Percona Distribution for MySQL Operator 2.0.0-alpha Preview: Release Roundup Feb...

It’s time for the release roundup!

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Today’s post includes those releases and updates that have come out since January 24, 2022. Take a look!

Percona Distribution for MySQL Operator 2.0.0-alpha Preview Release

On January 25, 2022, we released the Percona Distribution for MySQL Operator 2.0.0-alpha Preview Release. The already existing Percona Distribution for MySQL Operator is based on Percona XtraDB Cluster, but this is going to run Percona Server for MySQL and provide both regular asynchronous (with semi-sync support) and virtually-synchronous replication based on Group Replication.

Download Percona Distribution for MySQL Operator 2.0.0-alpha Preview Release

Percona Server for MySQL 8.0.26-17

Percona Server for MySQL 8.0.26-17 was released on January 26, 2022. It includes all the features and bug fixes available in the MySQL 8.0.26 Community Edition. in addition to enterprise-grade features developed by Percona and is now the current GA release in the 8.0 series. A release highlight is the integration of a ZenFS RocksDB plugin to Percona Server for MySQL. This plugin places files on a raw zoned block device (ZBD) using the MyRocks File System interface. Percona provides a binary release for Debian 11.1. Other Linux distributions are adding support for ZenFS, but Percona does not offer installation packages for those distributions yet. The libzbd package is now linked statically to the RocksDB storage engine.

Download Percona Server for MySQL 8.0.26-17

Percona XtraBackup 8.0.27-19

On February 3, 2022, we released Percona XtraBackup 8.0.27-19, which enables MySQL backups without blocking user queries, making it ideal for companies with large data sets and mission-critical applications that cannot tolerate long periods of downtime. Offered free as an open source solution, it drives down backup costs while providing unique features for MySQL backups. The following list contains a number of the bug fixes for MySQL 8.0.27, provided by Oracle, and included in Percona Server for MySQL:

• The default_authentication_plugin is deprecated. Support for this plugin may be removed in future versions. Use the authentication_policy variable.
• The binary operator is deprecated. Support for this operator may be removed in future versions. Use CAST(... AS BINARY).
• When a parent table updated or deleted a row, this operation initiated a cascading SET NULL operation on the child table. On the child table, a virtual column value could be set to NULL instead of the value derived from the base column value.

Download Percona XtraBackup 8.0.27-19

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