Please join Jay Janssen for the webinar Percona XtraDB Cluster Reference Architecture Wednesday, June 29 at 10:00 AM PDT (UTC- 7).

A reference architecture shows a typical, common, best-practice deployment of a system with all the surrounding infrastructure. In the case of database clusters, this can include the hosting platform, load balancing, monitoring, backups, etc.

Percona published a commonly referred to Percona XtraDB Cluster reference architecture on the Percona blog in 2012 (which is included in the current manual). However, this architecture is out of date.

This talk will present a revised and updated Percona XtraDB Cluster reference architecture for 2016, …

Join Sveta on Thursday, May 26, 2016, at 10 am PDT (UTC-7) for her webinar Troubleshooting MySQL hardware resource usage.

MySQL does not just run on its own. It stores data on disk, and stores data and temporarily results in memory. It uses CPU resources to perform operations, and a network to communicate with its clients.

In this webinar, we’ll discuss common resource usage issues, how they affect MySQL Server performance, and methods to find out how resources are being used. We will employ both OS-level tools, and new features in Performance Schema that provide detailed information on what exactly is happening inside MySQL Server.

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Join us Tuesday, February 16, 2016 9:00am PST (UTC-8) for a webinar on the operational and monitoring features of MySQL 5.7 with Percona CEO Peter Zaitsev.

MySQL 5.7 is a great release, providing valuable features for both daily operations and ongoing development. In this, part two of our ongoing 5.7 webinar series, we will look into the new MySQL 5.7 features and enhancements that improve operations, with a specific focus on monitoring. These include:

• An improved optimizer, including updates to EXPLAIN and enhanced JSON support
• Performance and scalability improvements for the InnoDB storage engine, including temp tables, spatial types and full text search parsing
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Percona invites you to attend a webinar Wednesday, January 27th, with CEO Peter Zaitsev: Compression In Open Source Databases. Register now!

Data growth has been tremendous in the last decade and shows no signs of stopping. To deal with this trend database technologies have implemented a number of approaches, and data compression is by far the most common and important. Compression in open source databases is complicated, and there are a lot of different approaches – each with their own implications.

In this talk we will perform a survey of compression in some of the most popular open source database engines including: Innodb, TokuDB, MongoDB, WiredTiger, RocksDB, and PostgreSQL.

Important information: …

Join Alexander Rubin, Principal Consultant, Percona as he provides an overview of MySQL 5.7 features. Wednesday, December 9, 2015 10:00AM PST (GMT -08:00).

MySQL® 5.7 is a great release that has a lot to offer, especially in the areas of development and replication. It provides many new optimizer features for developers, a much more powerful GIS function, and a high performance JSON data type – allowing for a more powerful store for semi-structured data. It also features a dramatically improved Performance Schema and Parallel and Multi-Source replication – allowing you to scale much further than ever before.

Primary …

Learn how VMware Continuent adds HA, DR and real-time data warehouse loading to off-the-shelf MySQL operating on-prem and in VMware vCloud Air public cloud. 

We introduce vCloud Air basics, then do a deep dive into the VMware Continuent system architecture covering important issues like fail-over, zero-downtime maintenance, and load scaling. We will conclude with a demonstration of using

Have you ever wondered what could happen if your MySQL database goes down?

Although it’s evident such a crash will cause downtime – and surely some business impact in terms of revenue – can you do something to reduce this impact?

The simple answer is “yes” by doing regular backups (of course) but are you 100% sure that your current backup strategy will really come through when an outage occurs? And how much precious time will pass (and how much revenue will be lost) before you get your business back online?

I usually think of backups as the step after HA fails. Let’s say we’re in M<>M replication and something occurs that kills the db but the HA can’t save the day. Let’s pretend that the UPS fails and those servers are completely out. You can’t failover; you have to restore data. Backups are a key piece of “Business Continuity.” Also factor in the frequent need to restore data that’s been …

Next Wednesday (June 10) I’ll be co-presenting a webinar on using MySQL in the cloud for High Availability (HA). Joining me will be 451 Research analyst Jason Stamper and together we’ll talk about the realities of HA using MySQL in the cloud and how vendors are responding to changing application requirements with new developments that can enhance your deployment.

We’ll also present a comparison of available solutions along with key best practices you can follow for successfully attaining HA in the cloud with MySQL. The webinar is scheduled for June 10 at 10 a.m. Pacific. Register here.

Together we’ll cover:

• What do HA MySQL deployments in the cloud look like …

On Thursday I’ll be hosting a webinar explaining how you can get the best from the NoSQL world while still getting all of the benefits of a proven RDBMS. As always the webinar is free but please register here.

Even if you can’t join the live webinar, it’s worth registering as you’ll be emailed a link to the replay as soon as it’s available.

Abstract

There’s a lot of excitement about NoSQL data stores, with the promise of simple access patterns, flexible schemas, scalability, and high availability. The downside comes in the form of losing ACID transactions, consistency, flexible queries, and data integrity checks. What if you could have the best of both worlds? Join this webinar to learn how MySQL …

February 4, 2015 By Severalnines Check Out Our Latest Technical Resources for MySQL, MariaDB & MongoDB Clusters

Like every month, we have created new content and tools for you; here is a summary of what we’ve published. Please do check it out and let us know if you have any comments or feedback.

New Live Technical Webinars

A DevOps Guide to Database Infrastructure Automation for eCommerce

Tuesday, February 17th

Infrastructure automation isn’t easy, but it’s not rocket science either, says Riaan Nolan. Automation is a worthwhile investment for retailers serious about eCommerce, but deciding on which …