InnoDB Full-text Search in MySQL 5.6 (part 1)
I’ve never been a very big fan of MyISAM; I would argue that in most situations, any possible advantages to using MyISAM are far outweighed by the potential disadvantages and the strengths of InnoDB....
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Percona Server for MySQL 5.5.30-30.2 now available
Percona Server for MySQL version 5.5.30-30.2Percona is glad to announce the release of Percona Server for MySQL 5.5.30-30.2 on April 10, 2013 (Downloads are available here and from the Percona Software...
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Percona Server 5.5.30-30.2 rerelease fixes non-restart issue
In our last 5.5 series release of Percona Server, we included a regression in the RPM packaging that prevented the server from restarting following an upgrade — instead, the server would remain stopped...
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MySQL and the SSB – Part 2 – MyISAM vs InnoDB low concurrency
This blog post is part two in what is now a continuing series on the Star Schema Benchmark.In my previous blog post I compared MySQL 5.5.30 to MySQL 5.6.10, both with default settings using only the...
View ArticleHere’s my favorite secret MySQL 5.6 feature. What’s yours?
MySQL 5.6 has a great many new features, including, but certainly not limited to a number of performance improvements. However, besides the widely talked-about features such as InnoDB support for full...
View ArticlePercona XtraBackup – A workaround to the failed assertion bug
I recently conducted a test backup of my “master-slave” setup in my VirtualBox as I was migrating from Percona Server 5.6.12 to version 5.6.13-rel61.0 with Percona XtraBackup v2.2.0 rev. 4885. However,...
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Percona 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 ArticleWhen (and how) to move an InnoDB table outside the shared tablespace
In my last post, “A closer look at the MySQL ibdata1 disk space issue and big tables,” I looked at the growing ibdata1 problem under the perspective of having big tables residing inside the so-called...
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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...
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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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