Announcing Percona XtraBackup 2.0.0 GA
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...
View ArticleTuning MySQL 5.6 configuration – Webinar followup
We had a wonderful time during the Sept. 25 webinar, “MySQL 5.6 Configuration Optimization,” and I got a lot more questions than I could answer during the hour. So here is a followup with answers to...
View ArticlePercona Server 5.6.15-63.0 is now available
Percona Server version 5.6.15-63.0Percona is glad to announce the release of Percona Server 5.6.15-63.0 on December 19th, 2013 (Downloads are available here and from the Percona Software...
View ArticlePercona Server 5.5.35-33.0 is now available
Percona Server version 5.5.35-33.0Percona is glad to announce the release of Percona Server 5.5.35-33.0 on December 20th, 2013 (Downloads are available here and from the Percona Software Repositories)....
View ArticleNew mydumper 0.6.1 release offers performance and usability features
One of the tasks within Percona Remote DBA is to ensure we have reliable backups with minimal impact. To accomplish this, one of the tools our team uses is called mydumper. We use mydumper for logical...
View ArticleA closer look at the MySQL ibdata1 disk space issue and big tables
A recurring and very common customer issue seen here at the Percona Support team involves how to make the ibdata1 file “shrink” within MySQL. I can only imagine there’s a degree of regret by some of...
View ArticleSwRI Chooses TokuDB to Tackle Machine Data for an 800M+ Record Database
Tackling machine data on the ground to ensure successful operations for NASA in spaceIssues addressed:Scaling MySQL to multi-terabytesInsertion rates as InnoDB hit a performance wallSchema flexibility...
View ArticlePresenting at tomorrow’s NoVA MySQL Meetup (DC Area)
At tomorrow’s NoVA MySQL October Meetup, I will give a talk: “Fractal Tree Indexes – Theoretical Overview and Customer Use Cases.” The meetup is 7 pm Tuesday, October 23, 2012, and will be held at AOL...
View ArticleWebinar: Introduction to TokuDB v6.6
TokuDB® is a proven solution that scales MySQL® and MariaDB® from GBs to TBs with unmatched insert and query speed, compression, replication performance and online schema flexibility. Tokutek’s...
View ArticleHow TokuMX Gets Great Compression for MongoDB
In my last post, I showed what a Fractal Tree® index is at a high level. Once again, the Fractal Tree index is the data structure inside TokuMX and TokuDB, our MongoDB and MySQL products. One of its...
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