Planet MariaDB Server
Postgres + ClickHouse Architectural Patterns
The role of databases has shifted significantly as modern applications must deliver real-time analytics, dashboards, and machine learning alongside low-latency transaction processing. Handling these diverse demands with a single relational…
MariaDB Server 12.3, 11.8, 11.4 and 10.11 – Q3 2026 Maintenance Releases, and Goodbye 10.6
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…
MariaDB Contribution Statistics, January-June 2026
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…
MariaDB Community Server Q3 2026 maintenance releases
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 the release notes and changelogs for additional details on each…
Oracle Exadata Cost Optimization: Migrating to an Open Source Data Infrastructure Stack Without Compromising Performance, Scalability, Availability, or Reliability
Document ID: MDB-WP-2026-08-EXADATA-OSS | Version: 1.0 | Published: 24 August 2026 | Prepared by: MinervaDB Inc. Database Architecture Practice | Classification: Public whitepaper Oracle Exadata cost optimization has two honest…
BigQuery SOX Compliance Checklist: 12 Proven Controls
A BigQuery SOX compliance checklist succeeds or fails on four IT general control (ITGC) domains: access control, change management, operations, and monitoring. Everything an external auditor will test against your…
MySQL 26.7 Moves the Thread Pool Plugin to Community Edition
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…
Hackorum Update: What’s New Since February
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 curios case of timezone inconsistencies between PgBouncer and Patroni Cluster
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…
Security Advisory: Privileged ClickHouse access through the Grafana data source in PMM
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…
Stop guessing at gcache: inspect Galera/PXC write sets with gcache-inspector
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…
What a careful MySQL to MariaDB migration still misses
The MariaDB Migrator announcement post introduced the MySQL-to-MariaDB migration tool and walked through its four modes. This post is about what those modes are up against. The three stories below…
MariaDB 12.3 LTS Webinar: Performance, Scalability, High Availability & the AI-Native Database
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…
Seravo becomes a Silver Sponsor of MariaDB Foundation
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…
Percona University Comes to Uruguay
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…