by Frederic Descamps | Dec 18, 2012 | MySQL
Some weeks ago I had to migrate some independent MySQL servers (some standard MySQL masters, and some just standalone) to a Percona XtraDB Cluster of 3 nodes.So the easiest way would be to configure each node to become also an asynchronous slave of one of the... by Frederic Descamps | Nov 30, 2012 | MySQL, Percona Events, Percona Software
On Monday I will deliver with Seppo Jaakola from Codership a tutorial on Percona XtraDB Cluster (Percona Server + Galera).Already in London and you don’t know how to consume the hotel’s bandwidth ? If you attend this tutorial, you can download the Virtual... by Frederic Descamps | Nov 21, 2012 | MySQL, Percona Events, Percona Software
If you are interested by a great and revolutionary HA solution for MySQL or even if you already have some experience with PXC and/or Galera, I invite you to attend the tutorial I will deliver in Percona Live MySQL Conference London 2012 (PLUK2012), December 3rd :... by Frederic Descamps | Nov 14, 2012 | MySQL
2013 is near… and so is the next FOSDEM edition !This year again, MySQL will be represented by its Community. If you want to discuss with friends of MySQL it’s the place to be in February !Like every year, FOSDEM takes place the first week-end of February... by Frederic Descamps | Nov 6, 2012 | MySQL
First I wanted to thanks all the attendees and for the nice comments I got. As promised during the webinar, these are the answers of the questions you asked.Q: Does Percona provide plugin for cacti? A: Yes we do. They are part of Percona Monitoring Plugins. You can... by Frederic Descamps | Oct 25, 2012 | MySQL, Percona Events
“devops” seems to be everywhere now, or at least everyone is talking about it. But what does that really mean? And how does the DBA integrate the movement ? During next week’s webinar, I will explain to you the big principles of the devops culture... by Frederic Descamps | Aug 2, 2012 | MySQL, Percona Software
Some people want to use a backup to prepare a new Percona XtraDB Cluster node. They want this to avoid State Snapshot Transfer that could slow down the donor (depending of the SST method you are using, the donor can be blocked. I will cover this in a future blog... by Frederic Descamps | Jul 25, 2012 | MySQL, Percona Software
During the design period of a new cluster, it is always advised to have at least 3 nodes (this is the case with PXC but it’s also the same with PRM). But why and what are the risks ? The goal of having more than 2 nodes, in fact an odd number is recommended in... by Frederic Descamps | Apr 17, 2012 | MySQL, Percona Software
If you have recently attended some Percona Live events or if you have checked some slides from Yves Trudeau, you may have heard about Percona Replication Manager (PRM), a new high availability tool for MySQL. Percona Live DC 2012 Percona Live MySQL Conference &... by Frederic Descamps | Apr 12, 2012 | MySQL, Percona Software
For those wanting to become more familiar with Percona XtraDB Cluster or if you just one to test its capabilities, I have prepared an easy Vagrant setup ready to deploy.It contains the puppet recipes to install and configure a cluster of 3 nodes and a load balancer... by Frederic Descamps | Dec 14, 2011 | MySQL, Percona Events
2012 is near… and so is the next FOSDEM edition !This year again, MySQL will be represented by its Community.If you want to discuss with friend’s of MySQL it’s the place to be in February !Like every year, FOSDEM takes place the first week-end of... by Frederic Descamps | Oct 10, 2011 | MySQL
Last week I helped 2 different customers with infinite replication loops. I decided to write a blog post about these infinite loop of binary log statements in MySQL Replication. To explain what they are, how to identify them… and how to fix them.An infinite...
