HeidiSQL 7.0 released
450 revisions after the 6.0 release follows the new 7.0 release of HeidiSQL now. Here are the most noticable changes since the 6.0 release:- Basic support for Microsoft SQL Server, allowing to execute...
View ArticleHow large can a MySQL database become?
In Maximum MySQL Database Size? Nick Duncan wants to find out what the maximum size of his MySQL database can possibly be. He answers that with a list of maximum file sizes per file system type. That...
View ArticleA great way to test-drive MySQL from MariaDB, Oracle, and Percona
I was doing some research on Percona Server, and came across this great tip by Baron: if you are using Oracle’s MySQL and want to test out and learn new/improved features that are present in Percona...
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The Age of the Platform by Phil Simon
Read the original article at The Age of the Platform by Phil SimonI picked up Phil Simon's The Age of the Platform after running into his blog, and some of his writing online. Simon is an interesting...
View ArticleCall for Nominations for 2012 MySQL Community Awards
This post complements Henrik's Call for Nominations for 2012 MySQL Community Awards. Recap: we keep the tradition of awarding MySQL community members for their notable contributions to the MySQL...
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Open Source CloudStack 3.0 Is Coming
The new dashboard from the CloudStack 3.0 beta. Over the last year I have been working on the CloudStack Open Source Cloud Computing project. This month we are getting ready to launch CloudStack 3.0...
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The value of being open
Do you lurk on the MariaDB and Ubuntu mailing lists? Maintainers might prefer to have an open bugs database.PlanetMySQL Voting: Vote UP / Vote DOWN
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“SQL vs NoSQL” panel at PHP UK
I will part of a panel discussing “SQL vs NoSQL along with Derick Rethans, Johannes Schlüter and Helgi Thorbjoernsson as the closing session on Saturday the 25th at PHP UK. Johannes and I may have a...
View ArticleScaleBase Unveils New Elastic Load Balancing Feature at Cloud Connect
Version 1.5 completely embraces the very nature of the cloud, supporting real-time dynamic scaling for MySQL databases SANTA CLARA, CA and BOSTON, MA – February 14, 2012 – the database elasticity...
View ArticleDetecting and Removing Unused Indexes in MySQL
Preface: The following post is a backup from a post first published on the Moviepilot Techblog, which is going to be replaced by the Moviepilot Labs Blog. The content is a bit outdated, as the way to...
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Installing A Web, Email & MySQL Database Cluster On Debian 6.0 With...
Installing A Web, Email & MySQL Database Cluster On Debian 6.0 With ISPConfig 3 This tutorial describes the installation of a clustered web, email, database and DNS server to be used for...
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Open APIs are the new open source
We’ve seen the rise of open source software in the enterprise and also beyond the IT industry, but the real keys to openness and its advantages in today’s technology world — where efficient use of...
View ArticleMy talks on PL MySQL Conference (+free book inside)
On coming PL MySQL conference 2012 I will give one tutorial: Percona XtraBackup: install, usage, tricks. This tutorial I will do in joint with Alexey Kopytov, the lead developer of Percona XtraBackup....
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The Full Monty – Version 2
Installing MySQL on CentOS 6.2 with PaceMaker, MHA and more When I work with High Availability software, I’m reminded of the maze in the original computer adventure game “You are Lost in a maze of...
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MySQL Tech Tour New York
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 10:30 AM – 3:00 PM Oracle Office 520 Madison Ave, Suite 3000 New York, 10022 Register Here! ou’re Invited – Oracle’s MySQL Tech Tour Event – New York, NY Join us for our...
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Summary Tables with MySQL
I was recently talking with a few people and the concept of summary tables came up as solutions for them. The issue is, they never thought of it. Hopefully this post will help them as well as others....
View ArticleMySQL Cluster 7.2 GA Released, Delivers 1 BILLION Queries per Minute
Oracle is delighted to announce the immediate availability of the production-ready, GA release of MySQL Cluster 7.2, available for download under the GPL, and as part of the commercial MySQL Cluster...
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Communication protocols in MySQL
Generally, MySQL supports connections between clients and the server using several networking protocols. Below are the main protocols which are used by client to connect with MySQL server. TCP/IP Unix...
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Why I think SQL_MODE is useless...
I think the SQL_MODE setting is a sort-of good idea, but that the implementation of it is useless, more or less. What I would want from a feature like this is to allow me to control the quality of the...
View ArticleTroubleshooting MySQL Upgrade Performance Regressions
So lets say you upgraded from MySQL 5.1 to Percona Server 5.5 and instead of expected performance improvement you see your performance being worse. What should you do ? First if you followed MySQL...
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