# Percona Distribution for MongoDB 4.4.8 (2021-08-16)

| **Release date** | August 16, 2021   |
| ---------------- | ------------------ |
| **Installation** | [Install Percona Distribution for MongoDB](installation.md)|

 
!!! warning

    This version is not recommended for production use due to the following critical issues found in MongoDB Community: [WT-7984](https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/WT-7984) and [WT-7995](https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/WT-7995). They are fixed in [MongoDB 4.4.9 Community Edition](https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/release-notes/4.4/#4.4.9---sep-21--2021) and [Percona Server for MongoDB 4.4.9-10](https://docs.percona.com/percona-server-for-mongodb/4.4/release_notes/4.4.9-10.html). Percona Distribution for MongoDB 4.4.9 includes these fixes too.

    We recommend you to [upgrade](minor-upgrade.md#minor-upgrade) to Percona Distribution for MongoDB 4.4.9-10 as soon as possible and run the [validate](https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/reference/command/validate/) command on every collection on every replica set node.

Percona Distribution for MongoDB is a freely available MongoDB database alternative, giving you a single solution that combines enterprise components from the open source community, designed and tested to work together. The aim of Percona Distribution for MongoDB is to enable you to run and operate your
MongoDB efficiently with the data being consistently backed up.

Percona Distribution for MongoDB includes the following components:

* *Percona Server for MongoDB* is a fully compatible source-available, drop-in replacement
for MongoDB.

* *Percona Backup for MongoDB* is a distributed, low-impact solution for achieving
consistent backups of MongoDB sharded clusters and replica sets.

This release of Percona Distribution for MongoDB is based on [Percona Server for MongoDB 4.4.8-9](https://docs.percona.com/percona-server-for-mongodb/4.4/release_notes/4.4.8-9.html) and [Percona Backup for MongoDB 1.6.0](https://docs.percona.com/percona-backup-mongodb/release-notes/1.6.0.html).