Percona Playback 0.3 development release
I’m glad to announce the third Percona Playback release – another alpha release of a new software package designed to replay database server load. The first two versions were released in April, just in...
View ArticleAnnouncing Percona XtraBackup 2.0.2
Percona is glad to announce the release of Percona XtraBackup 2.0.2 on August 13th, 2012. Downloads are available from our download site here and Percona Software Repositories. This release is the...
View ArticleAnnouncing Percona Server 5.6 Alpha
We are very happy to announce our first alpha of Percona Server 5.6. Based on MySQL 5.6.5 and all the improvements contained within, this is the first step towards a full Percona Server 5.6 release....
View ArticleWhere to get a BZR tree of the latest MySQL releases
I just posted this to the MySQL Internals mailing list: Hi all, Like many of you, I’m disappointed that the bzr trees for MySQL are out of sync with the tarball source and binary releases from Oracle....
View ArticleAnnouncing Percona Server 5.6.6-60.1 Alpha
Percona is glad to announce the ALPHA release of Percona Server 5.6.6-60.1 on September 14, 2012 (Downloads are available here and from the EXPERIMENTAL Percona Software Repositories, although...
View ArticleAnnouncing Percona Playback 0.4 (now with packages!)
We are glad to announce the availability of Percona Playback 0.4, the first release where we’ve released binary packages alongside our source release. Binary packages for RHEL/CentOS 6 are available...
View ArticleA (prototype) lower impact slow query log
Yesterday, over at my personal blog, I blogged about the impact of the MySQL slow query log. Since we’re working on Percona Server 5.6, I did wonder if this was a good opportunity to re-examine how we...
View ArticlePercona response to recent MySQL security bugs
Recently there have been discussions on several vulnerabilities in MySQL and closely related projects such as MariaDB and Percona Server. Usually we have inherited security fixes from MySQL when we...
View ArticleSerious build and testing automation
Here at Percona we’ve spent a lot of time improving our development and testing practices. Why? Because constant innovation keeps us ahead and more productive. We want to work smarter, not harder. One...
View ArticleCVE-2012-4414 strikes back in MySQL 5.5.29 (and what we’re doing in Percona...
In preparing Percona Server 5.5.29 (not yet released, but soon), I filed MySQL bug 68045 (is marked private as it’s a security bug). This bug is in relation to the Oracle fix for CVE-2012-4414 and a...
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Understanding the maximum number of columns in a MySQL table
This post was initially going to be two sets of polls: “What is the maximum number of columns in MySQL?” and “What is the minimum maximum number of columns in MySQL?”. Before you read on, ponder those...
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Why use encrypted backup with Percona XtraBackup 2.1 for MySQL?
We just released our first alpha of Percona XtraBackup 2.1 for MySQL and with it we included the ability to encrypt backups on the fly (full documentation here). This feature is different than simply...
View ArticleAn Ubuntu PPA of daily builds of Percona XtraBackup
Run Ubuntu and want to try new features of Percona XtraBackup? Well, now you can. We have a Personal Package Archive (PPA) percona-daily/percona-xtrabackup. Every time code is pushed to our main source...
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Growth of Percona software releases
It was once said that “real artists ship.” In looking over the history of Percona software releases, we are currently shipping more software than ever before.First, let’s look at Percona Server. Let’s...
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Let’s talk about Percona Server 5.6: Enterprise Grade MySQL (webinar)
The new Percona Server 5.6 is the most manageable, highest performance, and most scalable version of MySQL available. Percona Server 5.6 is the best open source MySQL choice for enterprise-grade...
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Percona Server 5.6 Webinar follow-up and Q&A
Good news everyone! I recently presented a webinar: Percona Server 5.6: Enterprise Grade MySQL. It was also recorded so you can watch along or view the slide deck. As with all my talks, I am not simply...
View ArticleExperimental Git mirror of Oracle MySQL trees
I’ve been working on setting up mirrors on github of all our BZR branches. My first efforts that are at a suitable stage to share are mirrors of the Oracle MySQL trees. This is currently a snapshot of...
View ArticleExperimental GIT Mirrors of Percona XtraBackup, Percona Server plus Oracle...
I recently blogged on setting up Experimental Git mirror of Oracle MySQL trees up on GitHub. I’m now happy to announce that there are also mirrors for:Percona ServerPercona XtraBackupPercona...
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Stewart is speaking at OSDC 2013 in Auckland!
I’ll be speaking at the upcoming Open Source Developers Conference (OSDC 2013) in Auckland, New Zealand! It’s on October 21st-23rd and you should go here right now and register. I’m giving two talks at...
View ArticlePercona Server 5.6 Webinar: Enterprise-grade MySQL
A week ago we launched our first GA release of Percona Server 5.6 and it’s a real game-changer for us. The release of Percona Server 5.6 (our enhanced, drop-in replacement for MySQL) not only provides...
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