Log Buffer #253, A Carnival of the Vanities for DBAs
A very very Happy New Year 2012 to all of you. These are the festive and jubilant times when people look back on previous years and make plans for their new year and beyond. Well, this Log Buffer...
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MySQL Performance: Linux I/O
It was a long time now that I wanted to run some benchmark tests to understand better the surprises I've met in the past with Linux I/O performance during MySQL benchmarks, and finally it happened...
View ArticleConfiguring MySQL For High Number of Connections per Second
One thing I noticed during the observation was that there were roughly 2,000 new connections to MySQL per second during peak times. This is a high number by any account. When a new connection to MySQL...
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MySQL 5.6 Replication Enhancements – webinar replay
Global Transaction IDs - simplifying replication management The replay has now been released for the MySQL 5.6 replication enhancements replay where you can get the latest information on all of the...
View ArticleOurSQL Episode 73: What happened?
This week we present a year in review for the MySQL Ecosystem, including updates from Oracle's MySQL, SkySQL, Percona and MariaDB. News: The MySQL developer’s room at FOSDEM has almost 40 submissions,...
View ArticleHow Percona Server handles data corruption more gracefully
I got a question a while ago about how Percona Server handles corrupted data more gracefully than the standard MySQL server from Oracle. The short version is that it won’t crash the whole server. With...
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SAN vs Local-disk :: innodb_flush_method performance benchmarks
If you’ve been tuning your MySQL database and have wondered what effect the innodb_flush_method settings have on write performance, then this information might help. I’ve recently been doing a lot of...
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Tungsten on the Beach--LA MySQL Meetup on Jan 11, 2012
It is my pleasure to announce that I will be presenting on Tungsten Replicator next Wednesday, January 11th at the Los Angeles MySQL Meetup. The presentation title is Fast, Flexible, and Fun--The...
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Tab Sweep - JSON, OSGi, GlassFish+NetBeans experience, JAXB and JodaTime,...
Recent Tips and News on Java, Java EE 6, GlassFish & more : • JSON to Java with JDK6 (Julien) • What does the future hold for OSGi without leader Peter Kriens? (JAXenter) • JavaCloudGuy: Glassfish...
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Momentum MTA Performance Tuning Tips
About 2 months ago I’ve joined LivingSocial technical operations team and one of my first tasks there was to figure out a way to make our MTAs perform better and deliver faster. We use a really great...
View ArticleTime for Zero Administration effort at MySQL ?
Preparing Optimizing MySQL Configuration talk for Percona Live in Washington,DC I noticed how many Variables did MySQL get over years – it is pushing 400 these days even if we do not count...
View ArticleIs your MySQL Application having Busy IO by Oracle Measures ?
Preparing Choosing Storage Systems for MySQL talk for Percona Live in Washington,DC I ran into great paper called Sane SAN 2010 by James Morle from Scale Abilities – and Oracle consulting company. It...
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Changing Name and Improving Focus
You might have noticed that this blog changed name and URL. Instead of having one single blog for everything, I decided to split my blogging activities in two separate blogs. If you're interested in...
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MHA for MySQL 0.53 released
MHA for MySQL (Master High Availability Manager and tools for MySQL) version 0.53 has been released. Downloads are available here. Here are release notes.New features:* Supporting RESET SLAVE ALL from...
View ArticleGlobo.com Cuts Costs by 65% with MySQL Enterprise Edition
Globo.com is the latest business initiative of Organizações Globo, a Brazilian media group that owns the television networks Rede Globo, Globosat, and TV Globo Internacional, as well as radio...
View ArticleNot if, but when
As a MySQL consultant, I spend a lot of time talking with people about their backups. More specifically, we talk a lot about recovery. I had an interesting incident myself, which illustrates some of...
View ArticleMySQL for Beginners for a great start to 2012
Start off 2012 with the MySQL for Beginners course. You can get this training from your desk with the MySQL for Beginners Live Virtual Delivery and now you can even learn at your own pace with the all...
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“Stay hungry, stay foolish” ...... but have a backup :)
As we all settle into 2012, I remember the great saying “Stay hungry, stay foolish.”The famous“Stay hungry, stay foolish” reference is from the last Whole Earth Catalog and also made popular via the...
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Installing Apache2 With PHP5 And MySQL Support On CentOS 6.1 (LAMP)
Installing Apache2 With PHP5 And MySQL Support On CentOS 6.1 (LAMP) LAMP is short for Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP. This tutorial shows how you can install an Apache2 webserver on a CentOS 6.1 server with...
View ArticleTracking Server Variables, Documentation, Manuals, Changelogs for MySQL,...
I find myself constantly looking up server variables (and manuals and changelogs) for MySQL, MariaDB, and XtraDB, which versions they are in, and so forth. So I finally created a couple pages which...
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