Percona Server with XtraDB Support (Optional MySQL Replacement)

[cPanelDavidG]

Having both would be good for us.

You can voice your opinion for both. However, since these are 2 separate projects, we are handling them as separate feature requests.

[fujipadam]

I vote for Percona. But I also want to note that we should have the option to use percona's XtraBackup (hot backup of innodb or xtradb databases). I dont beleive the current cpanel backup supports hotbackup and therefore locks the tables causing downtime. Not sure if this is a separate requeste or if this belongs along with the percona features.

[InterServed]

Bumping this thread. +1

[zitrox]

+1 for Percona

[Kent Brockman]

No doubt. +1 for this.

[SoftDux]

Percona would definitely be a good option to have +1

[alphawolf50]

I'll add my vote to Percona. Those guys know performance.

[ultrabizweb]

+1 for Percona also. I have it deployed on many vps's. The config of my.cnf can be a little tricky but worth it. Works very
well and xtrabackup is great wrote server bash scripts and added to cron to take advantage of it and rsync backups.
Also I think Percona is optimized for SSD drives so big plus there. I've heard good things about MariaDB but have not really installed or used it myself. I do know that the Percona guys are very knowledgeable and if I needed info about mysql related stuff they would be the first people I would start asking. I am not 100% sure but I think xtrabackup works with regular mysql
as well but I have not tried it.

[JLHC]

+1 for Percona

[rojer_31]

+1 for Percona XtraBackup support
Percona XtraBackup for InnoDB and XtraDB Data - Percona Software
My default cPanel backup definitely has issues with one of our databases (which we found too late). So this sort of thing being available will definitely reduce headaches.

[wtl]

Would love to see Percona supported.

[Branko]

+1 for percona

[CoreISP.net]

+1 for Percona here as well.
Are there any updates/developments on this?

[cPanelDavidG]

+1 for Percona here as well.
Are there any updates/developments on this?

I am having a difficult time trying to get traction with this with the developers since this seems to be falling into the category of "a solution looking for a problem." If y'all can help me out by telling me what problems Percona (with XtraDB support, of course) would solve that another alternative we're seriously looking at implementing like MariaDB (with Percona's plugin for InnoDB support) would solve for you - that would greatly assist me. Clarifying the problem we're trying to solve with this request (e.g. this is way faster than MariaDB) will help me push this forward .

[eva2000]

Since MariaDB 5.1/5.2/5.3 uses XtraDB from Percona 5.1 XtraDB, basically the same. Only difference right now I see is

1. If you want to use XtraDB based on Percona 5.5 which is based on MySQL 5.5 code base. (MariaDB 5.5.21 is beta release soon based on MySQL 5.5.x though but development behind that of Percona 5.5)
2. If you intend to use Percona XtraBackup tool which while is promoted as XtraDB/InnoDB back up tool, they have left MariaDB 5.2/5.3 and 5.5 detection out of their Percona XtraBackup tool despite MariaDB 5.2/5.3/5.5 using XtraDB InnoDB as well. You can patch their Percona XtraBackup tool to detect MariaDB 5.2/5.3 and 5.5 but for now official stance from Percona is MariaDB detection won't be supported. See It's official, Percona XtraBackup does not support MariaDB 5.2 & 5.3 MySQL yet.

Personally, I'd prefer MariaDB 5.2/5.3 + mydumper for backups