Percona, the company that delivers enterprise-class MySQL, MongoDB and other open source database solutions and services, today announced the general availability of Percona Server for MySQL 5.7.20, a new release that includes the MyRocks storage engine, as well as a new binary log encryption feature. The powerful combination of Percona Server for MySQL and MyRocks enables database administrators to achieve more throughput for high-volume, write intensive workloads. Optimized for modern hardware, the product requires less storage space and reduces maintenance costs, providing increased ROI for on-premises and cloud-based applications.

MyRocks is a MySQL storage engine that integrates with RocksDB, a Facebook open source project. It provides improved flash storage performance through efficiencies in reading, writing and storing data. Optimized for fast, low-latency storage, it's ideal for today's high-volume, write-intensive applications such as data aggregation, IoT, transaction logging, system monitoring, payment processing and billing systems. MyRocks requires less SSD storage space, provides more storage endurance, and ensures better IO capacity.

Percona Server for MySQL® is a free, fully compatible, enhanced, open source drop-in replacement for MySQL that provides superior performance, scalability and instrumentation. The new encryption feature demonstrates Percona's commitment to continually enhance security and meet the needs of modern enterprises. With more than 4,000,000 downloads, Percona Server for MySQL offers self-tuning algorithms and support for extremely high-performance hardware, delivering excellent performance and reliability. Percona Server for MySQL is trusted by thousands of enterprises to provide better performance and concurrency than other MySQL servers. Percona Server for MySQL also provides greater scalability and availability, enhanced backups and increased visibility.