Articles by STEWART SMITH

Percona welcomes Drizzle 7.1

The Drizzle team has published the first Drizzle 7.1 stable release. The announcement on the Drizzle blog\xa0covers some of the major improvements in this release over the previous stable release, Drizzle 7.0. I plan to write a variety of blog posts on each...

Announcing Percona XtraBackup 2.0.0 GA

By Stewart Smith

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 user experience of Percona XtraBackup as well as...

Announcing Percona XtraBackup 1.6.6

By Stewart Smith

I am happy to also announce the latest minor release in the Percona XtraBackup 1.6 series. We recognise that not everybody will want or be able to make the leap to our new major release, Percona XtraBackup 2.0 and so we’re also releasing Percona XtraBackup...

Percona XtraBackup 1.9.2 released (Beta)

By Stewart Smith

Percona is glad to announce the release of Percona XtraBackup 1.9.2 on 28th March 2012. Downloads are available from our download site\xa0here. This is a late BETA release in the process of going towards Percona XtraBackup 2.0.0. This is a\xa0BETA\xa0quality...

Percona Server 5.5.21-25.1 released!

By Stewart Smith

Percona is glad to announce the release of\xa0Percona Server\xa05.5.21-25.1 on March 30, 2012 (Downloads are available\xa0here\xa0and from the\xa0Percona Software Repositories). Based on\xa0MySQL 5.5.21, including all the bug fixes in it,\xa0Percona Server\xa05.5.21-25.1...

Announcing Percona XtraBackup 1.9.1

By Stewart Smith

Percona is glad to announce the second beta release towards Percona XtraBackup 2.0!\xa0We call this version 1.9.1 as we are using the 1.9.x version numbers for betas of 2.0 to clearly differentiate beta releases from the final 2.0 release. We do not recommend...

Announcing Percona Server 5.1.61-13.2

By Stewart Smith

Percona is glad to announce the release of\xa0Percona Server\xa05.1.61-13.2 on February 10th, 2012 (Downloads are available from\xa0Percona Server 5.1.61-13.2 downloads\xa0and from the\xa0Percona Software Repositories). Based on\xa0MySQL 5.1.61, including all...

Announcing Percona XtraBackup 1.6.5

By Stewart Smith

Percona is glad to announce the release of Percona XtraBackup 1.6.5 on 10 February, 2012 (Downloads are available\xa0here\xa0and from the\xa0Percona Software Repositories). This release is purely composed of bug fixes and is the current stable release of\xa0Percona\xa0XtraBackup....

Announcing Drizzle Day, Fri 13th April 2012

By Stewart Smith

Percona is proud to sponsor the 4th\xa0Drizzle Day, this year being held on the 13th April, the day after the Percona Live MySQL Conference and Expo. When:\xa0Friday, April 13th 2012 from 9:30 am Where:\xa0Cypress room, Mezzanine Level, Hyatt Regency Santa...

Announcing Percona Server 5.5.20-24.1

By Stewart Smith

Percona is glad to announce the release of\xa0Percona Server\xa05.5.20-24.1 on February 9th, 2012 (Downloads are available\xa0here\xa0and from the\xa0Percona Software Repositories). Based on\xa0MySQL 5.5.20, including all the bug fixes in it,\xa0Percona Server\xa05.5.20-24.1...