Percona white papers present information on a variety of topics, such as in-depth analyses and recommendations for common issues faced by database developers and administrators. The results of our benchmarking tests on software and hardware solutions are also presented. Where appropriate, Percona white papers present best practice recommendations that are based on our in-depth experience developed through working with leading technology users.


Why Customers Choose Percona for MongoDB

Customers choose Percona because MongoDB runs better with Percona. By ‘better’, we mean that we harness the perfect blend of our own MongoDB experts, consultants, and developers, plus Percona’s own MongoDB software distribution, to provide enterprise-class performance and support for your databases. Read our latest white paper to discover how Percona can help you make the most of your MongoDB database.

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Do I Need Support, Managed Services, or Professional Services?

Whether on-premises or in the cloud, the performance of your database environment is a crucial component of your database operations. Percona makes open source database environments faster and more reliable.

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Fixing Data Slowdowns Without Breaking the Bank

What if you could speed up performance and scale your systems, thereby lowering costs?

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Using Open Source Software to Ensure the Security of Your MongoDB Database

In this document, Percona expert Barrett Chambers details the security options that exist in open source MongoDB software.

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Scaling and Managing Technology Costs in an Economic Downturn

During economic downturns companies need to minimize the impact on their businesses by looking for ways to reduce costs, slim budgets, and capitalize on their existing tools, systems and services.

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Beyond Relational Databases: A Focus on Redis, MongoDB, and ClickHouse

Many of us use and love relational databases… until we try and use them for purposes which aren’t their strong point.

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Is MongoDB the New Oracle?

One reason why open source has grown and thrived is that it helps users to avoid vendor lock-in. However, what is good for investor profitability is not always good for the end-user or community as a whole.

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The Five Roles You Need to Fill Before Migrating to DBaaS

Before you migrate to DBaaS there are crucial questions that need to be addressed, and roles you need to fill in your organization to make sure these questions are answered.

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Does Migration to the Cloud Eliminate the Need for a DBA?

When you look back at most outages and customer slowdowns, you often can tie these back to a series of events that started early in the lifecycle of an application.

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Paid Support or Self-Support: That Is the Question

It wasn’t long ago that the idea of an open source revolution was dismissed by most major IT business analysts and investors, skeptical about the viability of the open source business model and how it would really impact commercial software.

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