May 23, 2013

Percona Live MySQL Conference 2013 wrap-up

The Percona Live MySQL Conference & Expo 2013 was April 22-25 in Santa Clara, California. This was Percona’s second year organizing the conference and we were very pleased with the event and the feedback (check the #perconalive hashtag for a sampling of the great comments such as this from Tom Krouper or this from John [...]

Percona and the MariaDB Foundation

There have been several reports (1,2,3) describing Percona’s stance regarding the MariaDB Foundation that are not totally accurate so I though it would be worth it to describe where we stand on this and related matters. First, let me say the creation of theMariaDB Foundation is a good thing for the MariaDB Community and I’m [...]

Thank You Percona Live London 2012 Attendees!

Percona Live London wrapped up last week to very positive reviews from attendees and sponsors like those from Johan De Meersman. Percona was pleased to provide an engaging event for MySQL community members that featured engaging tutorials, highly rated breakout sessions, a very well-attended Tuesday community networking reception sponsored by Clustrix, and keynotes from a [...]

Percona Live MySQL Conference and Expo 2013 – News from the Committee – Tutorial Selection Complete

As Percona Live London is raging in the UK, I thought it fitting to remind everyone about the next big Percona Live: MySQL Conference and Expo 2013 in Santa Clara, Californa on April 22-25, 2013.  You can register NOW for this conference, and the Super Saving Registration deadline ends on December 28th, so be sure to [...]

Get Me Some Query Logs!

One of my favorite tools in the Percona Toolkit is pt-query-digest.  This tool is indispensable for identifying your top SQL queries, and analyzing which queries are accounting for your database load. But the report you get from pt-query-digest is only as good as the log of queries you give it as input.  You need a large [...]

Speaking at Percona Live London 2012: Percona XtraDB Cluster in a nutshell

If you are interested by a great and revolutionary HA solution for MySQL or even if you already have some experience with PXC and/or Galera, I invite you to attend the tutorial I will deliver in Percona Live MySQL Conference London 2012 (PLUK2012), December 3rd : Percona XtraDB Cluster in a nutshell. Small amount of [...]

Special Pass/Hotel Bundled Pricing for Percona Live London

I’m pleased to announce special bundled hotel/conference pass packages for the Percona Live London MySQL Conference which is December 3-4, 2012 at The Millennium Gloucester Conference Centre in London. The conference features tutorials December 3rd and breakout sessions December 4th. A networking reception will follow the Tuesday sessions. Four special, money-saving bundles are available, whether [...]

Call for Papers for the Percona Live MySQL Conference and Expo ends soon!

Call for Papers for the annual Percona Live MySQL Conference and Expo in Santa Clara, are set to close at the end of the day tomorrow Oct. 12th. Please consider submitting one or more speaking proposals. If you are selected to speak you will receive a free full conference pass valued at over $1,500. In [...]

Thank you for joining us at Percona Live, NYC 2012

Over 200 attendees attended last week’s Percona Live NY event. This year we structured event different than in 2011 with Tutorial Day allowing for in-depth 3 hour presentations for those looking to dive deep into specific topics. We also added an Expo Hall which allowed a lot of MySQL Ecosystem participant to meet their prospective [...]

Submit your proposal for Percona Live London 2012 Now !

Call for papers is still open for Percona Live London 2012, but only for few more days. We’re looking for great talks relevant for MySQL Ecosystem it could be about MySQL and its variants as well as technologies which are used together with MySQL. Please consider submitting if you’re actively using MySQL, Percona Server, MariaDB [...]