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October 12, 2021
ProxySQL 2.3.0: Enhanced Support for MySQL Group Replication
ProxySQL 2.3.0 was recently released and when I was reading the release notes, I was really impressed with the Group [...]
October 8, 2021
MySQL 8: Random Password Generator
As part of my ongoing focus on MySQL 8 user and password management, I’ve covered how using the new dual [...]
October 7, 2021
Getting Started with ProxySQL in Kubernetes
There are plenty of ways to run ProxySQL in Kubernetes (K8S). For example, we can deploy sidecar containers on the [...]
October 6, 2021
How to Hide Credentials from Percona Monitoring and Management Client Commands
In this short blog post, we are going to review how to avoid using credentials in the Percona Monitoring and [...]
October 6, 2021
Reminder: TokuDB Storage Engine Will Be Disabled by Default in Percona Server for MySQL 8.0.26
As we’ve communicated in our blog post in May, the TokuDB Storage Engine has been marked as “deprecated” in Percona [...]
October 5, 2021
MySQL 8: Account Locking
As part of my ongoing focus on MySQL 8 user and password management, I’ve covered how the new dual passwords [...]
October 4, 2021
Synchronize Tables on the Same Server with pt-table-sync
It is a common use case to synchronize data in two tables inside MySQL servers. This blog post describes one [...]
October 1, 2021
Join Community MeetUps for MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or PMM
Percona serves several communities including MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB. The Percona Community Team is committed to promoting content and technical [...]
September 28, 2021
Horizontal Scaling in MySQL – Sharding Followup
In a previous post, A Horizontal Scalability Mindset for MySQL, I discussed the concerns around growing individual MySQL instances too [...]
September 28, 2021
Percona Software Recognized with Product Awards
It’s been a while since Percona started to develop its own software products, but collecting reviews is a new experience [...]
September 27, 2021
A Horizontal Scalability Mindset for MySQL
As a Technical Account Manager at Percona, I get to work with many of our largest clients. While the industry [...]
September 22, 2021
Enhanced Password Management Systems in MySQL 8: Part 1
MySQL 8 comes with a lot of good features, and recently I explored its password management systems. I wanted to [...]
September 21, 2021
Making Aurora Write Latency 15x Higher (or More!) by Choosing a Bad Primary Key
Primary Key design is an important thing for InnoDB performance, and choosing a poor PK definition will have an impact [...]
September 21, 2021
MyDumper 0.11.1 is Now Available
The new MyDumper 0.11.1 version, which includes many new features and bug fixes, is now available. You can download the [...]
September 17, 2021
Migration of a MySQL Database to a Kubernetes Cluster Using Asynchronous Replication
Nowadays, more and more companies are thinking about the migration of their infrastructure to Kubernetes. Databases are no exception. There [...]
September 16, 2021
Repoint Replica Servers in MySQL/Percona Server for MySQL 8.0
When doing migrations or failovers in MySQL, there is usually a need to do a topology change and repoint replica [...]
September 13, 2021
MySQL/ZFS in the Cloud, Leveraging Ephemeral Storage
Here’s a second post focusing on the performance of MySQL on ZFS in cloud environments. In the first post, MySQL/ZFS [...]
September 9, 2021
Q&A on Webinar “Using Open Source Software to Optimize and Troubleshoot Your MySQL Environment”
Thanks to everyone who attended last week’s webinar on Using Open Source Software to Optimize and Troubleshoot Your MySQL Environment; [...]
September 2, 2021
Introducing xbcloud: Exponential Backoff Feature in Percona XtraBackup
Storing your data locally can impose security and availability risks. Major cloud providers have object storage services available to allow [...]
September 1, 2021
Congratulating Marcelo Altmann on his Promotion to Oracle ACE!
We’re excited to share that Marcelo Altmann from the Percona Server Engineering Team has just been promoted from Oracle ACE [...]