something that reads and navigates a bit more like a modern forum, while the mailing list itself stays the source of truth.Read more

I would like to introduce here the curious case that I had on a Patroni Cluster in production, after a migration from Oracle, with timezone differences between what was written from an application log and what was set in PostgreSQL.Read more

Date of release: 19 August 2026 Severity: High Affected product: PMM Impacted versions: 3.9.0 and below Summary Percona has recently been made aware of a security vulnerability affecting PMM. We take the security of our products and the protection of our customers’ data with the utmost seriousness. This advisory describes the vulnerability, the immediate steps … Continued The post Security Advisory: Privileged ClickHouse access through the Grafana data source in PMM appeared first on Percona.Read more

The common practice is to size the Galera Cache based on write volume measured during peak load, but often it is more of a guesswork. The writeset cache capacity planning is crucial to shorten the maintenance time and avoid long state transfers while the cluster runs with reduced compute power. Now, if you could understand … Continued The post Stop guessing at gcache: inspect Galera/PXC write sets with gcache-inspector appeared first on Percona.Read more

The MariaDB Migrator announcement post introduced the MySQL-to-MariaDB migration tool and walked through its four modes. This post is about […]Read more

Our MariaDB 12.3 LTS webinar is now available as a free PDF download. Over 60 minutes, Shiv Iyer — Founder & CEO of MinervaDB and a database engineer who has spent three decades inside MySQL, […]Read more

MariaDB Foundation is delighted to welcome Seravo as a Silver Sponsor, turning a long-standing relationship in the open-source ecosystem into formal support for the future of MariaDB. … Continue reading “Seravo becomes a Silver Sponsor of MariaDB Foundation” Seravo becomes a Silver Sponsor of MariaDB Foundation appeared first on MariaDB.orgRead more

Percona University is coming to Montevideo. On September 23rd, 2026, we’re getting together for a full day of technical talks on open source software, and you are invited! If you work or study with open source software in Uruguay, this one is for you. It’s a whole day of learning, with the people who build … Continued The post Percona University Comes to Uruguay appeared first on Percona.Read more

MariaDB high availability reached a new baseline with MariaDB Server 12.3 LTS, GA on 2026-05-29 as version 12.3.2. For the first time, a MariaDB LTS release ships parallel replication between Galera Clusters (MDEV-20065), closing the […]Read more