Like a lot of people, we’re going through MySQL 8 upgrades and finding the sorts of things that change from major version to major version. One of these things that changed behavior in MySQL 8 is in Xtrabackup. Specifically, and for time im…
As probably with anyone experimenting with Innodb Cluster and MySQL 8, I’ve spent a good deal of time with MySQL Shell. I think for some old-timers MySQL Shell can initially come across as odd or difficult to understand. Partially, I think
As part of an overwhelming stampede to migrate to the cloud, we are looking at using AWS RDS Aurora MySQL as a platform for some of our database clusters. Lots of people have lots of opinions about Aurora, some of them are probably justifie…
After a long haiatus, I am back in the world of MySQL and infrastructure. I spent over 10 years at Percona, first as a MySQL Consultant, then as a manager, then as an IT doer of things, finally as the Director of IT. Earlier this year I mad…