When working with group replication, MySQL router would be the obvious choice for the connection layer. It is tightly coupled with the rest of the technologies since it is part of the InnoDB cluster stack.The problem is that except for simple workloads, MySQL router’s performance is still not on par with other proxies like Haproxy […]

Configuring Perl to work with MySQL is straight forward. While Perl is installed generally, you may need to install the libdbd-mysql-perl library.

You install it as a sudoer user with this syntax:

sudo apt install -y libdbd-mysql-perl

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One of the most underlooked parameters to configure MySQL is server_id, which is an integer number to identify a server inside a replication topology uniquely. Note that two servers within a replication set can’t have the same server_id value.It is generally set up as a “random” number, just different from the one configured on the […]

The Episode 51 of MySQL Shorts is now available. Check out how to add a check constraint to a MySQL JSON column.

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Serverless databases are a modern approach to database technology. Unlike traditional databases, where users have to manage server infrastructure and capacity planning, serverless databases remove those complexities. Users can focus solely on their data and applications, leaving the database infrastructure provisioning, scaling, and maintenance to the service provider.

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The AWS KMS component is now available in Percona Server for MySQL starting from version 8.0.30. This addition enables data-at-rest encryption by utilizing the AWS KMS component, providing the functionality to create and manage cryptographic keys across AWS services.How do we set up encryption using AWS KMS?You should only load a keyring component with a […]

Managing storage and performance efficiently in your MySQL database is crucial, and general tablespaces offer flexibility in achieving this. This blog discusses general tablespaces and explores their functionalities, benefits, and practical usage, along with illustrative examples.What are MySQL general tablespaces?In contrast to the single system tablespace that holds system tables by default, general tablespaces are […]