We just released our first alpha of Percona XtraBackup 2.1 for MySQL and with it we included the ability to encrypt backups on the fly (full documentation here). This feature is different than simply piping the backup stream through the openssl or gpg binaries, which is what some people have used in the past. A big [...]
Facebook at Percona Live MySQL Conference and Expo and Advanced Registration Ending Soon
March 19, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Facebook is a major user of MySQL and has pushed the performance limits of the technology. Their MySQL experts have deep, hands on knowledge of the technology. I’m pleased to welcome Mark Callaghan, Software Engineer for Database Infrastructure at Facebook, back again this year to the Percona Live MySQL Conference & Expo to share his [...]
MySQL Backup tools used by Percona Remote DBA for MySQL
March 13, 2013 By 8 Comments
As part of Percona Remote DBA for MySQL service we recognize that reliable backups are one of the most important things we can bring to the table. In my experience handling emergencies, the single worst thing that can happen is finding out you don’t have backups available when some sort of data loss or catastrophic [...]
Oracle Technical Experts at the Percona Live MySQL Conference and Expo
March 12, 2013 By Leave a Comment
I’m pleased to announce that Oracle is sending some of their top technical people to speak at the Percona Live MySQL Conference and Expo. The conference takes place April 22-25, 2013 at the Santa Clara Convention Center and Hyatt Santa Clara. Tomas Ulin, VP, MySQL Engineering for Oracle, will present an invited keynote talk on [...]
Minimizing Downtime from Lengthy AWS Outages
October 24, 2012 By 7 Comments
Well, it happened again… Another lengthy EBS outage in the US-East region impacted several sites across the net. While failures like this are rare, they can be quite costly and translate into headaches for the operations team when impact production systems for any length of time. At Percona, we routinely help clients architect and deploy [...]
Percona welcomes Drizzle 7.1
April 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The Drizzle team has published the first Drizzle 7.1 stable release. The announcement on the Drizzle blog covers some of the major improvements in this release over the previous stable release, Drizzle 7.0. I plan to write a variety of blog posts on each of the new features over the coming weeks. Major features include: Multi [...]
Diamond Keynote Panel, BOFs, Lightning Talks, and McAfee and AOL Sponsorships
April 2, 2012 By 1 Comment
I’m excited by all of the recent developments surrounding the Percona Live MySQL Conference and Expo! Our own Baron Schwartz will moderate the Diamond Keynote Panel entitled “Future Perfect: The Road Ahead for MySQL” which will feature a panel of MySQL industry leaders, including: Sundar Raghavan, director product management at Amazon; Paul Mikesell, CEO of [...]
BOFs and Lightning Talks Announced for Percona Live MySQL Conference & Expo
March 22, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The Percona Live MySQL Conference & Expo is going to be awesome! Great speakers, an A-list of sponsors, countless opportunities to engage with the community, and an enthusiastic crowd of MySQL users ensure this is going to be a great event. The conference features 72 breakout sessions, keynotes by leading industry luminaries, an optional day [...]
Announcing Drizzle Day, Fri 13th April 2012
February 8, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Percona is proud to sponsor the 4th Drizzle Day, this year being held on the 13th April, the day after the Percona Live MySQL Conference and Expo. When: Friday, April 13th 2012 from 9:30 am Where: Cypress room, Mezzanine Level, Hyatt Regency Santa Clara (5101 Great America Parkway) What: Drizzle Day is a day to learn about Drizzle, how [...]
Sphinx 2.0.2 Beta is released, Sphinx Users Conference in December
November 17, 2011 By 6 Comments
My friends at Sphinx Technologies have finally released new beta of Sphinx – Sphinx 2.0.2. It includes about 6 months of development and includes over 30 new features and tons of bug fixes. I’m happy to see how Sphinx 2.0 is shaping up a lot of rough corners are being polished and I’m hopeful we [...]
