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Percona Server for MySQL® is a free, fully compatible, enhanced, open source drop-in replacement for MySQL that provides superior performance, scalability and instrumentation. With over 3,000,000 downloads, Percona Server’s self-tuning algorithms and support for extremely high-performance hardware delivers excellent performance and reliability.

06 Aug 2020

How Can ScaleFlux Handle MySQL Workload?

By Tibor Korocz Benchmarks, MySQL, Percona Software , , , , , 10 Comments
ScaleFlux Handle MySQL

Recently I had the opportunity to test a storage device from ScaleFlux called CSD 2000. In this blog post, I will share the results of using it to run MySQL in comparison with an Intel device that had a similar capacity.
First of all, why do we need another storage device? Why is ScaleFlux any […]

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27 Jul 2020

Generating Numeric Sequences in MySQL

By Yura Sorokin Insight for DBAs, Insight for Developers, MySQL, Percona Software , , , , 5 Comments
Generating Numeric Sequences in MySQL

What is the easiest way to generate a sequence of integers in MySQL? In other words, which “SELECT <something>” statement should I write to get 0, 1, 2, … N – 1?
This is the question I have been struggling with for years and it looks like I have finally got the answer (although I […]

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29 Jun 2020

Percona Server for MySQL Highlights – Extended Slow Query Logging

By Przemysław Malkowski Insight for DBAs, Insight for Developers, MySQL, Percona Software , , , , , 0 Comments
mysql extended slow query logging

Last year, I made the first post in a small series, which aimed to highlight unique features of Percona Server for MySQL, by discussing binlog_space_limit option.
Today, I am going to discuss another important type of log available in MySQL that is enhanced in Percona Server for MySQL – the slow query log. The reason […]

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13 Apr 2020

Need to Connect to a Local MySQL Server? Use Unix Domain Socket!

By Peter Zaitsev Benchmarks, MySQL, Percona Software , , , , 11 Comments
Unix Socket Domain

When connecting to a local MySQL instance, you have two commonly used methods: use TCP/IP protocol to connect to local address –  “localhost” or 127.0.0.1  – or use Unix Domain Socket.
If you have a choice (if your application supports both methods), use Unix Domain Socket as this is both more secure and more efficient.
How […]

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11 Feb 2020

ProxySQL 1.4.16 and Updated proxysql-admin Tool Now Available

By Borys Belinsky MySQL, Percona Software, ProxySQL , , 0 Comments
ProxySQL 1.14.16

ProxySQL 1.4.16, released by ProxySQL, is now available for download in the Percona Repository along with an updated version of Percona’s proxysql-admin tool.
ProxySQL is a high-performance proxy, currently for MySQL,  and database servers in the MySQL ecosystem (like Percona Server for MySQL and MariaDB). It acts as an intermediary for client requests seeking resources from the […]

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