Percona is glad to announce the release of Percona XtraBackup 2.1.0-rc1 on May 7, 2013. Downloads are available from our download site here. For this RC release, we will not be making APT and YUM repositories available, just base deb and RPM packages This is an Release Candidate quality release and is not intended for [...]
Percona XtraBackup 2.1.0 ‘release candidate’ for MySQL available for download
May 7, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Percona XtraBackup 2.0.7 for MySQL available for download
May 6, 2013 By 1 Comment
Percona is glad to announce the release of Percona XtraBackup 2.0.7 for MySQL on May 6, 2013. Downloads are available from our download site here and Percona Software Repositories. Percona XtraBackup is the world’s only open-source, free MySQL hot backup software that performs non-blocking backups for InnoDB and XtraDB databases. This release is the current GA (Generally Available) [...]
Percona XtraBackup 2.1.0 for MySQL beta now available
April 22, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Percona is glad to announce the release of Percona XtraBackup 2.1.0 for MySQL beta on April 22, 2013. Downloads are available from our download site here. For this BETA release, we will not be making APT and YUM repositories available, just base deb and RPM packages This is an BETA quality release and is not [...]
MySQL 5.6 Compatible Percona XtraBackup 2.0.6 Released
March 20, 2013 By 2 Comments
Percona is glad to announce the release of Percona XtraBackup 2.0.6 for MySQL 5.6 on March 20, 2013. Downloads are available from our download site here and Percona Software Repositories. This release is the current GA (Generally Available) stable release in the 2.0 series. New Features: XtraBackup 2.0.6 has implemented basic support for MySQL 5.6, Percona Server 5.6 [...]
MySQL Workshops: Chicago & London this April
March 15, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Percona will be in Chicago and London the week of April 8th delivering two 2-day MySQL workshops. For our MPB readers, we are offering a 15% discount. Just use MPB15A when purchasing your tickets to one or both MySQL workshops. Scaling and Optimization for MySQL on Monday & Tuesday, April 8 & 9 This MySQL workshop [...]
MySQL Backup tools used by Percona Remote DBA for MySQL
March 13, 2013 By 8 Comments
As part of Percona Remote DBA for MySQL service we recognize that reliable backups are one of the most important things we can bring to the table. In my experience handling emergencies, the single worst thing that can happen is finding out you don’t have backups available when some sort of data loss or catastrophic [...]
Replaying database load with Percona Playback
October 25, 2012 By 9 Comments
If you are planning to upgrade or make any configuration change on your MySQL database the first advice usually is: – Benchmark! How should we do that benchmark? People usually run generic benchmark tools like sysbench, tpcc or mysqlslap that are good to know the number of transactions per seconds that a database can do [...]
Announcing Percona Server 5.5.27-29.0
October 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Percona is glad to announce the release of Percona Server 5.5.27-29.0 on October 11th, 2012 (Downloads are available here and from the Percona Software Repositories). Based on MySQL 5.5.27, including all the bug fixes in it, Percona Server 5.5.27-29.0 is now the current stable release in the 5.5 series. All of Percona‘s software is open-source and free, all the details of the release can [...]
Announcing Percona Server 5.1.65-14.0
September 4, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Percona is glad to announce the release of Percona Server 5.1.65-14.0 on September 4th, 2012 (Downloads are available here and from the Percona Software Repositories). Based on MySQL 5.1.65, including all the bug fixes in it, Percona Server 5.1.65-14.0 is now the current stable release in the 5.1 series. All of Percona‘s software is open-source and free, all the details of the release can [...]
Announcing Percona XtraBackup 2.0.0 GA
April 4, 2012 By 11 Comments
I’m really excited to today announce the first GA (Generally Available; i.e. stable) release of Percona XtraBackup 2.0. We have worked hard since our last major release on improving the reliability and user experience of Percona XtraBackup as well as adding features to make it better suited to more environments. The 2.0.0 release contains no [...]
