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Asked: 2011-02-26 01:07:32 +0800 CST

How to migrate from regular MySQL to Percona Server in production?

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I'm running MySQL 5.0 in production on CentOS. How do I migrate to Percona Server 5.1 safely?

The documentation of Percona Server doesn't include any information on migrating. Any help is greatly appreciated.

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4 Answers

  1. The data files are compatible with percona server. You just need to start percona server mysqld and everything will work.

    Only when you enable some features (like extra rollback segments) on percona server, you might not be able to go back to mysql. but you rarely need to change this parameter.

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  2. Best Answer

    At a guess I'd say mysqldump your database from MySQL and reimport it into the Percona server.

    I don't know if you can just fire up Percona server pointed to the same datadir as MySQL. Might be worth investigating.

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  3. Here is a good tutorial You need just remove mysql-server and install percona-server, that's all.

    Percona and Mysql binary compatible!

    apt-get remove mysql-server mysql-client mysql-common
apt-get autoremove

    Than just add percona repo and

    apt-get update
apt-get install percona-server-server

    After that you can start Mysql and it will work 

    service mysql start

    More complete tutorial you can find by link below

    https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-a-fresh-percona-server-or-replace-mysql

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  4. It's pretty much the same upgrade path from 5.0 to 5.1, of course to make better use of Percona enhancements you should consult the wiki.

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