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Peak IOPS for compressed pages
Thanks to the great work from Nizam with excellent advice from Domas, peak IOPS for compressed InnoDB pages is much better with the Facebook patch compared to official MySQL 5.1.52. But once again...
View ArticleMeet us at OSCON
Things are definitely a little quieter here in MariaDB land as many people embark on summer vacations to rest and recharge. However we will be at OSCON 2012. We have a booth in the non-profit/projects...
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Optimizing Performance of the MySQL Cluster Database – White Paper update
Engineering threads within a Data NodeA new version of the white paper “Guide to Optimizing Performance of the MySQL Cluster Database” has been released; download it here. This paper steps you through:...
View ArticleThe stealth success of PostgreSQL
One of the more notable success stories of the open source world is in the field of databases. A company with a strong commitment to open source has seen tremendous growth and success in the enterprise...
View ArticleHopper, version 1.0.2 released
Dear ladies and gentlemen, [2012-07-13] Upscene Productions is proud to announce version 1.0.2 of our Windows based product called "Hopper". Hopper is a Stored Routine and Trigger Debugger, available...
View ArticlePerformance Schema in version 5.6 helps to prevent SQL Injection attacks
There were few prominent SQL Injection attacks lately (*). (*) Latest - http://arstechnica.com/security/2012/07/yahoo-service-hacked/Such breakages could be possible when an attacker finds that user...
View ArticleMonitoring Processes with Performance Schema in MySQL 5.6
I’ve written before about how you can monitor the last wait per connection with Performance Schema in MySQL 5.5. That solution joined the performance_schema.events_waits_current with the...
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MySQL & MariaDB Solutions: The SkySQL Team Is At OSCON 2012!
Meet The SkySQL Team At OSCON 2012! “I remember my first OSCON in 2001 and the passionate debates we had on the impact the open source movement was going to make …” This is a quote from a conversation...
View ArticleWhat compression do you use?
The following is an evaluation of various compression utilities that I tested when reviewing the various options for MySQL backup strategies. The overall winner in performance was pigz, a parallel...
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OSCON MySQL BOF
Come joins us at a Birds of a Feather Session at OSCON Moderated by: Dave Stokes 9:00pm Monday, 07/25/2011 Location: A103/104 Tags: bof MySQL is the most popular open source database and this BOF is...
View ArticleNew XAMPP 1.8.0 for Linux and Windows
After several months of hard work we are proud to announce a new release of XAMPP for Windows and Linux. The most important updates are: Apache 2.4.2, MySQL 5.5.25a, PHP 5.4.4, and phpMyAdmin 3.5.1....
View ArticleAmazon S3: no outage
When I talk to prospective customers about the Cloud Storage Engine for MySQL (ClouSE) the question of cloud reliability often comes up, especially recently in the light of the outages in AWS. Cloud...
View ArticleOurSQL Episode 99: Data Privacy and Security
This week we present the 100th episode (yes, we started at episode 0), which is part 1 of a 2 part interview with XKCD's Randall Munroe. OurSQL Podcast history Episode 0 was on November 26, 2006....
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A Case for Automation of OpenMMS for XTRADB Backups with Python
If you read my blog from time to time, you know I am a huge advocate of automating tasks. If I have to do something more then once I might was well automate the task. Currently at my new gig, we are...
View ArticleStatistical functions in MySQL
Even in times of a growing market of specialized NoSQL databases, the relevance of traditional RDBMS doesn't decline. Especially when it comes to the calculation of aggregates based on complex data...
View ArticleLog Buffer #277, A Carnival of the Vanities for DBAs
Database bloggers are blowing their trumpets at full throttle warming up the hearts of readers across the globe with cool tips, nifty tricks and gems. This Log Buffer Edition in Log Buffer #277 picks...
View Articleeulogy for mysql forge
When the mysql librarian closed, I didn’t think too much about it; it was a feature I probably never used. However this month brings the end of the mysql forge. The MySQL Forge was something I worked...
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PHP/MySQL Query
Somebody wanted an example of how to handle column values using PHP to query a MySQL database. While I thought there were enough examples out there, they couldn’t find one that was code complete. Well,...
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An Open Source opportunity, part 1
I guess a lot of folks will disagree with me here, but I have to say this: I think that Open Source is a great way of developing great software, but some opportunities that this way of developing...
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JSON export tool for MySQL 1.0 available
It took longer than expected to get this ready, but I got ambitious and I also decided to introduce a reasonable test suite. But not it is done, my JSON export tool for MySQL is ready for download from...
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