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Percona Server 5.6.25-73.0 is now available
Percona is glad to announce the release of Percona Server 5.6.25-73.0 on July 1, 2015. Download the latest version from the Percona web site or from the Percona Software Repositories.Based on MySQL...
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Percona Live Europe 2015 conference, tutorials schedule now available
The conference and tutorial schedule for Percona Live Europe 2015, September 21-23 in Amsterdam, was published this morning and this year’s event will focus on MySQL, NoSQL and Data in the...
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How to create a rock-solid MySQL database backup & recovery strategy
Have you ever wondered what could happen if your MySQL database goes down?Although it’s evident such a crash will cause downtime – and surely some business impact in terms of revenue – can you do...
View ArticleBypassing SST in Percona XtraDB Cluster with incremental backups
Beware the SSTIn Percona XtraDB Cluster (PXC) I often run across users who are fearful of SSTs on their clusters. I’ve always maintained that if you can’t cope with a SST, PXC may not be right for you,...
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Percona Live Amsterdam discounted pricing ends July 26!
The Percona Live Data Performance Conference in Amsterdam is just two months away and it’s going to be an incredible event. With a new expanded focus on MySQL, NoSQL, and Data in the Cloud, this...
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The Q&A: Creating best-in-class backup solutions for your MySQL environment
Thank you for attending my July 15 webinar, “Creating Best in Class Backup solutions for your MySQL environment.” Due to the amount of content we discussed and some minor technical difficulties faced...
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InnoDB vs TokuDB in LinkBench benchmark
Previously I tested Tokutek’s Fractal Trees (TokuMX & TokuMXse) as MongoDB storage engines – today let’s look into the MySQL area.I am going to use modified LinkBench in a heavy IO-load.I compared...
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Multi-source replication in MySQL 5.7 vs Tungsten Replicator
MySQL 5.7 comes with a new set of features and multi-source replication is one of them. In few words this means that one slave can replicate from different masters simultaneously.During the last couple...
View ArticleWhy base64-output=DECODE-ROWS does not print row events in MySQL binary logs
Lately I saw many cases when users specified option--base64-output=DECODE-ROWS to print out a statement representation of row events in MySQL binary logs just to get nothing. Reason for this is...
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Featured Talk: The Future of Replication is Today: New Features in Practice
In the past years, both MySQL 5.6, MySQL 5.7 and MariaDB 10 have been successful implementing new features. For many DBAs, the “old way” of replicating data is comfortable so taking the action to...
View ArticleOptimizing PXC Xtrabackup State Snapshot Transfer
State Snapshot Transfer (SST) at a glancePXC uses a protocol called State Snapshot Transfer to provision a node joining an existing cluster with all the data it needs to synchronize. This is analogous...
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Find unused indexes on MongoDB and TokuMX
Finding and removing unused indexes is a pretty common technique to improve overall performance of relational databases. Less indexes means faster insert and updates but also less disk space used. The...
View ArticleAdvanced 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 a replay available here). As promised here is the list of questions and my answers (thank...
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ObjectRocket’s David Murphy talks about MongoDB, Percona Live Amsterdam
Say hello to David Murphy, lead DBA and MongoDB Master at ObjectRocket (a Rackspace company). David works on sharding, tool building, very large-scale issues and high-performance MongoDB architecture....
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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 on Facebook’s MySQL Infrastructure team, has been working with MySQL for...
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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 with Percona Server since 5.5.37/5.6.17, for a little over 12 months. Prior...
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