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 Server on the Nexus 7: Your own MySQL Database Server on an Android Tablet
February 28, 2013 By 11 Comments
Following Roel’s post, Percona Server on the Raspberry Pi: Your own MySQL Database Server , I thought what other crazy gadget can I run Percona Server on? And having an Asus Nexus 7 Android tablet I decided to give it a try. Anything below contains a risk that you break your tablet if you do [...]
Percona Server on the Raspberry Pi: Your own MySQL Database Server for Under $80
February 25, 2013 By 10 Comments
There are many reasons for wanting a small MySQL database server: You’re a uni student who wants to learn the SQL language better and needs a mini-testbox You’re a Windows user who wants to play around with Percona Server on Linux You’re a corporate application developer who wants a small SQL development & test box [...]
Read/Write Splitting with PHP Webinar Questions Followup
January 23, 2013 By 4 Comments
Today I gave a presentation on “Read/Write Splitting with PHP” for Percona Webinars. If you missed it, you can still register to view the recording and my slides. Thanks to everyone who attended, and especially to folks who asked the great questions. I answered as many as I could during the session, but here are [...]
What’s up with HandlerSocket?
March 28, 2011 By 43 Comments
I’ve presented at two different venues about HandlerSocket recently and the number one question that always arises is: Why hasn’t HandlerSocket become more popular than it is? Considering how fast and awesome HandlerSocket is, it’s not seeing as rapid adoption as some might expect. I theorize that there are five reasons for this:
Percona Server 5.1.51-rel11.5
October 28, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Percona Community, Percona Server version 5.1.51-rel11.5 is now available for download. The main purpose of this release is to update the current Percona stable release to the latest version of MySQL 5.1. Functionality Added or Changed  Percona Server 5.1.51-rel11.5 is now based on MySQL 5.1.51.  New Features Added: None  Other Changes: None Bugs Fixed  Bug [...]
Percona Server 5.1.50-rel12.1
October 14, 2010 By 2 Comments
Dear Community, Percona Server version 5.1.50-rel12.1 RC is now available for download. Functionality Added or Changed Percona Server 5.1.50-rel12.1 is now based on MySQL 5.1.50. New Features Added: innodb_lru_dump_restore – Implemented automatic dumping of the buffer pool at specified intervals. innodb_buffer_pool_shm – Implemented option ”innodb_buffer_pool_shm_checksum”; when enabled, shared memory buffer pool is checksum validated. This [...]
Percona Server 5.1.50-rel11.4
September 27, 2010 By 1 Comment
Dear Community, Percona Server version 5.1.50-rel11.4 is now available for download. The changes in this release include: New features The primary purpose of this release is to update to the latest version of MySQL 5.1. Percona Server 5.1.50-rel11.4 is now based on MySQL 5.1.50. Fixed bugs innodb_use_sys_stats_table – The
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table is now used only [...]
Percona Server 5.1.49-rel12.0
September 15, 2010 By 6 Comments
Dear Community, Starting with this release, we introduce a new release model for Percona Server. From now on, we will have both Stable and Release Candidate releases. Release Candidates will introduce new features not yet available in Stable releases. Along with new features, our new 5.1.49-12.0 RC contains a couple of patches from the Facebook-MySQL [...]
Percona Server 5.1.49-rel11.3
September 10, 2010 By 1 Comment
Dear Community, Percona Server version 5.1.49-rel11.3 is now available for download. The changes in this release include: New features Percona Server 5.1.49-rel11.3 is based on MySQL 5.1.49. A new variable was introduced: innodb_use_sys_stats_table. If ON, the table’s statistics are stored statically in the internal table SYS_STATS. The table is populated with the ANALYZE TABLE command. [...]
