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December 1, 2021
PXC Scheduler Handler: The Missing Piece for Galera/Percona XtraDB Cluster Puzzle
Working on a real case scenario in a five node Percona XtraDB Cluster (PXC), we were forced to use wsrep_sync_wait [...]
November 29, 2021
MyDumper 0.11.3 is Now Available
The new MyDumper 0.11.3 version, which includes many new features and bug fixes, is now available. You can download the [...]
November 24, 2021
Querying Archived RDS Data Directly From an S3 Bucket
A recommendation we often give to our customers is along the lines of “archive old data” to reduce your database [...]
November 22, 2021
Temporary Tables in MySQL – Never Ending Story?
If you ever had to deal with performance and/or disk space issues related to temporary tables, I bet you eventually [...]
November 9, 2021
What if … MySQL’s Repeatable Reads Cause You to Lose Money?
Well, let me say if that happens it’s because there is a logic mistake in your application. But you need [...]
October 25, 2021
Comparing Graviton (ARM) Performance to Intel and AMD for MySQL (Part 2)
Recently we published the first part of research comparing Graviton (ARM) with AMD and Intel CPU on AWS. In the [...]
October 15, 2021
Comparing Graviton (ARM) Performance to Intel and AMD for MySQL
Recently, AWS presented its own CPU on ARM architecture for server solutions. It was Graviton. As a result, they update [...]
October 14, 2021
Custom Percona Monitoring and Management Metrics in MySQL and PostgreSQL
A few weeks ago we did a live stream talking about Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) and showcased some of [...]
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 [...]