May 25, 2012

Post: Benchmarking single-row insert performance on Amazon EC2

… storage 64-bit platform I/O Performance: High API name: m2.4xlarge As for…let’s come to the MySQL configuration. MySQL Configuration I used Percona Server 5.5.22…Percona Server. The “estimate” method reduces the impact of traditional InnoDB log flushing, which can cause downward spikes in performance

Post: Testing Intel SSD 520

… much MySQL can use. In his keynote Mark Callaghan mentioned that Fusion-io cards they use are highly underutilized. With the performance variance we see it is a good question how does it affect MySQL performance, and I… a webinary “MySQL and SSD” on May-9. It will be the same as my talk on Percona Live MySQL Conference 2012, if…

Post: Win Free MySQL Conference Tickets!

… three full conference passes (worth $995 each) to the Percona Live MySQL Conference and Expo, and you can win one simply by… the new High Performance MySQL, 3rd Edition (worth $55 each), the recently released update to the popular second edition! This year’s MySQL Conference… second prizes are a free copy of the new book “High Performance MySQL, 3rd Edition” which will be available for pickup at the…

Post: Free ticket to MySQL User Conference on SF Meetup with talk "Percona XtraDB Cluster"

… that I will be giving a talk “Percona XtraDB Cluster” on coming San Francisco MySQL Meetup, next Wednesday, March-21, 2012. Along… (tutorials + sessions + expo hall) to Percona Live MySQL User Conference 2012 and three copies our new book “High Performance MySQL, 3rd edition”. Well, I hope…

Post: Percona Announces New Relic Partnership

… Relic. I even wrote it in the new edition of High Performance MySQL. Why? Simple. People who use New Relic are more able… best solution for them, even if that means NOT using Percona, I do that. I am, personally, very happy that we… company lightly. But New Relic is an ideal fit for Percona and our customers.

Post: BOFs and Lightning Talks Announced for Percona Live MySQL Conference & Expo

The Percona Live MySQL Conference & Expo is going to be awesome! Great speakers, an … miss out on this great opportunity to connect with the MySQL community at the largest community gathering in the world. To… Kindle Fires One of five copies of the new book High Performance MySQL, 3rd Edition Don’t miss this special offer – register now…

Post: Congratulations to Percona Live Ticket Winners!

… want to congratulate our three first-prize winners to the Percona Live MySQL Conference and Expo: David Juntgen Jeff Hansen Domenick Petrella… there! Our ten second-prize winners receive a copy of High Performance MySQL Third Edition, and I’m still in progress with that…

Post: MariaDB 5.3 is released as GA!

… MariaDB as a first-class member of the MySQL family of databases. Finally, High Performance MySQL, Third Edition mentions MariaDB in many places, so… of these features are also available either in Percona Server or in the upcoming MySQL 5.6 in the same or slightly… of MySQL that suit different needs and personalities, with different characteristics, and feature and performance improvements are moving rapidly forward for the MySQL

Comment: Percona Toolkit 2.1 with New Online Schema Change Tool

… of MySQL (that is what Percona does, isn’t it?)? 2. Secondly, I read here that you are the lead author of High Performance MySQL. Is that the same title as the O’Reilly “High Performance MySQL” by Jeremy Zawodny & Derek Balling…

Post: Tutorial Insights for Percona Live, London

… Tutorials on Percona Live, London. I hand picked number of them after seeing outstanding speaker Performance in other …MySQL Cluster technology which is rapidly gaining popularity for building high performance and highly available systems with MySQL. Initially designed for Telecom Applications MySQL