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October 1, 2015
Capture database traffic using the Performance Schema
Capturing data is a critical part of performing a query analysis, or even just to have an idea of what’s going [...]
September 21, 2015
Percona XtraDB Cluster 5.6.25-25.12 is now available
Percona is glad to announce the new release of Percona XtraDB Cluster 5.6 on September 21st 2015. Binaries are available [...]
September 21, 2015
Containing your logical backups: mydumper in docker
Even with software like Percona Xtrabackup, logical backups remain an important component of a thorough backup strategy. To gather a logical [...]
September 18, 2015
VividCortex Agent Benchmark
Intro The purpose of this project was to measure the potential overhead of VividCortex Agent, which is used by VividCortex.com [...]
September 17, 2015
Clarification on “Call me Maybe: MariaDB Galera Cluster”
Recently Aphyr (Kyle Kingsbury) published https://aphyr.com/posts/327-call-me-maybe-mariadb-galera-cluster The article is technically valid, I am not going to dispute a conclusion Aphyr [...]
September 16, 2015
Webinar: Introduction to MySQL SYS Schema follow up questions
Thanks to all who attended my webinar Introduction to MySQL SYS Schema. This blog is for me to address the [...]
September 15, 2015
Percona Server 5.6.26-74.0 is now available
Percona is glad to announce the release of Percona Server 5.6.26-74.0 on September 15, 2015. Download the latest version from the [...]
September 14, 2015
MongoDB and Percona TokuMX Security Guidelines
Several reports we’re published in the news about how easy it is to access data stored in some NoSQL systems, [...]
September 14, 2015
Webinar: Writing Application Code for MySQL High Availability Followup Questions
Thanks to all who attended my webinar last week on Writing Application Code for MySQL High Availability. This blog is for [...]
September 10, 2015
Percona Server audit log plugin best practices
Auditing your database means tracking access and changes to your data and db objects. The Audit Log Plugin has been shipped [...]
September 9, 2015
Testing MySQL partitioning with pt-online-schema-change
There are cases where we need to implement MySQL partitioning, or at least test if it is an option to solve an [...]
September 8, 2015
super_read_only and GTID replication
Percona Server 5.6.21+ and MySQL 5.7.8+ offer the super_read_only option that was first implemented in WebscaleSQL. Unlike read_only, this option [...]
September 4, 2015
Facebook’s Simon Martin on semi-synchronous replication
Facebook, with 1.49 billion monthly active users, is one of the world’s top MySQL users. Simon Martin, a production engineer [...]
September 3, 2015
Percona Toolkit and systemd
After some recent work with systemd I’ve realized it’s power and I can come clean that I am a fan. [...]
September 2, 2015
Percona Server 5.5.45-37.4 is now available
Percona is glad to announce the release of Percona Server 5.5.45-37.4 on September 2, 2015. Based on MySQL 5.5.45, including [...]
September 1, 2015
Booking.com’s Jean-François Gagné on Percona Live Amsterdam
Booking.com, one of the world’s leading e-commerce companies, helps travels book nearly 1 million rooms per night. Established in 1996, [...]
August 31, 2015
High-load clusters and desynchronized nodes on Percona XtraDB Cluster
There can be a lot of confusion and lack of planning in Percona XtraDB Clusters in regards to nodes becoming [...]
August 28, 2015
Percona Toolkit 2.2.15 is now available
Percona is pleased to announce the availability of Percona Toolkit 2.2.15. Released August 28, 2015. Percona Toolkit is a collection of advanced command-line [...]
August 24, 2015
Advanced Query Tuning in MySQL 5.6 and MySQL 5.7 Webinar: Q&A
Thank you for attending my July 22 webinar titled “Advanced Query Tuning in MySQL 5.6 and 5.7” (my slides and [...]
August 20, 2015
Optimizing PXC Xtrabackup State Snapshot Transfer
State Snapshot Transfer (SST) at a glance PXC uses a protocol called State Snapshot Transfer to provision a node joining [...]