We announced a while back that we were going to continue the traditional MySQL conference in Santa Clara, because O’Reilly wasn’t doing it anymore. But we haven’t given an update in a while. Here’s the current status: We created a conference committee. We created a conference website that allows people to create an account and [...]
Fishing with dynamite, brought to you by the randgen and dbqp
November 16, 2011 By Leave a Comment
I tend to speak highly of the random query generator as a testing tool and thought I would share a story that shows how it can really shine. At our recent dev team meeting, we spent approximately 30 minutes of hack time to produce test cases for 3 rather hard to duplicate bugs. Of course, [...]
dbqp and Xtrabackup testing
November 16, 2011 By Leave a Comment
So I’m back from the Percona dev team’s recent meeting. While there, we spent a fair bit of time discussing Xtrabackup development. One of our challenges is that as we add richer features to the tool, we need equivalent testing capabilities. However, it seems a constant in the MySQL world that available QA tools often [...]
Speaking at HighLoad conference, Moscow, Russia, Training and Hiring
September 30, 2011 By 2 Comments
I’m going to be speaking on Highload++ conference October 3,4 in Moscow, Russia. This is a great conference which gathers amazing quality of speakers from Russia and around the world and I usually learn a lot and enjoy talking to a lot of great people on this event. My talk is going to be about [...]
Percona Live London: CFP, Registration, Sponsorships Open
August 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The first two Percona Live MySQL conferences in San Francisco and New York were sold-to-capacity events with the bonus of great evening parties. Percona Live’s huge popularity convinced us to take the conference series on the road to London, England. We also decided to broaden learning, content, networking, presentation and marketing opportunities for attendees and [...]
Percona welcomes Stewart Smith
May 16, 2011 By 8 Comments
Percona is pleased to welcome Stewart Smith to the team. Stewart does not need an extended introduction for MySQL Community, but just in case: Stewart has a long history with both the MySQL and Drizzle code bases. He’s been one of the core Drizzle developers since the start of the project (working on Drizzle for [...]
How Percona strives to remain neutral and independent
March 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Many of the prominent companies in the MySQL ecosystem are Percona customers, including hardware manufacturers, software developers, hosted service providers, and appliance developers. We perform paid and unpaid research on their products, and we publish blog posts related to their products or services. Independence and objectivity are core Percona values. How do we balance the [...]
Percona Server and XtraBackup weekly news, March 19th
March 20, 2011 By 2 Comments
Here’s what is new in Percona Server and Percona XtraBackup since last week. We are working on compiling and checking download statistics for both pieces of software. The preliminary numbers are far higher than I thought they would be. Both Percona Server and XtraBackup are becoming amazingly popular. I am aware of deployments running into [...]
Team Percona back from Cancun, Mexico
February 14, 2011 By 2 Comments
All Perconians are back home after spending January 19-25 near Cancun, Mexico for our fourth annual company meeting. A total of 60 people gathered at the Grand Palladium Resort & Spa on the Maya Riviera. 39 were Percona employees and 21 were family and guests. Earlier Percona gatherings were held in Egypt (2007), Turkey (2008), [...]
Percona is looking for a Support Engineer
November 16, 2010 By 1 Comment
As part of our growth process and with the introduction of our Support and Maintenance services, we’re looking for a new Support Engineer.
You would be a part of a unit that operates 24×7 and be the first line of contact for our customers.
Responsibilities include handling or dispatching emergencies and support requests, triaging incoming issues, and ensuring customers always get the attention they need.
