# Regular MySQL as master, Percona as slave?

**URL:** <https://forums.percona.com/t/regular-mysql-as-master-percona-as-slave/1949>\
**Category:** Other MySQL® Questions\
**Created:** [December 13, 2012, 12:45am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/regular-mysql-as-master-percona-as-slave/1949 "2012-12-13T00:45:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![dcabbar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@dcabbar](https://forums.percona.com/u/dcabbar)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 12:45am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/regular-mysql-as-master-percona-as-slave/1949/1 "2012-12-13T00:45:41Z")

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Hi,

I want to try Percona server, and the best way I can think of is to replicate my production mysql server with Percona. Basically, I want to use regular mysql server as master and use the percona server in dev environment as slave, and have it replicate this.

Is this configuration possible? Is there any pointers for this?

Thanks a lot…

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**Author:** ![martin.arrieta](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/martin.arrieta/32/16888_2.png) [@martin.arrieta](https://forums.percona.com/u/martin.arrieta)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 10:13am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/regular-mysql-as-master-percona-as-slave/1949/2 "2012-12-13T10:13:15Z")

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Percona server is compatible with MySQL server, so you can setup the replication using the tutorials from the mysql website or you can use xtrabackup for example.

It is always recommended to run mysql\_upgrade to update the system tables if you are going to copy the datadir or make an the replication with xtrabackup.

Regards,

Martin Arrieta  
@martinarrietac