Overall Satisfaction with Percona Server for MySQL
Percona Server for MySQL is being used across our whole organization. We are running 50+ primary instances in our data center with DR replica's running on compute instances inside GCP in 2 different regions. Percona Server for MySQL solves our need for well-tested and stable MySQL instances with Percona doing additional testing to the upstream releases which gives that added level of stability that we need for the massive volumes of processing as well as the required performance in sharded instances.
- Performance
- Stability
- Additional Variables for in-depth monitoring
- Easy migration path to Percona XtraDB Cluster
- A distributed database offering to scale writes with native sharding. Currently we make use of sharding managed by the application to scale writes. There is the option to place ProxySQL in front of the shards, but we need a true cloud native distributed option with an easy migration path. I would not say this is negative in terms of Percona Server for MySQL, but if Percona had a distributed database offering at some stage, we would follow Percona.
- Percona Server for MySQL is open source with no hidden licensing costs which gives us huge savings on the high number of instances that are required on premise and in the cloud.
- Large community support
- Percona offers additional open source tools to support Percona Server for MySQL
Performance and stability sets Percona Server for MySQL apart from the rest. Percona embraces the upstream version and contributes towards the upstream version making MySQL stronger on two fronts and thus having a much larger community. Many quality contributions have been made by Percona into the base code.
Percona provides great tools to support Percona Server for MySQL and this makes the monitoring and management easier.
Percona provides great tools to support Percona Server for MySQL and this makes the monitoring and management easier.
Do you think Percona Server for MySQL delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with Percona Server for MySQL's feature set?
Yes
Did Percona Server for MySQL live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of Percona Server for MySQL go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy Percona Server for MySQL again?
Yes