List of features available in Percona Server for MySQL releases

Percona Server for MySQL 5.7	Percona Server for MySQL 8.0
Improved Buffer Pool Scalability	Improved Buffer Pool Scalability
Improved InnoDB I/O Scalability	Improved InnoDB I/O Scalability
Multiple Adaptive Hash Search Partitions	Multiple Adaptive Hash Search Partitions
Atomic write support for Fusion-io devices	Atomic write support for Fusion-io devices
Query Cache Enhancements	Feature not implemented
Improved NUMA support	Feature not implemented
Thread Pool	Thread Pool
Suppress Warning Messages	Suppress Warning Messages
Ability to change the database for mysqlbinlog	Ability to change the database for mysqlbinlog
Fixed Size for the Read Ahead Area	Fixed Size for the Read Ahead Area
Improved MEMORY Storage Engine	Improved MEMORY Storage Engine
Restricting the number of binlog files	Restricting the number of binlog files
Ignoring missing tables in mysqldump	Ignoring missing tables in mysqldump
Too Many Connections Warning	Too Many Connections Warning
Handle Corrupted Tables	Handle Corrupted Tables
Lock-Free SHOW SLAVE STATUS	Lock-Free SHOW REPLICA STATUS
Expanded Fast Index Creation	Expanded Fast Index Creation
Percona Toolkit UDFs	Percona Toolkit UDFs
Support for Fake Changes	Support for Fake Changes
Kill Idle Transactions	Kill Idle Transactions
XtraDB changed page tracking	XtraDB changed page tracking
Enforcing Storage Engine	Replaced with upstream implementation
Utility user	Utility user
Extending the secure-file-priv server option	Extending the secure-file-priv server option
Expanded Program Option Modifiers	Feature not implemented
PAM Authentication Plugin	PAM Authentication Plugin
Log Archiving for XtraDB	Log Archiving for XtraDB
User Statistics	User Statistics
Slow Query Log	Slow Query Log
Count InnoDB Deadlocks	Count InnoDB Deadlocks
Log All Client Commands (syslog)	Log All Client Commands (syslog)
Response Time Distribution	Feature not implemented
Show Storage Engines	Show Storage Engines
Show Lock Names	Show Lock Names
Process List	Process List
Misc. INFORMATION_SCHEMA Tables	Misc. INFORMATION_SCHEMA Tables
Extended Show Engine InnoDB Status	Extended Show Engine InnoDB Status
Thread Based Profiling	Thread Based Profiling
XtraDB Performance Improvements for I/O-Bound Highly-Concurrent Workloads	XtraDB Performance Improvements for I/O-Bound Highly-Concurrent Workloads
Page cleaner thread tuning	Page cleaner thread tuning
Statement Timeout	Statement Timeout
Extended SELECT INTO OUTFILE/DUMPFILE	Extended SELECT INTO OUTFILE/DUMPFILE
Per-query variable statement	Per-query variable statement
Extended mysqlbinlog	Extended mysqlbinlog
Slow Query Log Rotation and Expiration	Slow Query Log Rotation and Expiration
Metrics for scalability measurement	Feature not implemented
Audit Log	Audit Log
Backup Locks	Backup Locks
CSV engine mode for a standard-compliant quote and comma parsing	CSV engine mode for a standard-compliant quote and comma parsing
Super read-only	Super read-only

Other reading

• What Is New in MySQL 5.7

• What Is New in MySQL 8.0

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Last update: 2023-01-12