What to Test Before Upgrading to MySQL 5.7
As we saw in a previous post, there are some important changes between MySQL 5.6 and 5.7. Since the behaviour of some existing features been altered, some detailed testing of the upgrade is in order....
Understanding What Has Changed Between MySQL 5.6 and 5.7 Before Upgrading
MySQL 5.7 has been GA since October 2015. At the time of writing, it is still a very new release. But more and more companies are looking into upgrading, as it has a list of...
New Whitepaper: MySQL Replication Blueprint
MySQL Replication has become an essential component of scale-out architectures in LAMP environments. When there is a necessity to scale out, MySQL offers a multitude of solutions, the most common being to add read replicas....
Webinar Replay: The MySQL Replication Blueprint
Thanks to everyone who participated in this week’s live webinar introducing our blueprint for MySQL Replication. If you missed the session and/or would like to watch the replay in your own time, it is now...
New Whitepaper: MySQL Replication for High Availability
MySQL Replication is probably the most popular high availability solution for MySQL, and widely used by top web properties like Twitter and Facebook. Although easy to set up, ongoing maintenance like software upgrades, schema changes,...