Join Optimizations in MySQL 5.6 and MariaDB 5.5
This is the third blog post in the series of blog posts leading up to the talk comparing the optimizer enhancements in MySQL 5.6 and MariaDB 5.5. This blog post is targeted at the join related...
View ArticleA case for MariaDB’s Hash Joins
MariaDB 5.3/5.5 has introduced a new join type “Hash Joins” which is an implementation of a Classic Block-based Hash Join Algorithm. In this post we will see what the Hash Join is, how it works and for...
View ArticleUsing MySQL Sandbox with Percona Server
One of the most useful tools if you’re working with multiple versions of MySQL Servers is MySQL Sandbox which allows you to maintain many different versions of MySQL, Percona Server, MariaDB. If you’re...
View ArticleAnnouncing Percona Server for MySQL version 5.5.29-30.0
Percona is glad to announce the release of Percona Server for MySQL version 5.5.29-30.0 on February 26th, 2013 (Downloads are available here and from the Percona Software Repositories). Based on MySQL...
View ArticleAnnouncing Percona Server for MySQL 5.6.10-60.2
Percona Server for MySQL version 5.6.10-60.2Percona is glad to announce the release of Percona Server for MySQL 5.6.10-60.2 on March 14, 2013. (Downloads are available here and from the experimental...
View ArticlePercona Live MySQL Conference and Expo 2013: It feels like 2007 again
I actually don’t remember exactly whether it was in 2006, 2007 or 2008 — but around that time the MySQL community had one of the greatest MySQL conferences put on by O’Reilly and MySQL. It was a good,...
View ArticleMySQL 5.6 Compatible Percona Toolkit 2.2 Released
A new Percona Toolkit series has been released: Percona Toolkit 2.2 for MySQL 5.6. Several months in the making and many new features, changes, and improvements make this a great new series. It...
View ArticleOpen Source, the MySQL market (and TokuDB in particular)
I was reviewing the Percona Live sponsors list the other day and pondering the potential success stories associated with this product or that one…. and as I was preparing to put more thought on the...
View ArticleNew MySQL features, related technologies at Percona Live London
The upcoming Percona Live London conference, November 11-12, features quite a number of talks about the latest MySQL features and related technologies. There will be a lots of talks about the new MySQL...
View ArticleMariaDB: Selective binary logs events
In the first post in a series on MariaDB features we find interesting, we begin with selectively skipping replication of binlog events. This feature is available on MariaDB 5.5 and 10.By default when...
View ArticleMySQL & Friends Devroom FOSDEM 2015
You can already feel the cold of February coming slowly… you can also smell waffles, fries and see a large amount of beards walking around with laptops… you are right, FOSDEM is coming! And as every...
View ArticlePercona Live MySQL Conference Call for Proposals closes Nov. 16
The Percona Live MySQL Conference in Silicon Valley (April 13-16, 2015) features a full day of tutorial sessions and three full days with keynote talks and breakout sessions from leading MySQL experts...
View ArticleMySQL and OpenStack deep dive: Dec. 10 webinar
Fact: MySQL is the most commonly used database in OpenStack deployments. Of course that includes a number of MySQL variants – standard MySQL by Oracle, MariaDB, Percona Server, MySQL Galera, Percona...
View ArticleUsing YUM to install specific MySQL/Percona Server versions
Sometimes it is desired to use particular software versions in production, and not necessary the latest ones. There may be several reasons for that, where I think the most common is when a new version...
View ArticlePercona Live 2015 conference sessions announced!
Today we announced the full conference sessions schedule for April’s Percona Live MySQL Conference & Expo 2015 and this year’s event, once again at the Hyatt Regency Santa Clara and Santa Clara...
View ArticleFOSDEM 2015: MySQL and Friends Community Dinner!
As you may already be aware, FOSDEM and its wonderful MySQL and Friends track are once again descending upon the campus of the ULB in Brussels, Belgium. Logically, a traditional MySQL and Friends...
View ArticlePercona University: Back to school Feb. 12 in Raleigh, N.C.
Percona CEO Peter Zaitsev leads a track at the inaugural Percona University event in Raleigh, N.C. on Jan. 29, 2013.About two years ago we held our first-ever Percona University event in Raleigh, N.C....
View ArticlePercona Live 2015 Lightning Talks, BoF submission deadline Feb. 13! And...
It’s hard to believe that the Percona Live MySQL Conference and Expo is just over two months away (April 13-16 in Santa Clara, California). So if you’ve been thinking about submitting a proposal for...
View ArticleMeasuring the impact of tcpdump on Very Busy Hosts
A few years back Deva wrote about how to use tcpdump on very busy hosts. That post sparked my interest about exploring how to measure the impact of tcpdump on very busy hosts. In this post, I wanted to...
View ArticlePercona Live & OpenStack Live 2015 wrap-up
Peter Zaitsev kicks off Percona Live 2015With highlights that included news of Percona’s acquisition of Tokutek, a lively keynote discussion with Apple legend Steve “Woz” Wozniak, scores of technical...
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