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Vitess 16 is now generally available with updates to VDiff v2, VTOrc, MySQL compatibility, and more. →
PlanetScale Vitess is more than just a drop-in replacement for MySQL. Learn about everything PlanetScale can do for you. →
Vitess 15 is now generally available with updates to VTOrc, VTAdmin, MySQL compatibility, and more. →
Learn what Vitess is, how it works, and how it can improve your database‘s resilience, scalability, and performance. →
Florent Poinsard, Harshit Gangal |
Learn how we detected and optimized two slow queries in arewefastyet using PlanetScale Insights. →
In the final installment of the consensus algorithm series we pull everything together with some final thoughts. →
In part 7 of the Consensus algorithm series we combine everything we’ve worked at to cover propagating requests →
Learn about what was just released in Vitess 14 →
Vitess is a database proxy that creates an illusion of a single database when in reality the query is sent to multiple MySQL instances. →
In part 6 of the Consensus algorithms series we look at how to handle request completions →
In part 5 of our consensus algorithms series we discuss how we handle race conditions and forward progress requirements. →
In part 4 of the consensus algorithms series we look at how algorithm leaders are established and revoked. →
Holly Guevara [@hollylawly], Shlomi Noach |
Learn how we used VReplication to allow for migration reverts with data retention. →
At PlanetScale our vision is to build a database developers love that can scale indefinitely. To do this we knew we needed a database with a history of powering companies that deal with humongous amounts of data and traffic. That’s why we chose Vitess. →
On behalf of the Vitess maintainers, I am pleased to announce the general availability of Vitess 9. →
On behalf of the Vitess maintainers team, I am pleased to announce the general availability of Vitess 8 for MySQL. →
Consensus Use Cases →
How the new integration adds new failure detection and recovery scenarios making orchestrator’s operation goal-oriented. →
The Rules of Consensus →
This is a multi-part blog series and will be updated with links to the corresponding posts. →
Learn Horizontal Scaling on PlanetScaleDB with Vitess — Rate Puppies in a Rust app with Sharded MySQL Database
[Engineering, Vitess]Rate Puppies in a Rust app with Sharded MySQL Database →
On behalf of the Vitess maintainers team, I am pleased to announce the general availability of Vitess 7. Major themes include improved SQL support as we continue to progress towards (almost) full MySQL compatibility. →
Here at PlanetScale we hear some concerns about the reliability of Vitess and its capabilities with regards to data loss. →
I am excited to announce the general availability of Vitess 6, the second release to follow our new accelerated release schedule. →