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June 7, 2013
Choosing a MySQL HA Solution – Post-Webinar Q&A
Thanks to everyone who was in attendance on 05 June 2013 for my “Choosing a MySQL HA Solution” webinar. If [...]
June 4, 2013
Implementing SchemaSpy in your MySQL environment
Lately I have been working with a set of customers on a longer term basis which has given me time [...]
June 3, 2013
MySQL Query Patterns, Optimized – Webinar questions followup
On Friday I gave a presentation on “MySQL Query Patterns, Optimized” for Percona MySQL Webinars. If you missed it, you can [...]
April 16, 2013
Is your MySQL buffer pool warm? Make it sweat!
Today’s blog post diving into the waters of the MySQL buffer pool is a cross-post from Groupon’s engineering blog, and [...]
April 15, 2013
Keynotes, BOFs, and the Community Networking Reception at Percona Live MySQL Conference and Expo
The Birds of a Feather sessions on Tuesday night and the Wednesday night Community Networking Reception will be fun and [...]
April 11, 2013
10 years of MySQL User Conferences
In preparing for this month’s Percona Live MySQL Conference and Expo, I’ve been reminiscing about the annual MySQL User Conference’s history – [...]
April 3, 2013
Learn About MySQL 5.6 at the Percona Live MySQL Conference
5.6 has redefined MySQL performance and usability. Some great talks at the Percona Live MySQL Conference and Expo will provide [...]
March 20, 2013
Percona MySQL University coming to Toronto this Friday!
Percona MySQL University, Toronto is taking place this Friday and I’m very excited about this event because it is a special [...]
March 19, 2013
Facebook at Percona Live MySQL Conference and Expo and Advanced Registration Ending Soon
Facebook is a major user of MySQL and has pushed the performance limits of the technology. Their MySQL experts have [...]
March 14, 2013
MySQL 5.6.10 Optimizer Limitations: Index Condition Pushdown
While preparing the webinar I will deliver this Friday, I ran into a quite interesting (although not very impacting) optimizer [...]
March 13, 2013
MySQL Backup tools used by Percona Remote DBA for MySQL
As part of Percona Remote DBA for MySQL service we recognize that reliable backups are one of the most important [...]
March 12, 2013
Oracle Technical Experts at the Percona Live MySQL Conference and Expo
I’m pleased to announce that Oracle is sending some of their top technical people to speak at the Oracle, will [...]
March 4, 2013
InnoDB MySQL full text search: Part 2, the queries!
This is part 2 in a 3 part series on InnoDB MySQL full-text searches. In part 1, we took a [...]
February 28, 2013
MySQL 5.5 lock_wait_timeout: patience is a virtue, and a locked server
Like Ovais said in Implications of Metadata Locking Changes in MySQL 5.5, the hot topic these days is MySQL 5.6, but [...]
February 26, 2013
InnoDB Full-text Search in MySQL 5.6 (part 1)
I’ve never been a very big fan of MyISAM; I would argue that in most situations, any possible advantages to [...]
February 25, 2013
Percona Server on the Raspberry Pi: Your own MySQL Database Server for Under $80
There are many reasons for wanting a small MySQL database server: You’re a uni student who wants to learn the [...]
February 25, 2013
Percona Welcomes MySQL 5.6!
MySQL 5.6 was made generally available as a production-ready solution earlier this month. This release comes about 2 years after [...]
February 22, 2013
CentOS 5.8 users: your UTF-8 data is in peril with Perl MySQL
CentOS 5.8 and earlier use Perl module DBD::mysql v3.0007 which has a bug that causes Perl not to flag UTF-8 [...]
February 1, 2013
Implications of Metadata Locking Changes in MySQL 5.5
While most of the talk recently has mostly been around the new changes in MySQL 5.6 (and that is understandable), [...]
January 28, 2013
How Can Percona MySQL Server Development Services Help ?
At Percona we offer a number of services. One of them, Custom MySQL Server Development, is commonly the most misunderstood [...]