Tagged: percona 5.1

MariaDB 5.3.4 vs MySQL 5.5.20 – 5.1 XtraDB Engine vs InnoDB Plugin

Percona folks released some surprising Sysbench MySQL InnoDB Engine benchmarks comparing MariaDB 5.3.4 RC (which is based on Percona 5.1 XtraDB InnoDB engine) with MySQL 5.5.20 (InnoDB plugin). The results showed MySQL 5.5.20 was out performing MariaDB 5.3.4 RC for simple Sysbench OLTP InnoDB benchmark tests. MariaDB folks then did...

Percona MySQL Server 5.1.58-12.9 & 5.5.14-20.5 released

Percona MySQL Server 5.1.58-12.9 & Percona MySQL Server 5.5.14-20.5 have been officially released. Percona MySQL 5.1.58-12.9 downloads are available here and from the Percona Software Repositories Percona MySQL 5.5.14-20.5 downloads are available here and from the Percona Software Repositories Percona 5.1.58-12.9 Highlights Performance Improvements fsync() has been replaced with fdatasync() to improve perfomance where possible. The...