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 5.6.13-61.0.
As the version number suggests, this latest version of Percona Server is based on MySQL 5.6.13 and includes all the changes and bugs fixes.
Highlights of Percona Server 5.6.13-61.0:
• A number of XtraDB Performance Improvements have been added for high-concurrency scenarios; • Performance improvements have been implemented for Page cleaner thread tuning; • The Statement Timeout feature has been ported from the Twitter branch; • Percona Server has extended the SELECT INTO ... OUTFILE and SELECT INTO DUMPFILE to add the support for UNIX sockets and named pipes.
A complete list of changes and updates can be found in the official announcement. Download Percona Server 5.6.13-61.0 right now from Softpedia.