… with significant MySQL Experience and so MySQL Consultants is great way to solve problems for a lot of companies. Marketing Diving into consulting venture of… schedule very chaotic – we may have work piling or days becoming idle pretty quickly. With customers it means sometimes we might…
Post: Life Beyond MySQL
September 27, 2006 By 3 Comments
… was leaving MySQL I wrote I will be doing some Web projects on my own, besides doing MySQL Consulting. I think … in terms of performance yet, but it is already becoming fun to play with. Much more features to come … what else would be good to add drop us a note. We’re also interested in more data so …
Post: How Percona diagnoses MySQL server stalls
March 3, 2011 By 6 Comments
… cause a lot of harm due to the “error” part of “trial-and-error.” At Percona we have become …re not a Percona support/consulting staff member, then of course you can hire us. If I get a few …of. There are many things that can cause a stall in MySQL, and they usually begin microscopically and get …
Post: Gathering queries from a server with Maatkit and tcpdump
July 1, 2009 By 23 Comments
…couple of months, we’ve been quietly developing a MySQL protocol parser for Maatkit. It isn’t an…have a slow query log enabled, at very high time resolution. With this new functionality, it becomes … it via email to your friendly consultant, or do any of a number of other things. Decoupling things…
Post: Onsite and Remote - getting best of both worlds
July 2, 2009 By 1 Comment
… advice takes a lot of time) – migration projects, any forms of scripting, implementation (writing queries), hands on setting up MySQL, Replication, Monitoring… to assist consultant when he is doing the work. As remote work is often done cross time zones this becomes a very important…
Post: How Percona strives to remain neutral and independent
March 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment
… prominent companies in the MySQL ecosystem are Percona customers, including hardware manufacturers, software … If we become aware of a vendor using Percona’s name as an endorsement in a way we …paid evaluations on a consulting basis, or we reach a mutual understanding that it isn’t a good match and…
Post: Percona is hiring performance experts
February 13, 2009 By 2 Comments
… our work involves MySQL (at least peripherally, usually centrally) but not all of it; and we are looking for a PostgreSQL expert… time. We do not hire consultants in the way a lot of other consulting companies do. You do not become a “Percona franchisee,” you are… do at some consulting companies. The successful Percona consultant has a combination of experience, aptitude and attitude. You must be a technical expert of…
Post: Database problems in MySQL/PHP Applications
August 11, 2006 By 12 Comments
… connection may become the issue. Caching should be good help in this case though. About Consulting – it … is done by user. This might be a bit extreem if you have thousands of users … traditional database background. Things are different with MySQL. There are many successful applications, using tens …
Post: Commodity Hardware, Commodity Software and Commodity People
June 15, 2007 By 9 Comments
… look at MySQL 4.0 you could simply ask if person knows MySQL or does not, in the new versions it becomes possible… would cover pretty much all of MySQL features in version 4.0 becomes a book shelf for new MySQL versions. I can’t say… mean more services will come to us for Consulting Services Do I see MySQL replaced in its space any time soon ? I…
Post: How Percona Develops Open-Source Software
January 9, 2009 By 4 Comments
…a toolkit that provides advanced functionality for MySQL. We have a team of dedicated MySQL developers working on the server and on ExtraDB, and a…paying customers, obvious needs for our consulting practice, and the public wishlist. However… in the hat, it could become a reality. Where It All Begins …
