Percona Server for MySQL 5.7 Documentation¶
This documentation is for the latest release: Percona Server for MySQL 5.7.44-54 (Release Notes).
Percona Server for MySQL is a freely available, fully compatible, enhanced, and open source drop-in replacement for any MySQL database. It provides superior and optimized performance, greater scalability and availability, enhanced backups, increased visibility, and instrumentation.
Percona Server for MySQL is trusted by thousands of enterprises to provide better performance and concurrency for their most demanding workloads.
MySQL 5.7 Post-EOL Support from Percona¶
Make sure to use MySQL 5.7 Post-EOL Support from Percona to keep your MySQL applications secure and performing well. This service provides essential bug fixes and security patches.
However, consider upgrading to the next major version for more benefits, such as improved performance, better handling of growing data volumes, enhanced security features, and the latest functionalities for better database management.
Version 5.7.44-54 contains fixes as part of the MySQL 5.7 post-EOL support from Percona, available to customers. They have access to the following installation methods:
Community members can build this release from the source.
For Monitoring and Management¶
Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM )monitors and provides actionable performance data for MySQL variants, including Percona Server for MySQL, Percona XtraDB Cluster, Oracle MySQL Community Edition, Oracle MySQL Enterprise Edition, and MariaDB. PMM captures metrics and data for the InnoDB, XtraDB, and MyRocks storage engines and has specialized dashboards for specific engine details.
Install PMM and connect your server instances to it.