Percona Server 5.6.10-60.2 Improves MySQL Server Performance

Percona Server, an enhanced drop-in replacement for MySQL that will allow queries to run faster and more consistently and to consolidate servers on powerful hardware, is now at version 5.6.10-60.2.

Highlights of Percona Server 5.6.10-60.2:

• The Thread Pool patch has been ported from MariaDB. This patch will help your MySQL server to keep the top performance, even with a large number of connections;
• Expanded Fast Index Creation has been added from Percona Server, for MySQL 5.5;
• Handle Corrupted Tables feature has been added from Percona Server, for MySQL 5.5;
• A bug that caused the MySQL server to crash has been fixed.

A complete list of changes and updates can be found in the official announcement.

Download Percona Server 5.6.10-60.2 right now from Softpedia. According to the developers, this is now the current stable release in the 5.6 series.