# Percona Distribution for MySQL 8.0.20 using Percona XtraDB Cluster (2020-10-01)


| Release date    |   October 1, 2020 |
| :-------------- | :---------------- |
|**Installation** | [Installing Percona Distribution for MySQL](installing.md)|



Percona Distribution for MySQL is a single solution with the best and most critical enterprise components from the MySQL open source community, designed and tested to work together.

Percona Distribution for MySQL provides two deployment variants: one is based on *Percona Server for MySQL* and another one is based on *Percona XtraDB Cluster*. This enables you to choose the MySQL deployment approach that best meets your specific needs. Each variant is available via its own repository and includes the base server (*Percona Server for MySQL* or *Percona XtraDB Cluster*) and compatible [components](index.md#components).

This release of Percona Distribution for MySQL is focused on the *Percona XtraDB Cluster*-based deployment variant and is based on *Percona XtraDB Cluster* 8.0.20-11.