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January 25, 2012
How to Recover a Single InnoDB Table from a Full Backup
Sometimes we need to restore only some tables from a full backup maybe because your data loss affect a small [...]
January 24, 2012
linux.conf.au 2012 roundup
I spent last week at linux.conf.au in Ballarat, Victoria (that’s the Victoria in Australia, not wherever else there may be [...]
January 19, 2012
Percona XtraDB Cluster Feature 2: Multi-Master replication
This is about the second great feature – Multi-Master replication, what you get with Percona XtraDB Cluster. It is recommended [...]
January 18, 2012
Backing up binary log files with mysqlbinlog
Backing up binary logs are essential part of creating good backup infrastructure as it gives you the possibility for point [...]
January 17, 2012
Benchmarks of new innodb_flush_neighbor_pages
In our recent release of Percona Server 5.5.19 we introduced new value for innodb_flush_neighbor_pages=cont. This way we are trying to [...]
January 17, 2012
Percona XtraDB Cluster Feature 1: High Availability
There and in coming posts I am going to cover main features of Percona XtraDB Cluster. The first feature is [...]
January 12, 2012
Create 3 nodes XtraDB Cluster in 3 minutes
I understand that the new technology can be scaring and this makes entry barriers to try and get familiar with [...]
January 11, 2012
Making the impossible: 3 nodes intercontinental replication
In this post I want to show new possibilities which open with Percona XtraDB Cluster. We will create 3 nodes [...]
January 9, 2012
Learn about Percona XtraDB Cluster at Percona Live DC
You probably saw that Vadim blogged about the first alpha release of Percona XtraDB Cluster. Just in time: now I [...]
January 8, 2012
Is your MySQL Application having Busy IO by Oracle Measures ?
Preparing Choosing Storage Systems for MySQL talk for Percona Live in Washington,DC I ran into great paper called Sane SAN [...]
January 6, 2012
Configuring MySQL For High Number of Connections per Second
One thing I noticed during the observation was that there were roughly 2,000 new connections to MySQL per second during [...]
January 5, 2012
Looking for RAID Controller without Battery Learning problems ?
A lot have been written about Battery Learning Cycle problems and its impact to MySQL Performance. Here are couple of [...]
January 2, 2012
Hijacking Innodb Foreign Keys
I guess I’m first to post in 2012 so Happy New Year all blog readers ! Now back to HardCore [...]
December 29, 2011
How To Test Your Upgrades – pt-upgrade
Upgrades are usually one of the biggest part of any database infrastructure maintenance. Even with enough planning something else can [...]
December 29, 2011
Identifying the load with the help of pt-query-digest and Percona Server
Overview Profiling, analyzing and then fixing queries is likely the most oft-repeated part of a job of a DBA and [...]
December 27, 2011
MySQL Training in Frankfurt, Germany
We will be holding our highly acclaimed MySQL workshops in Frankfurt, Germany the week of February 13th. Early registration is [...]
December 23, 2011
Solving INFORMATION_SCHEMA slowness
Many of us find INFORMATION_SCHEMA painfully slow to work it when it comes to retrieving table meta data. Many people [...]
December 23, 2011
Online MySQL Configuration Wizard from Percona
Update: Percona will no longer be offering the free services of Query Analyzer and MySQL Configuration Generator hosted at tools.percona.com. We [...]
December 13, 2011
MySQL Training in Washington, DC
Many of you have seen the announcement for our Percona Live in Washington, DC in January! But did you know [...]
December 8, 2011
Which Linux distribution for a MySQL database server? A specific point of view.
One of the more common questions I get asked is which Linux distribution I would use for a MySQL database [...]