… questions along the lines of “how many transactions per second MySQL can do” or “how many servers I need to handle… correct at least to the order of magnitude. Seriously in MySQL Consulting practice it would not be exception to have 1-2… they be able to run their whole orders from single MySQL server. Of course not, because their application is a lot…
Post: How Percona does a MySQL Performance Audit
November 24, 2008 By 17 Comments
…, you know the term “thin-slicing.” That describes an experienced consultant‘s approach to the problem very well. The audit itself…=/var/db/mysql –user=mysql –pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid –skip-external-locking –port=3306 –socket=/var/db/mysql/mysql.sock consult 28852… that they know they’re getting good service. A Percona consultant never says “just trust me” unless the client really insists…
Post: Percona Launches New Support Option for MySQL
October 5, 2010 By 9 Comments
…, for one thing. Also, we blended support and consulting, so you paid our consulting rate for support, when you wanted a more… other software for which we have offered top-notch consulting since 2006. Just MySQL, MariaDB, Percona Server with XtraDB, and Percona XtraBackup… time when needed. Our new system differentiates between support and consulting tickets. We have people literally at the phone and at…
Post: Can having information public hurt consulting business ?
April 30, 2008 By 9 Comments
… advice finding it on MySQL Performance Blog and so they do not need to purchase any commercial consulting. However these people are not likely clients on the first place – if not our blog they would find information in MySQL…. Though these arguments apply to good consultants – skilled and experienced You may not be hiring the consultant, but robot which executes “internal…
Post: Tutorial Insights for Percona Live, London
August 24, 2011 By Leave a Comment
… management of MySQL Cluster installations. Yves is perhaps one of the most experienced MySQL Cluster consultants in United States, having worked with MySQL Cluster deployments in many high scale mission critical applications. Yves specializes in MySQL…
Comment: Leaving MySQL, MySQL Consulting
March 30, 2008 By 23 Comments
… companies are offering MySQL consulting for a little as $1 an hour. Even offshore companies that offer that have consultants with degrees and the full range of MySQL certs, are only charging about $15 an hour. Since MySQL is mostly used for web-work, I would think that most MySQL consultants…
Post: 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 … fit. For example, we frequently refer people to expert PostgreSQL consultants when needed. We believe that people who need Percona’s…
Post: Percona's Commitments to MySQL Users
November 5, 2010 By 10 Comments
… slowdowns over the last few years. This era is over. MySQL has never progressed so rapidly towards better features, better performance…’s costs as closely as possible. This is why our consulting is billed by the hour in a pay-as-you… Schuler, Vice President of Sales Espen Braekken, Vice President of Consulting and Support
Post: What should we say about Sun buying MySQL ?
January 21, 2008 By 2 Comments
…, our consulting company this is mostly positive development. Sun will work on expanding MySQL market further which will mean more consulting work available, and not only that 
Anyway my warmest congratulations to MySQL Founders…
Post: Percona Welcomes Sasha Pachev
December 30, 2010 By Leave a Comment
… team of consultants. Before joining Percona, Sasha worked as an independent MySQL consultant. Sasha was the original implementer and maintainer of MySQL replication from… 4.02. He is also the author of MySQL Enterprise Solutions and Understanding MySQL Internals. Sasha, a big welcome – we are…
