Introducing backup locks in Percona Server
TL;DR version: The backup locks feature introduced in Percona Server 5.6.16-64.0 is a lightweight alternative to FLUSH TABLES WITH READ LOCK and can be used to take both physical and logical backups...
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Innodb redo log archiving
Percona Server 5.6.11-60.3 introduces a new “log archiving” feature. Percona XtraBackup 2.1.5 supports “apply archived logs.” What does it mean and how it can be used?Percona products propose three...
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How to identify and cure MySQL replication slave lag
Here on the Percona MySQL Support team, we often see issues where a customer is complaining about replication delays – and many times the problem ends up being tied to MySQL replication slave lag. This...
View ArticleDatabase auditing alternatives for MySQL
Database auditing is the monitoring of selected actions of database users. It doesn’t protect the database in case privileges are set incorrectly, but it can help the administrator detect...
View ArticlePercona Server with TokuDB (beta): Installation, configuration
My previous post was an introduction to the TokuDB storage engine and aimed at explaining the basics of its design and how it differentiates from InnoDB/XtraDB. This post is all about motivating you to...
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Q&A: Even More Deadly Mistakes of MySQL Development
On Wednesday I gave a presentation on “How to Avoid Even More Common (but Deadly) MySQL Development Mistakes” for Percona MySQL Webinars. If you missed it, you can still register to view the recording...
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Q&A: Common (but deadly) MySQL Development Mistakes
On Wednesday I gave a presentation on “How to Avoid Common (but Deadly) MySQL Development Mistakes” for Percona MySQL Webinars. If you missed it, you can still register to view the recording and my...
View ArticleIntroducing backup locks in Percona Server
TL;DR version: The backup locks feature introduced in Percona Server 5.6.16-64.0 is a lightweight alternative to FLUSH TABLES WITH READ LOCK and can be used to take both physical and logical backups...
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Innodb redo log archiving
Percona Server 5.6.11-60.3 introduces a new “log archiving” feature. Percona XtraBackup 2.1.5 supports “apply archived logs.” What does it mean and how it can be used?Percona products propose three...
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How to identify and cure MySQL replication slave lag
Here on the Percona MySQL Support team, we often see issues where a customer is complaining about replication delays – and many times the problem ends up being tied to MySQL replication slave lag. This...
View ArticleDatabase auditing alternatives for MySQL
Database auditing is the monitoring of selected actions of database users. It doesn’t protect the database in case privileges are set incorrectly, but it can help the administrator detect...
View ArticlePercona Server with TokuDB (beta): Installation, configuration
My previous post was an introduction to the TokuDB storage engine and aimed at explaining the basics of its design and how it differentiates from InnoDB/XtraDB. This post is all about motivating you to...
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Q&A: Even More Deadly Mistakes of MySQL Development
On Wednesday I gave a presentation on “How to Avoid Even More Common (but Deadly) MySQL Development Mistakes” for Percona MySQL Webinars. If you missed it, you can still register to view the recording...
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 Articlemysqld_multi: How to run multiple instances of MySQL
The need to have multiple instances of MySQL (the well-known mysqld process) running in the same server concurrently in a transparent way, instead of having them executed in separate containers/virtual...
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MySQL upgrade best practices
MySQL upgrades are necessary tasks and we field a variety of questions here at Percona Support regarding MySQL upgrade best practices. This post highlights recommended ways to upgrade MySQL in...
View ArticleWhat happens when your application cannot open yet another connection to MySQL
Have you ever experienced a situation where one moment you can connect to the MySQL database and the next moment you cannot, only to be able to connect again a second later? As you may know one cannot...
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MySQL 5.6 Transportable Tablespaces best practices
In MySQL 5.6 Oracle introduced a Transportable Tablespace feature (copying tablespaces to another server) and Percona Server adopted it for partial backups which means you can now take individual...
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Percona Server 5.6.22-71.0 is now available
Percona is glad to announce the release of Percona Server 5.6.22-71.0 on January 12, 2015. Download the latest version from the Percona web site or from the Percona Software Repositories.Based on MySQL...
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Importing big tables with large indexes with Myloader MySQL tool
Mydumper is known as the faster (much faster) mysqldump alternative. So, if you take a logical backup you will choose Mydumper instead of mysqldump. But what about the restore? Well, who needs to...
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