Shinguz: Troubles with MySQL 5.5 on FreeBSD 9
FreeBSD 9 seems to have some troubles with MySQL 5.5.20. A customer has moved from MySQL 5.0 on Linux to MySQL 5.5 on FreeBSD 9. He experienced a lot of periodic slow downs on the new, much stronger,...
View ArticleSimple GUI to edit JSON records in Drizzle
So yesterday I introduced the newly committed HTTP JSON key-value interface in Drizzle. The next step of course is to create some simple application that would use this to store data, this serves both...
View ArticleCongratulations to Percona Live Ticket Winners!
It’s taken a little while to sort out the contest logistics, but we’re ready now, so I want to congratulate our three first-prize winners to the Percona Live MySQL Conference and Expo: David Juntgen...
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How To – Resolve MySQL Error Incorrect Key File for Table
Background Knowledge I using PHP v5.3.3-7 PDO running a MySQL v14.14 Distrib 5.1.49 on Debian v6.0.4 64-bit and executing a SQL load data infile statement. I received “PHP Warning:...
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OTN Developer Day: MySQL in NYC
The MySQL Developer Days come to NYC.I will be attending this event along Ronald Bradford, an Oracle Ace Director, and a great list of Oracle Engineers.The event will take place Wednesday May 2nd at...
View ArticleIntroducing the pmp-check-mysql-status Nagios Plugin
Most of the Nagios plugins included with the Percona Monitoring Plugins are purpose-built for specific scenarios that I found in my research to be frequent, severe, or subtle causes of problems in...
View ArticlePercona Server 5.5.21-25.1 released!
Percona is glad to announce the release of Percona Server 5.5.21-25.1 on March 30, 2012 (Downloads are available here and from the Percona Software Repositories). Based on MySQL 5.5.21, including all...
View ArticlePercona XtraBackup 1.9.2 released (Beta)
Percona is glad to announce the release of Percona XtraBackup 1.9.2 on 28th March 2012. Downloads are available from our download site here. This is a late BETA release in the process of going towards...
View ArticleLog Buffer #265, A Carnival of the Vanities for DBAs
Weathers are changing, clocks are being adjusted too, and the changes at the technological fronts are as usual rapid, frequent and over-whelming. Keeping up with such rapid-fire changes is a project in...
View ArticleMake InnoDB redo log file size configuration more flexible
Over the last few months, on different systems I have been modifying the ib_log_files and their sizes, increasing them due to the increase in load they have been experiencing. These files are used to...
View ArticleGuide to MySQL & NoSQL, Webinar Q&A
Yesterday we ran a webinar discussing the demands of next generation web services and how blending the best of relational and NoSQL technologies enables developers and architects to deliver the...
View ArticleAnnouncing MariaDB 5.5.22 RC
We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of MariaDB 5.5.22-rc. MariaDB 5.5.22 is the first release candidate (RC) release in the 5.5 series and follows the MariaDB 5.5.20-alpha and...
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Paybox Services and seeing MariaDB in use
When I was at MySQL, I took for granted that pretty much every website I used had software at the back of it that was basically MySQL. It was a nice feeling. MariaDB is a lot younger, so when I was in...
View ArticleMySQL 5.5 Available on Oracle Linux 6 and RHEL 6
Following the availability of MySQL 5.5 on Oracle Linux 6 with the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel, MySQL 5.5 is now also available on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (RHEL 6) and Oracle Linux 6 with the Red...
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Latest MySQL QuickPoll
When was the late time you checked out a MySQL Quickpoll ? The current poll is :What are your top new feature requests for MySQL Connector/Net 6.6?Did you miss the: What are your favorite features in...
View ArticleDrizzle Differences from MySQL
I decided to take a look at Drizzle today and was encouraged by what I saw. Here’s my favorite part: There is no UNSIGNED (as per the standard). * There are no spatial data types GEOMETRY, POINT,...
View ArticleOurSQL Episode 85: Keep it Under Control
This week we talk about package and configuration management with MySQL. News/Events: Don't forget to send us questions to answer for future versions of Ear Candy, see the "Feedback" section below....
View ArticleStoring long values with NDB and Memcache
With MySQL Cluster 7.2 we introduced native support for the memcache protocol. From the very start of the project, we knew there would be some challenges in storing large values "blobs" that are...
View ArticleMozilla DB News, Fri Mar 30th
Well, this week has been pretty hectic. We are really getting to the “move ALL the machines!” stage of the data center move, and the train we have going on April 9th includes many, many virtual...
View ArticleSpeaking at the Percona Live MySQL Conference and Expo
A number of people have already mentioned this, but the Percona Live MySQL Conference and Expo is just around the corner. As Stewart has already blogged, there are a number of great sessions this year...
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