Tom Basil, Author at Percona Database Performance Blog Wed, 06 Oct 2021 17:57:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 https://www.percona.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/cropped-percona-favicon-32x32.png Tom Basil, Author at Percona Database Performance Blog 32 32 76301791 Lessons From Peter Zaitsev… https://www.percona.com/blog/lessons-from-peter-zaitsev/ https://www.percona.com/blog/lessons-from-peter-zaitsev/#comments Fri, 01 Oct 2021 13:17:52 +0000 https://www.percona.com/blog/?p=78381 Peter Zaitsev, known to all as Percona’s founder and CEO, asked me to pen a few reminisces as I retire.  How do I sum up 22 years in the MySQL world?  How do I even begin?  I best start with gratitude. I’ve had the amazing privilege of being on the inside of the leadership teams […]]]> https://www.percona.com/blog/lessons-from-peter-zaitsev/feed/ 17 78381 Win Percona Swag for Technical Product Reviews! https://www.percona.com/blog/win-percona-swag-for-technical-product-reviews/ Wed, 14 Apr 2021 19:03:48 +0000 https://www.percona.com/blog/?p=75491 You can earn Percona swag by writing a short technical review about Percona software by May 30, 2021!  The keyword here is technical. Percona is seeking reviews that describe Percona software use in particular environments or in solving particular issues, and why!This means being specific about your Percona environment, architecture, and problem-solving. Usage of any […]]]> 75491 Deep Dive Into PostgreSQL Indexes – Free Course at Percona University Online https://www.percona.com/blog/deep-dive-into-postgresql-indexes-free-course-at-percona-university-online/ Mon, 09 Nov 2020 15:57:25 +0000 https://www.percona.com/blog/?p=72572 Percona University Online has released its second free course, “A Deep Dive Into PostgreSQL Indexes” by Ibrar Ahmed, Senior Software Engineer at Percona. Indexes are a basic feature of relational databases. PostgreSQL offers a rich collection of index options for developers and designers. But users need to understand the basic concept of indexes, to be […]]]> 72572 Ask An Expert On Percona’s Community Forum! https://www.percona.com/blog/ask-an-expert-on-perconas-community-forum/ Mon, 12 Oct 2020 14:47:58 +0000 https://www.percona.com/blog/?p=71989 Have you recently visited Percona’s Community Forum? It’s your hub for direct Q&A with top database experts, including Percona CEO Peter Zaitsev and CTO Vadim Tkachenko. Last quarter over 450 users participated, including 45 engineers from Percona’s staff. Since it was first launched in 2006 and revamped earlier this year, our Forum has built up […]]]> 71989 Grab Your Percona Swag – For Free! https://www.percona.com/blog/grab-your-percona-swag/ https://www.percona.com/blog/grab-your-percona-swag/#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2020 20:00:27 +0000 https://www.percona.com/blog/?p=71779 Would you like to get the latest in Percona gear 100% free, shipped to you anywhere in the world? Maybe that sounds too good to be true, but it’s true!  It’s easy and takes as little as 20 minutes to earn your swag. Here are some examples of the swag items you can claim:So what’s […]]]> https://www.percona.com/blog/grab-your-percona-swag/feed/ 5 71779 Contribute Product Feedback for Percona Development! https://www.percona.com/blog/contribute-product-feedback-for-percona-development/ Tue, 16 Jun 2020 18:39:17 +0000 https://www.percona.com/blog/?p=69103 All Percona products are free and open-source.  If you use Percona software, provide us with your feedback and help make a larger audience aware at the same time. This helps drive our software development forward – without costing you anything.You can do this by writing a user review on Capterra and G2. These are well-known […]]]> 69103 Percona Welcomes Community Contributors https://www.percona.com/blog/percona-welcomes-community-contributors/ Thu, 28 May 2020 16:04:48 +0000 https://www.percona.com/blog/?p=68687 Open-source companies live by their community. Favorable buzz by community users is ultimately what’s made Percona software successful. Some users make further contributions in the form of expertise, source code, documentation, and more. As an open-source company in business for over 14 years, Percona welcomes contributions from our user community. Here’s how you can start […]]]> 68687 Percona Live ONLINE 2020 Speaker Previews https://www.percona.com/blog/percona-live-online-2020-speaker-previews/ Tue, 12 May 2020 17:48:35 +0000 https://www.percona.com/blog/?p=68214 Prominent guest speakers at Percona Live ONLINE have previewed their upcoming May 19-20, 2020 talks on the Percona Community Blog.  Each speaker explains their talk, why it’s exciting, who would benefit from attending, and what other talks they’re most looking forward to.  Check out their remarks below, then register for free to attend! Kaj Arnö […]]]> 68214 Percona Live Europe 2019 Call for Papers is Now Open! https://www.percona.com/blog/percona-live-europe-2019-call-for-papers-is-now-open/ Tue, 25 Jun 2019 19:32:12 +0000 https://www.percona.com/blog/?p=58221 The Call for Papers for Percona Live Europe 2019 is now open!  This year’s conference will be held September 30 – October 2, 2019 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.Percona Live is the one conference for the entire open source database community, especially for MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and MariaDB. The theme of the 2019 conference is “Any […]]]> 58221 Oracle Recognizes Percona Fixes in MySQL 8.0 https://www.percona.com/blog/oracle-recognizes-percona-fixes-in-mysql-8-0/ https://www.percona.com/blog/oracle-recognizes-percona-fixes-in-mysql-8-0/#comments Thu, 08 Nov 2018 21:21:09 +0000 https://www.percona.com/blog/?p=53632 An Oracle engineer thanked two Percona engineers by name, along with engineers from Facebook and elsewhere, for their recent MySQL 8.0 source code contributions. Oracle incorporated their work into its latest MySQL production release (8.0.13). Percona’s Zsolt Parragi authored a patch for a rare replication bug that left locked mutexes in production builds following debug […]]]> https://www.percona.com/blog/oracle-recognizes-percona-fixes-in-mysql-8-0/feed/ 2 53632 Server Outages at Percona https://www.percona.com/blog/server-outages-at-percona/ https://www.percona.com/blog/server-outages-at-percona/#comments Wed, 20 Jul 2011 03:23:25 +0000 https://www.percona.com/blog/?p=6362 https://www.percona.com/blog/server-outages-at-percona/feed/ 12 6362 Come Meet Percona In Person Next Week https://www.percona.com/blog/come-meet-percona-in-person-next-week/ https://www.percona.com/blog/come-meet-percona-in-person-next-week/#comments Fri, 09 Apr 2010 00:46:44 +0000 https://www.percona.com/blog/?p=2433 https://www.percona.com/blog/come-meet-percona-in-person-next-week/feed/ 1 2433