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Matt Yonkovit

Matt Yonkovit

The HOSS, Percona

Matt is currently working as the Head of Open Source Strategy (HOSS) for Percona, a leader in open source database software and services. He has over 15 years of experience in the open source industry including over 10 years of executive-level experience leading open source teams. Matt’s experience merges the technical and business aspects of the open source database experience with both a passion for hands on development and management and the leadership of building strong teams. During his time he has created or managed business units responsible for service delivery ( consulting, support, and managed services ), customer success, product management, marketing, and operations. He currently leads efforts around Percona’s OSPO, community, and developer relations efforts. He hosts the HOSS talks FOSS podcast, writes regularly, and shares his MySQL and PostgreSQL knowledge as often as possible.

Talks

Events

Earlier Activities

Percona Community Live June 21 - Day 1

Percona Community Live June 21 - Day 1

Online

June 21, 2022

10 Deadly PostgreSQL Sins

10 Deadly PostgreSQL Sins

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June 21, 2022

The Lost Art of Database Design

The Lost Art of Database Design

Online

June 21, 2022

Tigris Data - Percona Database Podcast 75 /w Ovais Tariq

Tigris Data - Percona Database Podcast 75 /w Ovais Tariq

Online

June 16, 2022

Insight from a PostgreSQL contributor and developer: Ep 74 of the HOSS talks with Hamid Akhtar

Insight from a PostgreSQL contributor and developer: Ep 74 of the HOSS talks with Hamid Akhtar

Online

June 15, 2022

Setting Up and Using Patroni to Automate Failover in PostgreSQL - Percona Community PostgreSQL Live Stream

Setting Up and Using Patroni to Automate Failover in PostgreSQL - Percona Community PostgreSQL Live Stream

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June 14, 2022

Setting Up Backups and Scheduling Regular MySQL Backups - Percona Community MySQL Live Stream & Chat - June 10th

Setting Up Backups and Scheduling Regular MySQL Backups - Percona Community MySQL Live Stream & Chat - June 10th

Online

June 10, 2022

Zero Trust in Applications and OpenZiti - Percona Database Podcast 73 with Clint Dovholuk

Zero Trust in Applications and OpenZiti - Percona Database Podcast 73 with Clint Dovholuk

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June 9, 2022

All Things Opensource Data Warehouse -  Percona Database Podcast 72 /w Robert Hodges

All Things Opensource Data Warehouse - Percona Database Podcast 72 /w Robert Hodges

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June 7, 2022

Setting up failover via a replica for PostgreSQL - Percona Community PostgreSQL Live Stream & Chat - June, 3rd

Setting up failover via a replica for PostgreSQL - Percona Community PostgreSQL Live Stream & Chat - June, 3rd

Online

June 3, 2022

The Evolving Role of the DBA to SRE/DBRE – Open Source Database Podcast 71 /w David Murphy

The Evolving Role of the DBA to SRE/DBRE – Open Source Database Podcast 71 /w David Murphy

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June 2, 2022

Making Business in Open Source Environment – Database Podcast 70 /w Joshua Drake

Making Business in Open Source Environment – Database Podcast 70 /w Joshua Drake

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May 31, 2022

Setting Up Alerts and Basic Automation for MySQL - Percona Community MySQL Live Stream & Chat - May, 27th

Setting Up Alerts and Basic Automation for MySQL - Percona Community MySQL Live Stream & Chat - May, 27th

Online

May 27, 2022

Talking database with DBA - Percona Database Podcast 69 with Ananias Tsalouchidis

Talking database with DBA - Percona Database Podcast 69 with Ananias Tsalouchidis

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May 26, 2022

Impact of the War in Ukraine on the PostgreSQL Community – HOSS Talks FOSS 68 With Bruce Momjian

Impact of the War in Ukraine on the PostgreSQL Community – HOSS Talks FOSS 68 With Bruce Momjian

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May 24, 2022

Modernize Relational Databases Through a Cloud-Native Approach – Opensource Podcast 67 /w Denis Magda

Modernize Relational Databases Through a Cloud-Native Approach – Opensource Podcast 67 /w Denis Magda

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May 12, 2022

Running MySQL at Hyper Scale, When You Know Weird Things Will Happen – Percona Database Podcast 66 – Oleksandr Kuzminskyi

Running MySQL at Hyper Scale, When You Know Weird Things Will Happen – Percona Database Podcast 66 – Oleksandr Kuzminskyi

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May 11, 2022

The HOSS Talks FOSS 65 - Andreas Scherbaum, Head of Databases at Adjust GmbH

The HOSS Talks FOSS 65 - Andreas Scherbaum, Head of Databases at Adjust GmbH

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May 10, 2022

Running 1000’s of MySQL Instances: Vaidyanathan Subramanian, Engineering Manager at Flipkart, OpenSource Database Podcast64

Running 1000’s of MySQL Instances: Vaidyanathan Subramanian, Engineering Manager at Flipkart, OpenSource Database Podcast64

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May 9, 2022

Setting Up and Installing Backups With pgBackRest - Percona Community PostgreSQL Live Stream & Chat - May, 6th

Setting Up and Installing Backups With pgBackRest - Percona Community PostgreSQL Live Stream & Chat - May, 6th

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May 6, 2022

Cloud, AWS Services, Aurora & RDS – Percona Podcast #63 /W Pandit Prasad and Vijay Karumajji

Cloud, AWS Services, Aurora & RDS – Percona Podcast #63 /W Pandit Prasad and Vijay Karumajji

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May 4, 2022

Running Large Scale Database Applications – Percona Podcast #62 /w Yahav Biran

Running Large Scale Database Applications – Percona Podcast #62 /w Yahav Biran

Online

May 3, 2022

MongoDB and MySQL Backup – Percona Podcast #61 with Vinicius and Jean

MongoDB and MySQL Backup – Percona Podcast #61 with Vinicius and Jean

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May 2, 2022

Database Performance, Availability, and Operations – Percona Podcast #60 /W Yunus and Kedar

Database Performance, Availability, and Operations – Percona Podcast #60 /W Yunus and Kedar

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April 29, 2022

Observing & Tuning Your MySQL Workload Using PMM - Percona Community MySQL Live Stream & Chat - April, 29th

Observing & Tuning Your MySQL Workload Using PMM - Percona Community MySQL Live Stream & Chat - April, 29th

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April 29, 2022

OrioleDB: Fixing the Limitations of PostgreSQL - Percona Podcast #59 /w Alexander Korotkov, Founder & CEO at OrioleDB

OrioleDB: Fixing the Limitations of PostgreSQL - Percona Podcast #59 /w Alexander Korotkov, Founder & CEO at OrioleDB

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April 28, 2022

Deep Dive Into EdgeDB – Percona Podcast #58 w Yury Selivanov, the CEO of EdgeDB

Deep Dive Into EdgeDB – Percona Podcast #58 w Yury Selivanov, the CEO of EdgeDB

Online

April 27, 2022

Setting Up and Scheduling Regular PostgreSQL Backups (Part 2) - Percona Community PostgreSQL Live Stream & Chat - April, 21st

Setting Up and Scheduling Regular PostgreSQL Backups (Part 2) - Percona Community PostgreSQL Live Stream & Chat - April, 21st

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April 21, 2022

Change and Evolution in MongoDB Ecosystems – Percona Podcast #57 /W Ivan Groenwold

Change and Evolution in MongoDB Ecosystems – Percona Podcast #57 /W Ivan Groenwold

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April 14, 2022

Setting Up and Scheduling Regular PostgreSQL Backups - Percona Community PostgreSQL Live Stream - April, 8th

Setting Up and Scheduling Regular PostgreSQL Backups - Percona Community PostgreSQL Live Stream - April, 8th

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April 8, 2022

Installing MySQL and Setting Up a Default Configuration - Percona Community MySQL Live Stream & Chat - April, 1st

Installing MySQL and Setting Up a Default Configuration - Percona Community MySQL Live Stream & Chat - April, 1st

Online

April 1, 2022

Setting Up Alerts and Basic Automation for PostgreSQL - Percona Community PostgreSQL Live Stream & Chat - March 25th

Setting Up Alerts and Basic Automation for PostgreSQL - Percona Community PostgreSQL Live Stream & Chat - March 25th

Online

March 25, 2022

Talking About the Open Source Community, the CNCF, Rancher and Suse – Percona Podcast 56 With Matt Farina

Talking About the Open Source Community, the CNCF, Rancher and Suse – Percona Podcast 56 With Matt Farina

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March 17, 2022

All About Database Community, MySQL, and JSON - Percona Podcast 55 /w Dave Stokes, Technology Evangelist at Percona

All About Database Community, MySQL, and JSON - Percona Podcast 55 /w Dave Stokes, Technology Evangelist at Percona

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March 11, 2022

Observing & Tuning Your PostgreSQL Workload Using PMM - Community PostgreSQL Live Stream & Chat - March 11th

Observing & Tuning Your PostgreSQL Workload Using PMM - Community PostgreSQL Live Stream & Chat - March 11th

Online

March 11, 2022

Installation of MongoDB via a Kubernetes Operator - Community MeetUp - March 10th

Installation of MongoDB via a Kubernetes Operator - Community MeetUp - March 10th

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March 10, 2022

 Percona Community MeetUp - Installation and Configuration of PostgreSQL Operator - March, 2nd

Percona Community MeetUp - Installation and Configuration of PostgreSQL Operator - March, 2nd

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March 2, 2022

Learning About the Open Source Community, DevRel, and how to Make Databases cool - Percona Podcast 54

Learning About the Open Source Community, DevRel, and how to Make Databases cool - Percona Podcast 54

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March 1, 2022

 Community MeetUp - Installation of MongoDB via a Kubernetes Operator - POSTPONED

Community MeetUp - Installation of MongoDB via a Kubernetes Operator - POSTPONED

Online

February 24, 2022

Talking Databases, Liquibase, and Open Source /w Robert Reeves - Percona Podcast 53

Talking Databases, Liquibase, and Open Source /w Robert Reeves - Percona Podcast 53

Online

February 16, 2022

 Comunity MeetUp - Installation of the main part of Percona products - February 9th, 2022 at 10:00 am EST

Comunity MeetUp - Installation of the main part of Percona products - February 9th, 2022 at 10:00 am EST

Online

February 9, 2022

Percona Build and Release Process - Percona Podcast 52 with Evgeniy Patlan

Percona Build and Release Process - Percona Podcast 52 with Evgeniy Patlan

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February 4, 2022

 MeetUp PostgreSQL - The ins and outs of PostgreSQL Configurations and Tuning - January 27th, 2022 at 10:00 am EST

MeetUp PostgreSQL - The ins and outs of PostgreSQL Configurations and Tuning - January 27th, 2022 at 10:00 am EST

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January 27, 2022

Installing PG and Setting Up a Default Configuration - Community PostgreSQL Live Stream & Chat - Jan 27th

Installing PG and Setting Up a Default Configuration - Community PostgreSQL Live Stream & Chat - Jan 27th

Online

January 27, 2022

Learning MySQL Book with Sergey Kuzmichev and Vinicius Grippa - Percona Podcast 51

Learning MySQL Book with Sergey Kuzmichev and Vinicius Grippa - Percona Podcast 51

Online

January 26, 2022

Open source database, MySQL, Postgres, MongoDB, MariaDB - Part 02 - Percona Podcast Special Edition 50

Open source database, MySQL, Postgres, MongoDB, MariaDB - Part 02 - Percona Podcast Special Edition 50

Online

January 19, 2022

 MeetUp MySQL - Troubleshooting Database Outages, Slowdowns, and Security Issues - Jan 14th, 2022 at 12:00 pm EST

MeetUp MySQL - Troubleshooting Database Outages, Slowdowns, and Security Issues - Jan 14th, 2022 at 12:00 pm EST

Online

January 14, 2022

Open source database, MySQL, Postgres, MongoDB, MariaDB - Percona Podcast Special Edition 49

Open source database, MySQL, Postgres, MongoDB, MariaDB - Percona Podcast Special Edition 49

Online

December 29, 2021

Percona MeetUp for PostgreSQL - Optimization of PostgreSQL instances - Dec 15th, 2021

Percona MeetUp for PostgreSQL - Optimization of PostgreSQL instances - Dec 15th, 2021

Online

December 15, 2021

 MeetUp for MySQL - Database Tuning Secrets of the Stars - Dec 8th 2021

MeetUp for MySQL - Database Tuning Secrets of the Stars - Dec 8th 2021

Online

December 8, 2021

OnGres, PostgreSQL, Open Source, Kubernetes, Babelfish w/ Alvaro Hernández - Percona Podcast 48

OnGres, PostgreSQL, Open Source, Kubernetes, Babelfish w/ Alvaro Hernández - Percona Podcast 48

Online

December 7, 2021

Percona MeetUp for Percona Monitoring and Management PMM Dec 1st, 2021

Percona MeetUp for Percona Monitoring and Management PMM Dec 1st, 2021

Online

December 1, 2021

Talking Open Source, Linux OS, Fedora With David Duncan (Solutions Architect, AWS) - Percona Podcast 47

Talking Open Source, Linux OS, Fedora With David Duncan (Solutions Architect, AWS) - Percona Podcast 47

Online

November 22, 2021

Percona MeetUp for PostgreSQL November 2021 - Autovacuum

Percona MeetUp for PostgreSQL November 2021 - Autovacuum

Online

November 17, 2021

Positioning Cloud Native Open Source Project - Percona Podcast 46

Positioning Cloud Native Open Source Project - Percona Podcast 46

Online

November 16, 2021

Building a Strong Open Source Community With Corey Hulen (CTO, Mattermost) - Percona Podcast 45

Building a Strong Open Source Community With Corey Hulen (CTO, Mattermost) - Percona Podcast 45

Online

November 5, 2021

 MeetUp for MySQL - Database Backup and Xtrabackup - Nov 3rd 2021

MeetUp for MySQL - Database Backup and Xtrabackup - Nov 3rd 2021

Online

November 3, 2021

MariaDB ServerFest and Contribution With Kaj Arnö, CEO at MariaDB Foundation - Percona Podcast 44

MariaDB ServerFest and Contribution With Kaj Arnö, CEO at MariaDB Foundation - Percona Podcast 44

Online

October 27, 2021

Percona MeetUp for PMM Oct 27th, 2021

Percona MeetUp for PMM Oct 27th, 2021

Online

October 27, 2021

Percona MeetUp for MongoDB Oct 20th, 2021

Percona MeetUp for MongoDB Oct 20th, 2021

Online

October 20, 2021

Percona MeetUp for PostgreSQL October 2021

Percona MeetUp for PostgreSQL October 2021

Online

October 13, 2021

Percona MeetUp for MySQL Oct 6th 2021

Percona MeetUp for MySQL Oct 6th 2021

Online

October 6, 2021

How and Why Quora Moved From HBase to RocksDB via MyRocks - Percona Podcast 43

How and Why Quora Moved From HBase to RocksDB via MyRocks - Percona Podcast 43

Online

October 1, 2021

Percona MeetUp for PMM Sept 2021

Percona MeetUp for PMM Sept 2021

Online

September 29, 2021

Engineering Experience, Tips and Tricks for Managing a Team, and Monitoring With PMM - Percona Podcast 42

Engineering Experience, Tips and Tricks for Managing a Team, and Monitoring With PMM - Percona Podcast 42

Online

September 24, 2021

Percona MeetUp for MongoDB Sept 2021

Percona MeetUp for MongoDB Sept 2021

Online

September 22, 2021

Percona’s 15th Anniversary, MySQL, MongoDB, PostgreSQL With Peter Zaitsev and Vadim Tkachenko - Percona Podcast 41

Percona’s 15th Anniversary, MySQL, MongoDB, PostgreSQL With Peter Zaitsev and Vadim Tkachenko - Percona Podcast 41

Online

September 19, 2021

Percona MeetUp for PostgreSQL Sept 2021

Percona MeetUp for PostgreSQL Sept 2021

Online

September 15, 2021

PostgreSQL Community and Why PostgreSQL Continues to Grow in Popularity - Percona Podcast 40

PostgreSQL Community and Why PostgreSQL Continues to Grow in Popularity - Percona Podcast 40

Online

September 9, 2021

Percona MeetUp for MySQL Sept 2021

Percona MeetUp for MySQL Sept 2021

Online

September 8, 2021

PingCAP, HTAP, NewSQL, and TiDB - Percona Podcast 39

PingCAP, HTAP, NewSQL, and TiDB - Percona Podcast 39

Online

September 3, 2021

Free Open Source Software Community in Action and Community Efforts Metrics - Percona Podcast 38

Free Open Source Software Community in Action and Community Efforts Metrics - Percona Podcast 38

Online

August 25, 2021

Developer Advocate Background and AWS Open Source Fork OpenSearch - Percona Podcast 37

Developer Advocate Background and AWS Open Source Fork OpenSearch - Percona Podcast 37

Online

August 16, 2021

Uber Technologies, Inc and Uber’s Custom Built Database DocStore - Percona Podcast 36

Uber Technologies, Inc and Uber’s Custom Built Database DocStore - Percona Podcast 36

Online

August 11, 2021

Open Source Database Testing, Tooling, Debugging Code, Using Microservices - Percona Podcast 35

Open Source Database Testing, Tooling, Debugging Code, Using Microservices - Percona Podcast 35

Online

August 6, 2021

Current Trends in Database Technologies and Postgres 14 With Bruce Momjian - Percona Podcast 34

Current Trends in Database Technologies and Postgres 14 With Bruce Momjian - Percona Podcast 34

Online

August 4, 2021

Variety of MySQL Topics, SE Linux, Database Security, Backups and Recovery - Percona Podcast 33

Variety of MySQL Topics, SE Linux, Database Security, Backups and Recovery - Percona Podcast 33

Online

July 30, 2021

Recap From Percona Live and Percona Postgres Operator - Percona Podcast 32

Recap From Percona Live and Percona Postgres Operator - Percona Podcast 32

Online

July 22, 2021

PostgreSQL Database Management, Backup Tools, Migration From Oracle - Percona Podcast 31

PostgreSQL Database Management, Backup Tools, Migration From Oracle - Percona Podcast 31

Online

July 20, 2021

Database Automation, Google Spanner, Ansible, and Kubernetes - Percona Podcast 30

Database Automation, Google Spanner, Ansible, and Kubernetes - Percona Podcast 30

Online

July 15, 2021

Database Infrastructure at Linkedin, and Challenging Situations - Percona Podcast 29

Database Infrastructure at Linkedin, and Challenging Situations - Percona Podcast 29

Online

July 13, 2021

Serial Micropatcher of Open Source Projects and Patches for MariaDB - Percona Podcast 28

Serial Micropatcher of Open Source Projects and Patches for MariaDB - Percona Podcast 28

Online

July 8, 2021

Open Source Databases Performance, Dynamic Tracing, BPftrace - Percona Podcast 27

Open Source Databases Performance, Dynamic Tracing, BPftrace - Percona Podcast 27

Online

July 7, 2021

ZettaDB and Kunlun Database Takes the Best of PostgreSQL and MySQL - Percona Podcast 26

ZettaDB and Kunlun Database Takes the Best of PostgreSQL and MySQL - Percona Podcast 26

Online

June 30, 2021

ProvenDB BlockChain Tech to Databases, All Things MongoDB - Percona Podcast 25

ProvenDB BlockChain Tech to Databases, All Things MongoDB - Percona Podcast 25

Online

June 25, 2021

PostgreSQL Performance Extensions, Memory Settings, and Hardware - Percona Podcast 24

PostgreSQL Performance Extensions, Memory Settings, and Hardware - Percona Podcast 24

Online

June 17, 2021

Highlights From Percona Live Talk 2021: Database Recovery and backups - Percona Podcast 23

Highlights From Percona Live Talk 2021: Database Recovery and backups - Percona Podcast 23

Online

June 3, 2021

MySQL Open Source, Linux Kernel Patches, and Performance Tuning - Percona Podcast 22

MySQL Open Source, Linux Kernel Patches, and Performance Tuning - Percona Podcast 22

Online

May 28, 2021

Open Source Databases, Debugging, GDB & RR - Record and Replay - Percona Podcast 21

Open Source Databases, Debugging, GDB & RR - Record and Replay - Percona Podcast 21

Online

May 20, 2021

Challenges and Issues in Open Source, and the Benefits of MyRocks - Percona Podcast 20

Challenges and Issues in Open Source, and the Benefits of MyRocks - Percona Podcast 20

Online

May 6, 2021

Overview of MySQL Project, Orchestrator, Ghost, Vitess and PlanetScale - Percona Podcast 19

Overview of MySQL Project, Orchestrator, Ghost, Vitess and PlanetScale - Percona Podcast 19

Online

April 27, 2021

KVM Hypervisor Experience, Developing a New OS, and All Things ScyllaDB - Percona Podcast 18

KVM Hypervisor Experience, Developing a New OS, and All Things ScyllaDB - Percona Podcast 18

Online

April 24, 2021

Open Source Database From Apache Cassandra, HBase to Yugabyte - Percona Podcast 17

Open Source Database From Apache Cassandra, HBase to Yugabyte - Percona Podcast 17

Online

April 9, 2021

OpenUK and the Use of Open Source Software, Hardware, and Databases - Percona Podcast 16

OpenUK and the Use of Open Source Software, Hardware, and Databases - Percona Podcast 16

Online

March 31, 2021

Data Geekery GmbH and JooQ to Speed Up Open Source Databases - Percona Podcast 15

Data Geekery GmbH and JooQ to Speed Up Open Source Databases - Percona Podcast 15

Online

March 30, 2021

Get Involved in Databases on Kubernetes (DoK) Community - Percona Podcast 14

Get Involved in Databases on Kubernetes (DoK) Community - Percona Podcast 14

Online

March 17, 2021

Apache Cassandra, DataStax, Role of SRE/DBRE and DBA's - Percona Podcast 13

Apache Cassandra, DataStax, Role of SRE/DBRE and DBA's - Percona Podcast 13

Online

March 10, 2021

Database on Kubernetes Operator, PITR Point in Time Recovery - Percona Podcast 12

Database on Kubernetes Operator, PITR Point in Time Recovery - Percona Podcast 12

Online

March 4, 2021

Solution Engineering From Teradata and Oracle to Open Source - Percona Podcast 11

Solution Engineering From Teradata and Oracle to Open Source - Percona Podcast 11

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March 3, 2021

All Things Vitess, Planetscale, MySQL, and Sailing Passion - Percona Podcast 10

All Things Vitess, Planetscale, MySQL, and Sailing Passion - Percona Podcast 10

Online

March 2, 2021

PostgreSQL Performance on the ARM Processor and All Things Open - Percona Podcast 09

PostgreSQL Performance on the ARM Processor and All Things Open - Percona Podcast 09

Online

March 1, 2021

Evolving Open Source Space MySQL, MariaDB, MongoDB, and Datastax - Percona Podcast 08

Evolving Open Source Space MySQL, MariaDB, MongoDB, and Datastax - Percona Podcast 08

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February 25, 2021

All Things Open Source Including Suse, MySQL, and Ceph - Percona Podcast 07

All Things Open Source Including Suse, MySQL, and Ceph - Percona Podcast 07

Online

February 23, 2021

From PHP and MySQL to Application, Databases, Infrastructures - Percona Podcast 06

From PHP and MySQL to Application, Databases, Infrastructures - Percona Podcast 06

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February 22, 2021

Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB DBA's to DBRE's - Percona Podcast 05

Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB DBA's to DBRE's - Percona Podcast 05

Online

February 19, 2021

Database Monitoring Management, Alerting, Contributing MySQL, TiDB, and Waffles - Percona Podcast 04

Database Monitoring Management, Alerting, Contributing MySQL, TiDB, and Waffles - Percona Podcast 04

Online

February 18, 2021

Kubernetes Operators and the Latest Trends in the Database Space - Percona Podcast 03

Kubernetes Operators and the Latest Trends in the Database Space - Percona Podcast 03

Online

February 17, 2021

MySQL Backups and Database Recovery Best Practices - Percona Podcast 02

MySQL Backups and Database Recovery Best Practices - Percona Podcast 02

Online

February 16, 2021

Open Source Database vs. Server Side Public License SSPL With Peter Zaitsev - Percona Podcast 01

Open Source Database vs. Server Side Public License SSPL With Peter Zaitsev - Percona Podcast 01

Online

February 15, 2021