At Percona we focus on education a lot, which we believe is critical for us to be successful with our mission of making businesses successful with their use of MySQL. The MySQL Performance Blog, our first effort in this space, by now contains over 1,000 technical articles. We have spoken on countless conferences and Meetups [...]
Join us for our first Percona MySQL University event in Raleigh, N.C. Jan 29
January 10, 2013 By 4 Comments
Percona and the MariaDB Foundation
December 19, 2012 By 3 Comments
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!
December 14, 2012 By 2 Comments
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
December 3, 2012 By 1 Comment
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!
November 22, 2012 By 14 Comments
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
November 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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 [...]
Percona Live MySQL Conference and Expo 2013 – News from the Committee – Part 1
November 8, 2012 By Leave a Comment
I was honored to be asked to be a member of the committee for the “big” MySQL conference: Percona Live MySQL Conference and Expo 2013 in Santa Clara, CA. Personally, I’ve been attending this conference for 6 or 7 years and missing it only when my wife was pregnant with a due date in April [...]
Speaking at Internet Summit
November 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The Internet Summit seems to be the largest Tech event of the year in Raleigh,NC area. I’ve attended this conference last year and I’m proud to be a speaker this time around. If you’re up for early morning talks I’m part of “Tech Track: Inside the Data Center” block of sessions, starting at 8am, where [...]
Special Pass/Hotel Bundled Pricing for Percona Live London
October 24, 2012 By 1 Comment
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!
October 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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 [...]
