MySQL locking with INSERT/DELETE workload
Yep. I see this too at work. InnoDB is in my opinion really good at handling concurrent workloads. So good I was surprised when I eventually found a project that was having locking issues. SHOW ENGINE...
View ArticleScreencast: MariaDB GIS demo
Here’s another MariaDB screencast, this time highlighting some of the GIS functionality in MariaDB. (I recommend watching it in full screen 720p, so you can see the details.) Some links and notes: GIS...
View ArticleScalability, performance, capacity planning and USL at Hotsos Symposium
I presented at this year’s Hotsos Symposium. I am searching for a claim to specialness, and I think it may be that I am the first Hotsos presenter who’s specifically focused on MySQL. True? I don’t...
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A (little) MySQL bug story…
I just want to share about a strange behavior of one of our MySQL server yesterday. This server is a 5.1.50 MySQL server on debian 4.0 (Yes, I know…) When a “mysqld got signal 6” error occurred...
View Article2012 MySQL Council – Candidate Slate!
As a member of the MySQL Community, you already know how important it is to have the ability to advocate the needs of users and to share feedback on how to keep growing the function and performance of...
View ArticleMySQL Conference, Percona, the Ecosystem...
This year O'Reilly isn't running the MySQL conference, Percona is doing it. Santa Clara, April 10-12. The usual time and place.This is great news. They run a great conference. They always get rave...
View ArticleHigh Performance MySQL 3rd edition now available
The third edition is now available in ePub, Mobi, and PDF formats. Print format should be available early next week. Further Reading:High Performance MySQL, Third Edition High Performance MySQL, Second...
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MariaDB 5.5 has been Released
In case you didn’t notice it last week, MariaDB 5.5 (5.5.20, specifically) has been released. It’s a release I’ve been looking forward to for a while now, so I’m very excited that it’s now available!...
View ArticlePercona Toolkit 2.0.4 released
Percona Toolkit version 2.0.4 is available for immediate download. This release fixes 25 bugs and is a bug-fix release only, with the exception of a minor new filtering option for pt-kill. The change...
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Bringing fresh blood to the MySQL Council
The MySQL Council has been operational for more than one year, with mixed fortunes.As an early member, I am glad to be a member, and I feel that I have done something useful by participating in this...
View ArticleAuto caching INFORMATION_SCHEMA tables: seeking input
The short version I have it all working. It's kind of magic. But there are issues, and I'm not sure it should even exist, and am looking for input. The long version In Auto caching tables I presented...
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North Texas MySQL Users Group meeting Monday March 12
The North Texas MySQL User Group will meet Monday March 12 and there will be pizza and giveaways. Did you ever notice many user groups are more like pizza eating societies that also talk tech? The...
View ArticleSessions at the Percona Live MySQL Conference that interest me
For the past many years, there’s been a conference in April, at the Santa Clara Convention Centre where the topic has been MySQL and the surrounding ecosystem. The first year I went, I gave a talk on...
View ArticleIOUC Leaders Summit Presentation
At the recent leaders summit of world leaders in Oracle, Java and MySQL user communities I gave a presentation on Why Upgrade to MySQL 5.5 This is a more high level overview presentation, specifically...
View ArticleLog Buffer #262, A Carnival of the Vanities for DBAs
This week is packed with conference news, birthdays, tutorials, awards, and much more. From Pythian proud recipient of HIO Employer Excellence Award to the health checks of SQL Server, and from hints...
View ArticleOblakSoft Cloud Storage Newsletter, March 2012
ClouSE version 1.0b.1.0 released OblakSoft is pleased to announce the release of ClouSE version 1.0b.1.0. This release addresses reliability and performance issues that were encountered by our early...
View ArticleLinux gets a bigger shield against patent attacks
The open source community should feel a little safer from software patent attacks today. The Open Invention Network (OIN), a consortium of Linux contributors formed as a self-defense against software...
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McAfee MySQL Audit Plugin
I'm work at McAfee at the moment and I stumbled across this: They have a free (GNU General Public License according to the download) MySQL plugin for auditing MySQL -...
View ArticleSQL_MODE and storage engines
I was again reminded why setting SQL_MODE is so important in any new MySQL environment. While performing benchmark tests on parallel backup features with a common InnoDB tablespace and per file...
View ArticleBoFs and lightning talks at the MySQL conference
We’re running Birds of a Feather (BoF) sessions and lightning talks this year at the MySQL conference, similarly to previous years. You can help by submitting proposals ASAP. The deadline is Monday,...
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