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97% of US database administrators are running obsolete programs

ZDNetSeptember 11, 20264 min read

Nearly all database professionals surveyed by Percona said their organizations still run database versions past official end-of-life. But why?

When it comes to databases, almost everyone still uses obsolete programs. Unsupported software comes with a host of security issues. We all use out-of-date software. Sometimes we do it out of laziness, sometimes upgrading costs too much, and sometimes it just works, and we don’t want to replace it. Still, when Percona, the open-source database management system (DBMS) support company, revealed in its 2026 State of Open Source Database Management Report that 97% of US-based database administrators (DBAs) were still running outdated DBMS programs, I raised…

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