Percona Server for MySQL Feature Comparison

Percona Server for MySQL Feature Comparison

Percona Server for MySQL is an enhanced drop-in replacement for MySQL. With Percona Server for MySQL,

  • Your queries will run faster and more consistently.
  • You will consolidate servers on powerful hardware.
  • You will delay sharding, or avoid it entirely.
  • You will save money on hosting fees and power.
  • You will spend less time tuning and administering.
  • You will achieve higher uptime.
  • You will troubleshoot without guesswork.

We provide these benefits by significantly enhancing Percona Server for MySQL as compared to the standard MySQL database server:

Features Percona Server for MySQL 8.0.13 MySQL 8.0.13
Open source Yes Yes
ACID Compliance Yes Yes
Multi-Version Concurrency Control Yes Yes
Row-Level Locking Yes Yes
Automatic Crash Recovery Yes Yes
Table Partitioning Yes Yes
Views Yes Yes
Subqueries Yes Yes
Triggers Yes Yes
Stored Procedures Yes Yes
Foreign Keys Yes Yes
Window Functions Yes Yes
Common Table Expressions Yes Yes
Geospatial Features (GIS, SPRS) Yes Yes
GTID Replication Yes Yes
Group Replication Yes Yes
MyRocks Storage Engine Yes No
TokuDB Storage Engine Yes No

Improvements for Developers

Feature Percona Server for MySQL 8.0.13 MySQL 8.0.13
NoSQL Socket-Level Interface Yes Yes
X API Support Yes Yes
JSON Functions Yes Yes
InnoDB Full-Text Search Improvements Yes No
Extra Hash/Digest Functions Yes No

Extra Diagnostic Features

Feature Percona Server for MySQL 8.0.13 MySQL 8.0.13
INFORMATION_SCHEMA Tables 95 65
Global Performance and Status Counters 853 434
Optimizer Histograms Yes Yes
Per-Table Performance Counters Yes No
Per-Index Performance Counters Yes No
Per-User Performance Counters Yes No
Per-Client Performance Counters Yes No
Per-Thread Performance Counters Yes No
Enhanced SHOW ENGINE INNODB STATUS Yes No
Temporary tables Information Yes No
Extended Slow Query Logging Yes No
User Statistics Yes No

Performance & Scalability Enhancements

Feature Percona Server for MySQL 8.0.13 MySQL 8.0.13
InnoDB Resource Groups Yes Yes
Configurable Page Sizes Yes Yes
Contention-Aware Transaction Scheduling Yes Yes
Improved Scalability by Splitting Mutexes Yes Yes
Improved MEMORY Storage Engine Yes No
Improved Flushing Yes No
Parallel Doublewrite Buffer Yes No
Configurable Fast Index Creation Yes No
Per-Column Compression for VARCHAR/BLOB and JSON Yes No
Compressed Columns with Dictionaries Yes No

Security Features

Feature Percona Server for MySQL 8.0.13 MySQL 8.0.13
SQL Roles Yes Yes
SHA-2 Based Password Hashing Yes Yes
Password Rotation Policy Yes Yes
PAM Authentication Yes Enterprise Only
Audit Logging Plugin Yes Enterprise Only

Encryption Features

Feature Percona Server for MySQL 8.0.13 MySQL 8.0.13
Storing Keyring in a File Yes Yes
Storing Keyring in Hashicorp Vault Yes No
Encrypt InnoDB Data Yes Yes
Encrypt InnoDB Logs Yes Yes
Encrypt Built-in InnoDB Tablespaces (General, System, Undo, Temp) Yes No
Encrypt Binary Logs Yes No
Encrypt Temporary Files Yes No
Key Rotation with Scrubbing Yes No
Enforce Encryption Yes No

Operational Improvements

Feature Percona Server for MySQL 8.0.13 MySQL 8.0.13
Atomic DDL Yes Yes
Transactional Data Dictionary Yes Yes
Instant DDL Yes Yes
SET PERSIST Yes Yes
Invisible Indexes Yes Yes
Changed Page Tracking Yes No
Threadpool Yes Enterprise Only
Backup Locks Yes Yes
Extended SHOW GRANTS Yes No
Improved Handling of Corrupted Tables Yes No
Ability to Kill Idle Transactions Yes No
Improvements to START TRANSACTION WITH CONSISTENT SNAPSHOT Yes No
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