In this blog post, we’ll look at how to
replace MySQL with Percona Server for MySQL on a CPanel, WHM VPS
or dedicated server.
In general, CPanel and WHM have been leaning towards support of
MariaDB over other flavors. This is partly due to the upstream
repos replacing the MySQL package with MariaDB (for example, on
CentOS).
MySQL 5.6 is still supported though, which means they are keeping
support for core MySQL products. But if you want to get some
extra performance enhancements or enterprise features for free,
without getting too many bells and whistles, you might want to
install Percona Server.
I’ve done this work on a new dedicated server with the latest WHM
and CPanel on CentOS 7, with MySQL 5.6 installed. …
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