MySQL Data High Availability with semi-synchronous replication
Starting with MySQL 5.5 it is possible to configure semi-synchronous replication. As you probably know, by default, MySQL replication is asynchronous. Asynchronous replication means that...
View ArticleLog Buffer #255, A Carnival of the Vanities for DBAs
With winter and its cold weather starting to set in across most of the world, now is the time when travelers start to think about warming things up. For most, that means flying to hot and sunny...
View ArticleMaking rpm builds a first class citizen: How?
In my previous post I explained why I believe the production of RPM and DEB packages should be more integrated with the rest of your development process. Now it's time to look into how you can put the...
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MySQL 5.5 Windows Build Appendix : Full Outputs and Common Errors from...
The other day, I posted a “how-to” article for building MySQL 5.5 on Windows from the source code tree. In an attempt to keep the post as brief as possible, I omitted many outputs, as well as a number...
View ArticleOurSQL Episode 75: Off the Charts, part 2
Part 1 of the monitoring series: http://bit.ly/oursql074 News: The next free Oracle Technology Network Developer Day for MySQL will be Thursday, February 9th, 2012 in Frankfurt, Germany. Register for...
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CAOS Theory Podcast 2012.01.20
Topics for this podcast: *Hadoop v1.0 and year ahead *Oracle-Cloudera deal for more Hadoop *Oracle’s ‘Sun spot’ with Solaris *Open Source M&A outlook for 2012 *Our new MySQL/NoSQL/NewSQL survey...
View ArticleRe: MySQL Enterprise Backup: Taking Incremental Backups without specifying LSN
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View ArticleOracle’s 27 MySQL security fixes and MariaDB
The MySQL community have something new on their radars. First up, it looks like MySQL is now part of the Oracle Software Security Assurance and this is something all MySQL users should be happy about....
View ArticleSlides from Percona Live, Washington, DC are available
If you’ve missed Percona Live in Washington,DC and even if you did not you should be happy to know we have now published slides from majority of talks at this conference. Enjoy! This conference had...
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SCaLE’s MySQL Day a big hit
MySQL Day at SCaLE The MySQL Day at the Southern California Linux Expo (SCaLE) is all but over with just a Birds of a Feather Session before we finish. The room was packed all day and often at standing...
View ArticleHow many pages does InnoDB for tables with large columns?
I am confused by the descriptions of when InnoDB uses external pages for long columns. There have been a few good blog posts about this but the official documentation isn't clear to me when it...
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MySQL replication monitoring on Ubuntu 10.04 with Nagios and NRPE
If you're using MySQL replication, then you're probably counting on it for some fairly important need. Monitoring via Nagios is generally considered a best practice. This article assumes you've already...
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SCALE
Great turn out at SCALE !MySQL Day on Friday was a great success. MySQL sessions packed all day.So far Saturday has had a great turn out at the booth with numerous questions about MySQL.Tux even gave...
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New feature: Pluggable authentication
Starting with MySQL 5.5.7 or MariaDB 5.2, the server allows the client to authenticate via plugin. HeidiSQL now fully supports establishing such connections, by providing an exported method called...
View ArticleMySQL and PostgreSQL Cloud Offerings – linux.conf.au 2012 miniconf talk by...
Selena and I gave a talk on the various issues of running databases “in the cloud” at the recent linux.conf.au in Ballarat. Video is up, embedded below: PlanetMySQL Voting: Vote UP / Vote DOWN
View ArticleMySQL Embedded Online Forum
Next Tuesday, January 31st, it’s going to be all about MySQL Embedded! We will be running an Online Forum from 9.00 am to 12.00 pm PT. Oracle’s MySQL Embedded experts will deliver 4 technical sessions...
View ArticleJet Profiler for MySQL 2.0.5 in French
Jet Profiler for MySQL 2.0.5 is now available! We recently announced that we now provide multi-language support for English, German and Swedish. This time, the latest version adds French language...
View ArticleAnnouncing SkySQL™ Enterprise HA for the MariaDB® & MySQL® databases
SkySQL™ today announced the immediate availability of SkySQL™ Enterprise HA, its leading 360° degrees High Availability solution for the MySQL® & MariaDB® databases. High Availability is the #1...
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Is MySQL usage really declining?
If you’re a MySQL user, tell us about your adoption plans by taking our current survey. Back in late 2009, at the height of the concern about Oracle’s imminent acquisition of Sun Microsystems and...
View ArticleBuilding MariaDB 5.1 on Windows
Recently, I found myself needing MariaDB 5.1.60 for Windows for some testing purposes. Therefore, I needed to build it from source. I ended up using what I’d call a “blend” of the commands listed in...
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