by Hrvoje Matijakovic | Oct 7, 2014 | MySQL, Percona Events, Percona Software
Percona is glad to announce the release of Percona Server 5.6.21-69.0 on October 7, 2014. Download the latest version from the Percona web site or from the Percona Software Repositories. Based on MySQL 5.6.21, including all the bug fixes in it, Percona Server...
by Hrvoje Matijakovic | Oct 7, 2014 | MySQL, Percona Events, Percona Software
Percona is glad to announce the release of Percona Server 5.5.40-36.1 on October 7, 2014. Based on MySQL 5.5.40, including all the bug fixes in it, Percona Server 5.5.40-36.1 is now the current stable release in the 5.5 series. Percona Server is open-source and free....
by Przemysław Malkowski | Sep 25, 2014 | Insight for DBAs, Insight for Developers, MySQL
Recently I encountered a specific situation in which a customer was forced to stay with the MyISAM engine due to a legacy application using tables with over 1000 columns. Unfortunately InnoDB has a limit at this point. I did not expect to hear this argument for...
by Tushar Katarki | Sep 24, 2014 | Insight for DBAs, MySQL, Percona Software
Percona Server and Percona XtraDB Cluster provide high-performance alternatives for MySQL users. We have also seen rapidly growing interest in these solutions in the OpenStack community where higher performance and high availability are crucial. Many OpenStack users...
by Muhammad Irfan | Sep 19, 2014 | Insight for DBAs, MySQL
MySQL upgrades are necessary tasks and we field a variety of questions here at Percona Support regarding MySQL upgrade best practices. This post highlights the recommended ways to upgrade MySQL in different scenarios. Why are MySQL upgrades needed? The reasons are...
by Hrvoje Matijakovic | Jul 31, 2014 | MySQL, Percona Events, Percona Software
Percona is glad to announce the release of Percona Server 5.1.73-14.12 on July 31st, 2014 (Downloads are available here and from the Percona Software Repositories). Based on MySQL 5.1.73, including all the bug fixes in it, Percona Server 5.1.73-14.12 is now the...
by Vadim Tkachenko | Jul 9, 2014 | Insight for DBAs, MySQL, Percona Software
We are using Percona Server + TokuDB engine extensively in Percona Cloud Tools and getting real usage operational experience with this engine. So I want to share some findings we came across, in hope it may help someone in their work with TokuDB. So, one problem I...
by Fernando Laudares Camargos | Jun 26, 2014 | MySQL, Percona Software
My previous post was an introduction to the TokuDB storage engine and aimed at explaining the basics of its design and how it differentiates from InnoDB/XtraDB. This post is all about motivating you to give it a try and have a look for yourself. Percona Server is not...
by Fernando Laudares Camargos | Jun 23, 2014 | Insight for DBAs, MySQL, Percona Software
During last April’s Percona Live MySQL Conference and Expo, TokuDB celebrated it’s first full-year as an open source storage engine. I still remember reading the official announcement and the expectations it created one year ago. The premises were very...
by Hrvoje Matijakovic | Jun 11, 2014 | MySQL, Percona Events, Percona Software
Percona is glad to announce the release of Percona Server 5.6.17-66.0 on June 11, 2014. Downloads are available here and from the Percona Software Repositories. Based on MySQL 5.6.17, including all the bug fixes in it, Percona Server 5.6.17-66.0 is the current...
by Alexander Rubin | May 7, 2014 | Insight for DBAs, MySQL, Percona Software
The new Percona Server 5.5.37-35.0 and Percona Server 5.6.17-65.0-56, announced yesterday (May 6), both include the open source version of the MySQL Audit Plugin. The MySQL Audit Plugin is used to log all queries or connections (“audit” MySQL usage). Until...
by Vlad Lesin | Mar 28, 2014 | Insight for DBAs, Insight for Developers, MySQL, Percona Software
Percona Server 5.6.11-60.3 introduces a new “log archiving” feature. Percona XtraBackup 2.1.5 supports “apply archived logs.” What does it mean and how it can be used? Percona products propose three kinds of incremental backups. The first is...
by Muhammad Irfan | Mar 14, 2014 | Insight for DBAs, MySQL
MySQL has a nice feature: MySQL slow query log, which allows you to log all queries that exceed a predefined about of time to execute. Peter Zaitsev first wrote about this back in 2006 – there have been a few other posts here on the MySQL Performance Blog since...
by Peter Zaitsev | Feb 11, 2014 | Insight for DBAs, MySQL, Percona Software
A couple of weeks ago, shortly after Vadim wrote about Percona Cloud Tools and using Slow Query Log to capture the data, Mark Leith asked why don’t we just use Performance Schema instead? This is an interesting question and I think it deserves its own blog post...
by Hrvoje Matijakovic | Nov 7, 2013 | MySQL, Percona Software
Percona Server has implemented per-query variable statement support in version 5.6.14-62.0. This feature provides the ability to set variable values only for a certain query, after execution of which the previous values will be restored. Per-query variable values can...
by Matt Griffin | Oct 4, 2013 | MySQL, Percona Software
Percona Server provides users with a variety of powerful benefits including enterprise-grade features, high performance in demanding use cases, rich diagnostics, and access to unique Percona XtraBackup capabilities, all for free and open source. In addition, Percona...
by Hrvoje Matijakovic | Sep 3, 2013 | Percona Events, Percona Software
Percona is glad to announce the third Release Candidate of Percona Server 5.6.13-60.5 (downloads are available here and from the Percona Software Repositories). The final release is almost ready. Thank you to everyone who has been testing and filing bugs. You’ve...
by Stewart Smith | Jul 24, 2013 | MySQL, Percona Software
It was once said that “real artists ship.” In looking over the history of Percona software releases, we are currently shipping more software than ever before. First, let’s look at Percona Server. Let’s look at all major versions: 5.1, 5.5 and...
by Hrvoje Matijakovic | Jul 3, 2013 | MySQL, Percona Events, Percona Software
Percona is glad to announce the release of Percona Server 5.1.70-14.8 on July 3nd, 2013 (Downloads are available here and from the Percona Software Repositories). Based on MySQL 5.1.70, including all the bug fixes in it, Percona Server 5.1.70-14.8 is now the current...
by Hrvoje Matijakovic | Jul 2, 2013 | MySQL, Percona Events
Percona is glad to announce the release of Percona Server 5.5.32-31.0 on July 2nd, 2013 (Downloads are available here and from the Percona Software Repositories). Based on MySQL 5.5.32, including all the bug fixes in it, Percona Server 5.5.32-31.0 is now the current...
