MariaDB 10.6 is now Generally Available! Let's see what's new and if it's worth an upgrade.
Ignored Index are a MariaDB 10.6 feature that allows us to drop an index in production reducing the risks.
Having many indexes in our databases comes with a cost. It is good to periodically eliminate duplicate and unused indexes.
MariaDB/MySQL replication filters may be useful, but they come with some risks that Database Administrators should be aware of.
Vettabase is a MariaDB Foundation partner. We contributed documentation about automating MariaDB deployments and configuration management.
Aria pagecache is used to cache frequently read index blocks, reducing the accesses to disks. Let's see how to check if its size is adequate.
Ansible can skip certain tasks by default. This can be useful when we automate databases. Let's see how to do it and why.
An oversized InnoDB buffer pool will consume too many resources and can be slower than necessary. Let's see how to check if we can shrink it.