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Percona Server for MySQL is a distribution of the
MySQL MySQL () is an open-source relational database management system (RDBMS). Its name is a combination of "My", the name of co-founder Michael Widenius's daughter My, and "SQL", the acronym for Structured Query Language. A relational database ...
relational database management system created by
Percona Percona is an American company based in Durham, North Carolina and the developer of a number of open source software projects for MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, MongoDB and RocksDB users. The company’s revenue of around $25 million a year is d ...
. Percona Server for MySQL is an open source relational database management system (RDBMS). It is a free, fully compatible drop in replacement for Oracle
MySQL MySQL () is an open-source relational database management system (RDBMS). Its name is a combination of "My", the name of co-founder Michael Widenius's daughter My, and "SQL", the acronym for Structured Query Language. A relational database ...
. The software includes a number of scalability, availability, security and backup features only available in MySQL's commercial Enterprise edition. The software includes
XtraDB Percona XtraDB is a storage engine for the MariaDB and Percona Server databases, and is intended as a drop-in replacement to InnoDB, which is the default engine in MySQL MySQL () is an open-source relational database management system (RDB ...
, an enhanced distribution of the InnoDB Storage Engine. The developers aim to retain close compatibility to the official MySQL releases, while focusing on performance and increased visibility into server operations.


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