ProxySQL Blog

What's Coming to dbdeployer

Rene' Cannao' — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

A preview of the features we're shipping — from InnoDB Cluster to PostgreSQL support. This is just the beginning.

Why dbdeployer Matters to Me — and Why ProxySQL Took Over Its Maintenance

Rene Cannao — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

A first look at why this project matters, why we decided to maintain it, and why supporting tools for both MySQL and PostgreSQL is part of our broader open source commitment

ProxySQL 3.1.6: Embedded TSDB for Built-in Time-Series Metrics

Rene Cannao — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Built-in Time-Series Metrics, No Prometheus Required. Query Your Metrics History Directly from ProxySQL

Talking PostgreSQL with ProxySQL at Percona Live SF 2026

Ronald Bradford — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT

ProxySQL Is Coming to Percona Live 2026 – And It's Not Just for MySQL Anymore

ProxySQL 3.1.6: Full Query Observability in Fast Forward Mode with FFTO

Rene Cannao — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Fast Forward Mode Is No Longer a Blind Spot

Announcing ProxySQL 3.0.6 and the New Multi-Tier Release Strategy

Rene Cannao — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Today we are excited to announce the release of ProxySQL 3.0.6 Stable, alongside our new Innovative (3.1.6) and AI/MCP (4.0.6) release tiers.

Supercharge Your PostgreSQL with ProxySQL

Ronald Bradford — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT

ProxySQL is a gold sponsor at PGConf India 2026 in Bengaluru, delivering a 3-hour hands-on tutorial on high availability, connection pooling, and query routing for PostgreSQL at scale.

Making MySQL AI-Ready: How MyVector and ProxySQL Work Together

Ronald Bradford — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT

As AI workloads become standard in modern applications, engineering teams face a familiar dilemma: MySQL is already the system of record, but vector search typically requires bolting on a separate database. MyVector and ProxySQL solve this without fragmenting your data stack.

Bringing GenAI to Every MySQL Instance: ProxySQL v4.0

Ronald Bradford — Sun, 08 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT

ProxySQL v4.0 adds a transparent AI layer at the proxy — RAG pipelines, NL2SQL, and an MCP server for AI agents — without touching your database or application code.

Welcome Ronald Bradford to ProxySQL as Chief Technology Officer

Rene Cannao — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT

We are thrilled to welcome Ronald Bradford to ProxySQL's executive team as our Chief Technology Officer, bringing extensive expertise in modern cloud-native architectures, MySQL and PostgreSQL database technologies, and vector search.

We are hiring at ProxySQL!

Rene Cannao — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT

ProxySQL is a high-performance, highly-available protocol-aware proxy for MySQL, PostgreSQL, and wire-compatible products including RDS, RDS Aurora, Percona Ser

ProxySQL 3.0.5: Security hardening, protocol fixes, and smoother operations

Rene Cannao — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT

We’re excited to announce ProxySQL 3.0.5, our first release of 2026. As always, thank you to everyone who tested, reported issues, sent patches, and shar

ProxySQL 3.0.3 and 3.0.4: A Smoother Day-to-Day for PostgreSQL and MySQL Operators

Rene Cannao — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT

We shipped ProxySQL 3.0.3 and 3.0.4 close together, and while the release notes are detailed, the real story is simpler: day-to-day operation got smoother. Post

Decrypting SSL/TLS Traffic with Wireshark and ProxySQL

Rahim Kanji — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT

In this guide, we will walk you through the process of decrypting SSL/TLS traffic to and from ProxySQL using Wireshark. By enabling the SSLKEYLOG feature in Pro

PostgreSQL Monitoring with ProxySQL

Javier Jaramago Fernandez — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT

This blogpost dives into the latest advancements in ProxySQL's monitoring capabilities, specifically about the recently added monitoring support for PostgreSQL,

Releasing ProxySQL v3.0.2!

Javier Jaramago Fernandez — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT

ProxySQL is a high performance, high availability, protocol aware proxy for MySQL and PostgreSQL, with a GPL license! It is freely usable and accessible accordi

Enhancing Your Database Connection Pooling for Improved Performance

Rene Cannao — Tue, 08 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Businesses often turn to caching solutions to improve database performance. It speeds up read and write operations by storing frequently accessed data in memory

Setting Up a ProxySQL Cluster: A Comprehensive Guide for High Traffic Databases

Rene Cannao — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT

High-traffic databases present significant challenges, especially when managing and optimizing performance across large, distributed environments. According to

Database Failover: Ensuring Seamless Transitions with ProxySQL

Rene Cannao — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT

When was the last time your database experienced an unexpected failover? If it was seamless, consider yourself lucky, as most organizations struggle with signif

Building a Scalable Multi-Tenant Architecture with ProxySQL

Rene Cannao — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT

As cloud applications grow in scale and complexity, multi-tenant architecture has become essential for organizations prioritizing cost efficiency, scalability,

Great Moments, Great Company in Brussels

Rene Cannao — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT

The ProxySQL team gathered in Brussels around FOSDEM 2025 — connecting with brilliant minds, sharing ideas, and enjoying great food together.

ProxySQL Performance Tuning: Unlocking Optimal Database Performance

Rene Cannao — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Optimizing database interactions is critical to maintaining operational efficiency. According to Gartner, the global Database Management Systems (DBMS) market i

A Beginner's Guide to Database Sharding: How to Scale Your Database Effectively

Rene Cannao — Mon, 30 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT

As businesses grow, so do their data needs. A small application that once handled a few users can quickly evolve into a system that supports thousands—or even m

MySQL High Availability: Techniques to Ensure Uptime in Critical Systems

Rene Cannao — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT

A single hour of downtime costs companies an average of $300,000, with critical systems like databases bearing the brunt of this risk. MySQL, widely used for ma

Database Security: Best Practices to Protect Your MySQL Infrastructure

Rene Cannao — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT

As of 2024, MySQL ranks as the second most popular database management system globally. MySQL has become a go-to choice for database management due to its de

How Companies Can Improve Database Performance with ProxySQL

Rene Cannao — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT

The efficiency of a company's database systems is not just an IT concern but a central business issue. Slow databases can drag down the entire user experience,

Advanced ProxySQL Features and How to Leverage Them

Rene Cannao — Fri, 11 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT

Are you facing challenges managing your MySQL database as user traffic increases? As more users and applications connect, performance can slow down, leading to

ProxySQL Expands Database Support to PostgreSQL in Version 3.0.0-Alpha

Rene Cannao — Mon, 30 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMT

The reigning champion of MySQL proxies, ProxySQL, has set its sights to conquer new territory. Today marks the dawn of a new era as ProxySQL unveils its 3.0.0-A

Top 10 Ways to Optimize MySQL Performance with ProxySQL

Rene Cannao — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMT

MySQL is a widely used database management tool; however, as your application grows, maintaining optimal performance may become more challenging. Thankfully

Understanding ProxySQL: The Ultimate Database Proxy Solution

Rene Cannao — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMT

Are you tired of MySQL bottlenecks slowing down your application? Then, it's time your organization uses a database proxy. ProxySQL is a high-performance op

Releasing ProxySQL v2.7.0!

Javier Jaramago Fernandez — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMT

We are thrilled to announce the release of ProxySQL v2.7.0, a significant upgrade that introduces a powerful new feature designed to enhance your MySQL deployme

Releasing ProxySQL v2.6.4!

Rene Cannao — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT

Announcing the Release of ProxySQL Version 2.6.4! We are excited to announce the release of ProxySQL v2.6.4, the latest stable version of our high-performance,

The Ultimate Guide to Database Proxies: What They Are and Why You Need One

Rene Cannao — Sun, 25 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT

The internet surrounds us in today’s digital world, so much so that not a single task is complete without a simple Google search. We lean on the internet for va

Releasing ProxySQL v2.6.3!

Rahim Kanji — Mon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 GMT

ProxySQL is a high performance, high availability, protocol aware proxy for MySQL, with a GPL license! It can be downloaded from the ProxySQL Repository (instru

Managing ProxySQL Admin Credentials: A Guide to admin-admin_credentials

Rene Cannao — Mon, 06 May 2024 00:00:00 GMT

Introduction Admin credentials serve as the gateway to ProxySQL's configuration, granting users unparalleled control over its functionalities. However, the imp

Optimizing Database Performance with ProxySQL Query Rewrite

Rene Cannao — Fri, 03 May 2024 00:00:00 GMT

In the realm of database management, optimizing performance is paramount to ensuring smooth operations and preventing potential disruptions. One tool that has e

Releasing ProxySQL v2.6.2!

Javier Jaramago Fernandez — Tue, 02 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMT

ProxySQL is a high performance, high availability, protocol aware proxy for MySQL, with a GPL license! It can be downloaded from the ProxySQL Repository (instru

Enhancing Database Security with ProxySQL 2.6.0: caching_sha2_password

Rene Cannao — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT

Enhancing Database Security with ProxySQL 2.6.0: Introducing caching_sha2_password Authentication In the digital age, where data breaches are increasingly comm

Releasing ProxySQL v2.6.1!

Miro Stauder — Fri, 22 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT

ProxySQL is a high performance, high availability, protocol aware proxy for MySQL, with a GPL license! It can be downloaded from the ProxySQL Repository (instru

Releasing ProxySQL v2.6.0!

Miro Stauder — Mon, 04 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT

ProxySQL is a high performance, high availability, protocol aware proxy for MySQL, with a GPL license! It can be downloaded from the ProxySQL Repository (instru

Releasing ProxySQL v2.5.5!

Miro Stauder — Fri, 18 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMT

ProxySQL is a high performance, high availability, protocol aware proxy for MySQL, with a GPL license! It can be downloaded from the ProxySQL Repository (instru

Releasing ProxySQL v2.5.4!

Miro Stauder — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMT

ProxySQL is a high performance, high availability, protocol aware proxy for MySQL, with a GPL license! It can be downloaded from the ProxySQL Repository (instru

Releasing ProxySQL v2.5.3!

Miro Stauder — Thu, 22 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMT

ProxySQL is a high performance, high availability, protocol aware proxy for MySQL, with a GPL license! It can be downloaded from the ProxySQL Repository (instru

Releasing ProxySQL v2.5.2!

Miro Stauder — Fri, 12 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT

ProxySQL is a high performance, high availability, protocol aware proxy for MySQL, with a GPL license! It can be downloaded from the ProxySQL Repository (instru

Releasing ProxySQL v2.5.1!

Miro Stauder — Thu, 09 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMT

ProxySQL is a high performance, high availability, protocol aware proxy for MySQL, with a GPL license! It can be downloaded from the ProxySQL Repository (instru

Releasing ProxySQL v2.4.8!

Miro Stauder — Tue, 14 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMT

ProxySQL is a high performance, high availability, protocol aware proxy for MySQL, with a GPL license! It can be downloaded from the ProxySQL Repository (instru

Releasing ProxySQL v2.4.7!

Miro Stauder — Wed, 18 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT

ProxySQL is a high performance, high availability, protocol aware proxy for MySQL, with a GPL license! It can be downloaded from the ProxySQL Repository (instru

Releasing ProxySQL v2.4.6!

Miro Stauder — Thu, 12 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT

ProxySQL is a high performance, high availability, protocol aware proxy for MySQL, with a GPL license! It can be downloaded from the ProxySQL Repository (instru

Releasing ProxySQL v2.4.5!

Miro Stauder — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMT

ProxySQL is a high performance, high availability, protocol aware proxy for MySQL, with a GPL license! It can be downloaded from the ProxySQL Repository (instru

Releasing ProxySQL v2.4.4!

Miro Stauder — Thu, 15 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMT

ProxySQL is a high performance, high availability, protocol aware proxy for MySQL, with a GPL license! It can be downloaded from the ProxySQL Repository (instru

Releasing ProxySQL Binlog Reader v2.1!

Miro Stauder — Tue, 13 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMT

ProxySQL Binlog Reader is a GTID tracking service for MySQL used by ProxySQL, with a GPL license! It can be downloaded from the ProxySQL Repository (instruction

Releasing ProxySQL v2.4.3!

Javier Jaramago Fernandez — Mon, 15 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMT

ProxySQL is a high performance, high availability, protocol aware proxy for MySQL, with a GPL license! It can be downloaded from the ProxySQL Repository (instru

Releasing ProxySQL v2.4.2!

Javier Jaramago Fernandez — Tue, 28 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT

ProxySQL is a high performance, high availability, protocol aware proxy for MySQL, with a GPL license! It can be downloaded from the ProxySQL Repository (instru

Releasing ProxySQL Binlog Reader v2.0!

Miro Stauder — Thu, 23 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT

ProxySQL Binlog Reader is a GTID tracking service for MySQL used by ProxySQL, with a GPL license! It can be downloaded from the ProxySQL Repository (instruction

ProxySQL at Percona Community Live 2022

Javier Jaramago Fernandez — Tue, 21 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT

Join us today at ProxySQL at Percona Community Live 2022! We will be present today at Percona Community Live 2022, with the talk 'ProxySQL 2021 Dev Sub

Releasing ProxySQL v2.4.0!

Javier Jaramago Fernandez — Wed, 11 May 2022 00:00:00 GMT

ProxySQL is a high performance, high availability, protocol aware proxy for MySQL, with a GPL license! It can be downloaded from the ProxySQL Repository (instru

Failover comparison in Aurora MySQL 2.10.0 using proxySQL vs Aurora's cluster endpoint

George Vasileiou — Tue, 04 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT

Aurora cluster promises a high availability solution and seamless failover procedure. However, how much is actually the downtime when a failover happens? And ho

Releasing ProxySQL v2.3.0!

Javier Jaramago Fernandez — Wed, 15 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMT

ProxySQL is a high performance, high availability, protocol aware proxy for MySQL, with a GPL license! It can be downloaded from the ProxySQL Repository (instru

We are hiring at ProxySQL for 2021!

Jesmar Cannao — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMT

https://proxysql.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/we-are-hiring-2021.png ProxySQL is a high performance highly-available protocol aware proxy for MySQL and its

SSL additions to ProxySQL v2.3.0!

Javier Jaramago Fernandez — Mon, 30 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMT

ProxySQL SSL changes Introducing ProxySQL dynamic SSL Feature description Since v2.3.0 the TLS context that ProxySQL uses for new connections is now reconfigurable at runtime. This capability allows the reloading of certificates used for client SSL contexts without requiring to restart ProxySQL. This, in combination with the

Releasing ProxySQL 2.2.0

Nick Vyzas — Mon, 07 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMT

ProxySQL is a high performance, high availability, protocol aware proxy for MySQL, with a GPL license! It can be downloaded from the ProxySQL Repository (instru

Releasing ProxySQL 2.1.1

Nick Vyzas — Wed, 21 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMT

ProxySQL is a high performance, high availability, protocol aware proxy for MySQL, with a GPL license! It can be downloaded from the ProxySQL Repository (instru

Releasing ProxySQL 2.0.18

Nick Vyzas — Fri, 09 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMT

ProxySQL is a high performance, high availability, protocol aware proxy for MySQL, with a GPL license! It can be downloaded from the ProxySQL Repository (instru

Releasing ProxySQL 2.0.17

Nick Vyzas — Wed, 03 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMT

ProxySQL is a high performance, high availability, protocol aware proxy for MySQL, with a GPL license! It can be downloaded here or alternatively from the Proxy

Unadventurous Amazon RDS Upgrades with ProxySQL

Nick Vyzas — Thu, 04 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMT

If you're still running RDS 5.5 you have reached the end of the line, its time to upgrade... heck, if you're running RDS 5.6 an upgrade is just as mandatory!

How MySQL Bug #102266 affects ProxySQL

Thiago Leite — Mon, 01 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMT

Overview If you are using ProxySQL 2.0.16 in front of MySQL 5.7/5.6 servers or even in front of MySQL 8.0.0, please check your ProxySQL error logs for the message below to ensure that you are not experiencing the MySQL bug #102266: 2021-06-23 02:38:18 MySQL_Session.cpp:2798:handler_again___status_CHANGING_USER_SERVER(): Error during change user: 1045, Access denied for user 'mary'@'172.21 If

Releasing ProxySQL 2.0.16

Nick Vyzas — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT

ProxySQL is a high performance, high availability, protocol aware proxy for MySQL, with a GPL license! It can be downloaded here or alternatively from the Proxy

We are hiring at ProxySQL for 2021!

Nick Vyzas — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT

https://proxysql.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/we-are-hiring-2021.pngProxySQL is a high performance highly-available protocol aware proxy for MySQL and its for

Observability Enhancements in ProxySQL 2.1 with Prometheus & Grafana

Nick Vyzas — Tue, 19 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT

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Releasing ProxySQL 2.1.0

Nick Vyzas — Wed, 04 Nov 2020 00:00:00 GMT

Check out whats new in ProxySQL 2.1.0 here:

Releasing ProxySQL 2.0.15

Nick Vyzas — Fri, 30 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMT

ProxySQL is a high performance, high availability, protocol aware proxy for MySQL, with a GPL license! It can be downloaded here or alternatively from the Proxy

ProxySQL Public Training Nov & Dec 2020

Rene Cannao — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMT

Immerse yourself in the world of ProxySQL with our two-day ProxySQL Total Training.

Effortlessly Scaling out Galera Cluster with ProxySQL

Javier Jaramago Fernandez — Wed, 23 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMT

This post is the first of a series of blogposts on how to easily use ProxySQL to scale-out your application's database workload on a Galera cluster. This series

ProxySQL participando en ESLibre 2020

Rene Cannao — Sun, 13 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMT

ProxySQL participará en la próxima edición del evento open source “ESLIBRE”, que tendrá lugar los días 18th & 19th de Septiembre. La fecha coincidirá con el “So

ProxySQL Speaking at EsLibre 2020

Rene Cannao — Sun, 13 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMT

ProxySQL will be taking part in the upcoming EsLibre, open source event on the 18th & 19th of September. The date also coincides with ‘Software Freedom Day’ whi

Releasing ProxySQL 2.0.14

Nick Vyzas — Tue, 08 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMT

ProxySQL is proud to announce the release of the latest stable version of ProxySQL 2.0.14 on the 8th of September 2020 ProxySQL is a high performance, high ava

ProxySQL Public Training, September 2020

Rene Cannao — Fri, 21 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMT

Owing to the success and feedback we received from our last training course, we will be running another 2 sessions, both for European, as we well as Pacific Tim

Releasing ProxySQL 2.0.13

Rene Cannao — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMT

ProxySQL is proud to announce the release of the latest stable version of ProxySQL 2.0.13 on the 15th of July 2020 ProxySQL is a high performance, high availab

ProxySQL Public Training, 21st-22nd July

Rene Cannao — Fri, 10 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMT

Get yourself, or your team, trained by our Professional ProxySQL Trainers who have built and actively maintain ProxySQL in our upcoming total Training course.

Protect your data using ProxySQL Firewall

Nick Vyzas — Thu, 09 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMT

ProxySQL Firewall Overview ProxySQL's flexible query rules engine has many uses, from Read/Write splitting, sharding and even creating firewall blacklist. This

Releasing ProxySQL 2.0.12

Nick Vyzas — Tue, 19 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT

ProxySQL is proud to announce the fast track release of the latest stable version of ProxySQL 2.0.12 on 18th of May 2020 ProxySQL is a high performance, high a

Releasing ProxySQL 2.0.11

Nick Vyzas — Fri, 01 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT

ProxySQL is proud to announce the release of the latest stable version of ProxySQL 2.0.11 on 30th of April 2020 ProxySQL is a high performance, high availabili

Architecting MySQL for Scale with ProxySQL

Nick Vyzas — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT

A selection of the companies we have helped scale

COVID-19

Nick Vyzas — Wed, 18 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMT

ProxySQL LLC. has been operating as a remote first company for years, which has allowed us to have coverage in all timezones, from the Americas, to Europe and A

Releasing ProxySQL 2.0.10

Nick Vyzas — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 00:00:00 GMT

ProxySQL is proud announce the release of the latest stable version of ProxySQL 2.0.10 on 25th of February 2020.

Releasing ProxySQL 2.0.9

Nick Vyzas — Mon, 17 Feb 2020 00:00:00 GMT

ProxySQL is proud announce the release of the latest stable version of ProxySQL 2.0.9 on 17th of February 2020. ProxySQL is a high performance, high availabi

Releasing ProxySQL 2.0.8

Nick Vyzas — Tue, 05 Nov 2019 00:00:00 GMT

Proudly announcing the release of the latest stable version of ProxySQL 2.0.8 on 5th of November 2019. ProxySQL is a high performance, high availability, pro

Releasing ProxySQL 2.0.7

Nick Vyzas — Wed, 02 Oct 2019 00:00:00 GMT

Proudly announcing the release of the latest stable version of ProxySQL 2.0.7 on 2nd of October 2019. ProxySQL is a high performance, high availability, prot

ProxySQL Technology Day

Nick Vyzas — Tue, 27 Aug 2019 00:00:00 GMT

ProxySQL Technology Day at Ghent, Belgium on Thursday, October 3rd, 2019 We are proud to announce our inaugural free ProxySQL Technology Day held in Ghent, Bel

Native Galera Support In ProxySQL

Nick Vyzas — Sat, 02 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMT

The latest enhancement in ProxySQL v2.0.0 is the native support of Galera Cluster. No more need to use an external script within the scheduler like explained al

Amazon Aurora - Seamless Planned Failover with ProxySQL

Nick Vyzas — Mon, 10 Sep 2018 00:00:00 GMT

One of the more popular solutions for a DBaaS in today's market is Amazon's RDS / Aurora service. Historically Amazon RDS was quite popular however Aurora has b

Scaling from a Dark Ages of Big Data to Brighter Today

Nick Vyzas — Wed, 29 Aug 2018 00:00:00 GMT

This topic has been up in the air for a long time. What would be the best approach: get less large boxes or smaller for the same price? What would be pros and c

SSL Encryption at ProxySQL Part 1

Nick Vyzas — Mon, 20 Aug 2018 00:00:00 GMT

MySQL, ProxySQL & SSL As we all know, MySQL supports using SSL to secure connections by encrypting the data in transit and protecting it from snooping on the w

ClickHouse and ProxySQL queries rewrite

Nick Vyzas — Sat, 31 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMT

ClickHouse and MySQL do not have the same SQL syntax and functions ProxySQL is a popular open source, high performance and protocol-aware proxy server for MySQ

GTID consistent reads

Nick Vyzas — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMT

Adaptive query routing based on GTID tracking ProxySQL is a layer 7 database proxy that understands the MySQL Protocol. It provides high availability and high

ProxySQL Fast Routing

Nick Vyzas — Tue, 20 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMT

ProxySQL's new routing algorithm to handle hundreds of thousands of schemas/shards ProxySQL is a service designed to scale and handle traffic in very large setups. In the past we already showed examples of how ProxySQL can handle thousands of MySQL servers, and millions (yes, millions!) of distinct...

Benchmarking ProxySQL 1.4.4

Nick Vyzas — Wed, 03 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT

Comparing ProxySQL 1.4.3 vs. 1.4.4 ProxySQL 1.4.4 has recently been released (GA on Dec 20, 2017) which naturally leads to the question “What performance gains

Native ProxySQL Clustering now available

Nick Vyzas — Fri, 08 Sep 2017 00:00:00 GMT

ProxySQL 1.4.2 now supports Native Clustering!!! ProxySQL enters the club of the software associated with the buzz word "Cluster". This blog post is the first

How to run multiple ProxySQL instances

Nick Vyzas — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 00:00:00 GMT

How to run multiple ProxySQL instances Some time ago I wrote about the ability of running multiple ProxySQL instances listening on the same port(s). This capa

Scaling with ProxySQL Query Cache

Nick Vyzas — Sun, 28 May 2017 00:00:00 GMT

MySQL Query Cache Before writing about ProxySQL Query Cache, let's see what MySQL Query Cache is. MySQL Query Cache is a very interesting feature that, quot

On demand query routing - how to prevent downtime on your main MySQL server

Nick Vyzas — Mon, 17 Apr 2017 00:00:00 GMT

In a previous post I wrote about how read/write split is implemented in ProxySQL, and what I believe is the best practice for read/write split on top of MySQL servers: start sending all traffic to MySQL master identify what queries can be routed to the MySQL

Obfuscate data from mysqldump with ProxySQL

Nick Vyzas — Sun, 16 Apr 2017 00:00:00 GMT

While me and Fred were presenting Inexpensive Datamasking for MySQL with ProxySQL at FOSDEM 2017, we got a very interesting question: can ProxySQL be used to ob

MySQL read/write split with ProxySQL

Nick Vyzas — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Query routing is one of the core features of ProxySQL. Read/write split is perhaps one of the most common query routing use, while the other most commonly used

Multiple ProxySQL instances on same ports, and seamless upgrade

Nick Vyzas — Sun, 19 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Since its genesis ProxySQL was designed to be reconfigurable at runtime without restarting it. There are only 2 exceptions: changing the listening ports (work i

Comparing Query Cache in ProxySQL and MaxScale

Nick Vyzas — Wed, 22 Feb 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Few days ago MariaDB announced MaxScale 2.1.0 Beta, and among the new Query Performance capabilities there is Query Cache Filter. Query Cache was among the very

ProxySQL and MaxScale on point select workload

Nick Vyzas — Tue, 21 Feb 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Few days ago MariaDB announced that MaxScale 2.1 is roughly 45% faster than MaxScale 2.0 . I first want to congratulate MaxScale Team: MaxScale 2.1 seems to

Conociendo ProxySQL

Nick Vyzas — Sun, 19 Feb 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Last month, January 2017, two DevOps meetups were organized in Spain with the same topic: "Conociendo ProxySQL", presented by txetxu Velayos, @txetxuvel The

Releasing ProxySQL 1.3.4

Nick Vyzas — Sat, 18 Feb 2017 00:00:00 GMT

I am happy to announce the release of the latest stable release of ProxySQL 1.3.4 on 18 February 2017. ProxySQL is a high performance, high availability, pro

Testing performance of MySQL Group Replication

Rene Cannao — Thu, 02 Feb 2017 00:00:00 GMT

MySQL Group Replication is a hot topic in MySQL ecosystem. We have been evaluating it in , and it is now time to evaluate its performance, especially now that i

Proxy Wars: comparing ProxySQL to others

Nick Vyzas — Sat, 07 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT

MySQL load balancers and proxies are becoming a very hot topic in the last few years. In the near future there will two presentations to compare proxies: T

Galera Awareness and ProxySQL Scheduler

Nick Vyzas — Sat, 16 Jul 2016 00:00:00 GMT

One of the most common requests for ProxySQL is to support Galera Cluster. The Issue Support for Galera requires a lot of features to be added to ProxySQL:

Query rewrite with ProxySQL: use case scenario

Nick Vyzas — Sat, 18 Jun 2016 00:00:00 GMT

One of ProxySQL most interesting features is query rewrite. This functionality is one of the main reasons to write a proxy that sits between the applicatio

ProxySQL vs MaxScale: Persistent Connection, response time, and bugs

Nick Vyzas — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 00:00:00 GMT

A benchmark comparison of ProxySQL and MaxScale focusing on persistent connections, throughput, response time, and critical session-tracking bugs in MaxScale's implementation.