Production ready, robust DB solution built for Kubernetes envs.
October 23, 2020

Production ready, robust DB solution built for Kubernetes envs.

Giovanbattista Amato | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Percona Kubernetes Operators

For a long time we struggled finding a viable solution to migrate our existing db workloads inside Kubernetes to leverage its benefits across our entire infrastructure (cloud native and multi-cloud). The state of db inside k8s is always been a critical topic. We started testing and using Kubernetes during its early state, it's been always great at stateless workloads but using it with stateful apps was a pain. It got better with storage development and improvements. Before "operators era" proper db workloads required manual management, of course that easily raised administrative overhead. Then the future started to be brighter with the introduction of operators and the "official" Oracle's MySQL Operator, then Presslab's one, finally Percona's operator. With the last one we was able, for the first time, to ship production db workloads. We started with non-critical ones and after not much time we was "all-in" with all db workloads in Kubernetes. We had a very great time with Percona Kubernetes Operator for Percona XtraDB Cluster.
  • Easy and fast deployment.
  • A reliable, fully automated, high-available db lifecycle management solution.
  • Exaustive documentation.
  • Production ready.
  • Some differences compared to "traditional" MySQL solution.
  • Had some hard times trying to use it combined with pre-existing techs like WordPress, Magento, etc.
  • The specific k8s environment features can have an impact on it, like the storage solutions offered by the cloud vendor.
  • It allowed us to use k8s on our entire infrastructure.
  • Decreased administrative overhead around our db services.
  • As it is an open source technology, it cut down our db pricings.
For a long time we struggled finding a viable solution to migrate our existing db workloads inside Kubernetes. Before "operators era" proper db workloads required manual management, of course that easily raised administrative overhead. Then the future started to be brighter with the introduction of operators and the "official" Oracle's MySQL Operator, then Presslab's one, finally Percona's operator. Compared to other operators, the last one allowed us to ship production db workloads inside k8s.
Well documented, there was no need to contact support.
Easy and fast deployment. A reliable, fully automated, high-available db lifecycle management solution. It requires a bit of learning time for people new to operators ecosystem.

Do you think Percona Kubernetes Operators delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Percona Kubernetes Operators's feature set?

Yes

Did Percona Kubernetes Operators live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Percona Kubernetes Operators go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Percona Kubernetes Operators again?

Yes

Production ready, robust DB solution built for Kubernetes envs, we was able, for the first time, to ship production db workloads inside k8s. Be sure to check differences with "traditional" MySQL and other clustering solutions. Also be sure to match it with proper k8s storage solutions.