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Percona Server for MySQL

A fully compatible, enhanced, and open source drop-in replacement for any MySQL database.

Enterprise-grade, drop-in MySQL. Fully open source.

Take the freedom of MySQL Community Edition. Add in enterprise-ready features on par with MySQL Enterprise Edition. That’s Percona Server for MySQL.

You get the flexibility, performance, security, and reliability your business demands — without the lock-in and licensing fees so common with proprietary software vendors.

What our customers are saying

The enterprise software your business needs, zero lock-in or license fees

Percona Server for MySQL wraps enterprise-grade features in open source packaging, giving you:
Superior visibility
  • Get a better understanding of server activity and loads with low overhead table, user, and index access statistics
  • Better query performance analysis with Enhanced Slow Query Logging
  • Detailed, defined-time-interval on read and writer queries with Query Response Time Distribution
Enhanced security and performance
  • Enable scaling to 10,000 + connections per server with ThreadPool
  • Authenticate MySQL users with PAM (Plugin Authentication Modules)
  • Enable policy-based monitoring and connection and query activity login with Audit Plugin
  • Get low impact backups with Backup Locks
  • Benefit from built-in encryption capabilities like vault keyring plug-in, encryption for InnoDB general tablespaces, encryption for binary log files
Ultimate flexibility
  • Cloud-ready – dramatically reduces downtime on servers with slow disks and large memory, such as 4XL EC2 servers on EBS volumes.
  • Saas-deployable – increases flexibility for architectures such as co-located databases with hundreds of thousands of tables and heterogeneous backup and retention policies.
Reduced costs and greater efficiencies
  • Lower IT expenses with an open source, enterprise-grade, drop-in replacement for MySQL eliminates costly software license fees.
  • Consolidate servers and improve efficiency
  • Get better ROI via reduce hosting fees and power usage
  • Spend less time tuning and administering and more time on key priorities
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Percona Server for MySQL

Discover why MySQL runs better with Percona

Install and Start Percona Server for MySQL with our Quickstart Guide

Visit the Download Page to select product versions and download packages

Case Study: Adresseavisen Uses Percona Software and Support to Guarantee Peace of Mind

As a media organization, Adresseavisen “lives and dies” by their readers and advertisers. Needing to ensure that all the company’s content is accessible “within milliseconds, all the time,” Adresseavisen turned to Percona Server for MySQL.

Featured MySQL Resources

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Migrating from MySQL to PostgreSQL

Join Robert Bernier, Percona Consultant, as he walks you through the intricacies of migrating from MySQL to PostgreSQL.

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Migrating from MySQL to PostgreSQL

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PostgreSQL Versus MySQL – Isn’t A Database Just a Database?

Join Pep Pla, Percona Consultant, for this session as he explores the differences between MySQL and PostgreSQL so you can make an informed decision for your business.

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PostgreSQL Versus MySQL – Isn’t A Database Just a Database?

Solution Brief

5 Reasons You Need to Upgrade to MySQL 8.0

End of Life (EOL) alone should be reason enough to upgrade to MySQL 8.0. But if you’re still hesitant, our MySQL experts lay out five more reasons to consider.

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5 Reasons You Need to Upgrade to MySQL 8.0

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