Percona

Percona is an open source software company specializing in MySQL Support, Consulting, Managed Services, and Training. The company was founded in 2006 by Peter Zaitsev and Vadim Tkachenko[1][2] and is headquartered in Durham, North Carolina. The company launched a MySQL Backup Service in June 2014 as part of its Managed Services.[3] The company contributes to the MySQL community through its blog site, the MySQL Performance blog.[4] The company also hosts annual MySQL user conferences[5] named "Percona Live" in Silicon Valley and London. The company's founders have also published the O'Reilly book "High Performance MySQL".[6]

The company builds and maintains free, open-source MySQL software for Percona Server, MySQL, and MariaDB users. Percona Server is a variant of the MySQL relational database management system and is a drop-in MySQL replacement.[7] The company also produces open source software including Percona XtraDB Cluster,[8] Percona XtraBackup and Percona Toolkit.

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References

  1. ↑ "The Percona Team: Peter Zaitsev". Percona.
  2. ↑ "The Percona Team: Tom Basil". Percona.
  3. ↑ Aslett, Matt (2014-07-10). "Percona launches MySQL backup service following clustering and management updates". 451research.com. Retrieved 2014-10-24.
  4. ↑ "MySQL Performance Blog: Percona's MySQL & InnoDB performance and scalability blog". Percona.
  5. ↑ Preimesberger, Chris (2014-04-04). "Percona Aims at MySQL Leadership by Hosting Conference". eWeek. Retrieved 2014-10-24.
  6. ↑ Baron Schwartz, Peter Zaitsev, Vadim Tkachenko (March 2012). High Performance MySQL, 3rd Edition. O'Reilly Media. ISBN 978-1-4493-1428-6.
  7. ↑ "Percona Server". Percona.
  8. ↑ Aslett, Matt (2012-04-10). "Percona launches XtraDB Cluster for MySQL database high availability". 451research.com. Retrieved 2014-10-24.