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Amazon DynamoDB ... Is it any good
As you might have noticed, I'm getting further away from MySQL here. This is just how things are I guess, I just do much less work with MySQL these days. The first migration was from MySQL to MongoDB,...
View ArticleTroubleshooting MySQL Memory Usage
One of the most painful troubleshooting tasks with MySQL is troubleshooting memory usage. The problem usually starts like this – you have configured MySQL to use reasonable global buffers, such as...
View ArticleMySQL monitoring meetup tonight!
Here’s your spammy day-of reminder about tonight’s free MySQL meetup. The topic is MySQL Monitoring Bonanza. There will be beer, pizza, pretty charts and graphs, and friends. Free as in beer (and...
View Articlesphinx, sphinx_snippets() & MySQL 5.5
I've written a patch which completes Sphinx's integration with MySQL 5.5. Up until a couple months ago, Sphinx would not compile with MySQL 5.5 at all. This is, thankfully, resolved as of Sphinx 2.0.3....
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Multi Range Read (MRR) in MySQL 5.6 and MariaDB 5.5
This is the second blog post in the series of blog posts leading up to the talk comparing the optimizer enhancements in MySQL 5.6 and MariaDB 5.5. This blog post is aimed at the optimizer enhancement...
View ArticleMulti Range Read (MRR) in MySQL 5.6 and MariaDB 5.5
I have written a second blog post in the series of blog posts leading up to the talk comparing the optimizer enhancements in MySQL 5.6 and MariaDB 5.5. This blog post is aimed at the optimizer...
View ArticleSimple Query to identify Foreign Key references on Deadlocked Tables
The other day, I was troubleshooting a deadlock, and I wondered if any of the table’s columns were referenced by any foreign keys (fks) from any other tables in the instance. Well, this is actually...
View ArticleUpcoming MySQL Events in Europe
Oracle’s European MySQL team is active running many events during the upcoming couple of months. We hope to see you there - Register Now! Scale with MySQL Are you looking to scale with MySQL?...
View ArticleHigh Availability in OpenStack
A few thoughts on high availability features (or the current absence thereof) in OpenStack. I've just proposed a session for the OpenStack Folsom design summit which Jay Pipes was nice enough to invite...
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New Gerrit and Jenkins styles are live
After a bit of tweaking and improvements following feedback from various people the new changes to Jenkins and Gerrit are now live. The changes will also be rolled out onto Stackforge in the next 24...
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Lightning Talks at Percona Live MySQL Conference and Expo 2012
Several months ago I suggested having lightning talks at Percona Live MySQL Conference and Expo 2012, and I also offered to help.Then I forgot about that for a while, until I saw the announcement that...
View ArticleMariaDB at Percona Live Santa Clara
I for one can say that I’m truly excited that MariaDB will be part of Percona Live Santa Clara. The MariaDB session list includes: A tutorial: Improving MySQL/MariaDB query performance through...
View ArticleBuilding a multi-master, multi-region MySQL infrastructure in Amazon EC2 --...
Thursday, March 29 @ 1 pm ET/10 am PTTuesday, April 3rd @ 15:00 CET/14:00 GMTGrowth is good, right? Yes, unless you are the one building and managing a MySQL database tier to handle all this growth!...
View ArticleSpeaker Update for SkySQL & MariaDB: Solutions Day for the MySQL Database
We're excited to announce new additions to the list of expert speakers at the upcoming SkySQL & MariaDB: Solutions Day for the MySQL Database on April 13. Building on the already announced keynote...
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MySQL Cluster 7.2 & Future Webcasts
Check out this MySQL Cluster 7.2 DemoFrom the Cluster 7.2 Demo if you have missed any of the new features. And upcoming MySQL Webcasts on Cluster, MySQL on Windows, MySQL Enterprise Edition, NoSQL...
View ArticleMySQL for Beginners course - first steps to lowering your Database TCOs
Thinking about lowering your Database TCO by using the MySQL Server? Don't miss the chance to get training from the source! With the newly released MySQL for Beginners class, learn how this powerful...
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Mozilla DB News, Thu Mar 22nd
I had planned to take tomorrow off as a fun “play hooky” day, but I still have responsibilities, and with the crazy way this work has been going, I feel like I’ve done 5 days of work in 4 days’ time....
View ArticleBOFs and Lightning Talks Announced for Percona Live MySQL Conference & Expo
The Percona Live MySQL Conference & Expo is going to be awesome! Great speakers, an A-list of sponsors, countless opportunities to engage with the community, and an enthusiastic crowd of MySQL...
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April talks at Percona and SkySQL events
The second week of April will be quite a busy oneTuesday, April 10April 10th is Tutorial day at the Percona Live MySQL Conference and Expo.On that day, I will present a classic: MySQL Replication 101....
View ArticleLog Buffer #264, A Carnival of the Vanities for DBAs
There is so much to learn out there. So much to accomplish and so much to devour technically. It can be daunting and overwhelming to have so much in one’s plate, and that is why this Log Buffer Edition...
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