MySQL Syslog Audit Plugin
This post shows the construction process of the Syslog Audit plugin that was presented at MySQL Connect 2012. It is based on an environment that has the appropriate development tools enabled including...
View ArticleVerizon Wireless Supports its Mission-Critical Employee Portal with MySQL
Verizon Wireless, the #1 mobile carrier in the United States, operates the nation’s largest 3G and 4G LTE network, with the most subscribers (109 millions) and the highest revenue ($70.2 Billion in...
View ArticlePercona Live CFP closing soon!
If you haven’t submitted your proposals for April’s Percona Live MySQL conference (the big annual one in Santa Clara California), now’s the time: the CFP closes in a couple of days!Further Reading:...
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Top MySQL Blogs You Should Be Reading
There’s a lot happening in the world of MySQL and it’s really vital to be up-to-date with the latest advancements in this field to stay ahead of the game. Reminds me of this quote by Albert Einstein...
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Virtual Hosting With vsftpd And MySQL On Ubuntu 12.04
Virtual Hosting With vsftpd And MySQL On Ubuntu 12.04 Vsftpd is one of the most secure and fastest FTP servers for Linux. Usually vsftpd is configured to work with system users. This document...
View ArticleBUMMER
USE mysql; SHOW FULL TABLES WHERE table_type = ‘base table’; /* returns … innodb_index_stats BASE TABLE innodb_table_stats BASE TABLE … */ SELECT * from innodb_table_stats; /* returns Error CODE: 1146...
View ArticleTroubleshooting Database Network Problems Using tshark
Today, one of the MySQL database server response time has been increased within the pool of servers and noticed it was returning the query in 0.20 secs (randomly) as opposed to 0.0 secs within the LAN...
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MySQL Connect Keynotes and Presentations Available Online
Following the tremendous success of MySQL Connect, you can now watch some of the keynotes online: The State of the Dolphin – by Oracle Chief Corporate Architect Edward Screven and MySQL Vice President...
View ArticleOn SSDs – Lifespans, Health Measurement and RAID
Solid State Drive (SSD) have made it big and have made their way not only in desktop computing but also in mission-critical servers. SSDs have proved to be a break-through in IO performance and leave...
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Round Robin Replication using GTID
In a previous post I showed how to implement multi-source round-robin replication in pure SQL using the tables that are needed for crash-safe replication. I also outlined a revised version of this...
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MySQL 5.6: SHA256 secure password support for PHP mysqlnd
Pluggable Authentication is one of the many new MySQL 5.6 features. Pluggable authentication adds a capability to use external authentication services (PAM, Windows login IDs, LDAP, Kerberos, …) but...
View ArticleFirst of New NSF Big Data Grants Go to Tokutek Founders
The core technology behind Tokutek is based on the academic research by our founders: Michael Bender, Bradley Kuszmaul and Martin Farach-Colton. They are all still in academia, in addition to their...
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SCREEN
Many of us know the joys of the "Screen" command. I did notice that this topic became a point of many questions at the recent Ohio LinuxFest, so I thought I could touch more on it here. Being able to...
View ArticleCall for Papers for the Percona Live MySQL Conference and Expo ends soon!
Call for Papers for the annual Percona Live MySQL Conference and Expo in Santa Clara, are set to close at the end of the day tomorrow Oct. 12th. Please consider submitting one or more speaking...
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Why do people leave consulting?
Read the original article at Why do people leave consulting? As a long time freelancer, it’s a question that’s intrigued me for some time. I do have some theories…First, definitions… I’m not talking...
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MySQL Troubleshooting
MySQL Troubleshooting – What To Do When Queries Don’t Work is a recent publication that you will want to have on your bookshelf. A college professor once lectured to one of my classes that it was easy...
View ArticleThe Ops Benefit of the Cloud
Last week, Baron wrote a great post entitled “What’s the benefit of the cloud?” The post was short and made the point that “the benefit of the cloud” is “less ops, more dev.” But Baron is coming from...
View ArticleSHOW PROCESSLIST in MySQL 5.6
Mark Leith writes that it’s time to say goodbye to SHOW PROCESSLIST in MySQL 5.6, and use the Performance Schema replacement for it instead, because the older tools cause some blocking, and the...
View ArticlePercona Live NYC - It's a wrap
If you missed Percona Live MySQL Conference in NYC, download these Continuent Tungsten talks! FUTURE-PROOFING MYSQL FOR THE WORLD-WIDE DATA REVOLUTION by Robert Hodges SOLVING LARGE-SCALE DATABASE...
View ArticleAnnouncing Percona Server 5.5.27-29.0
Percona is glad to announce the release of Percona Server 5.5.27-29.0 on October 11th, 2012 (Downloads are available here and from the Percona Software Repositories). Based on MySQL 5.5.27, including...
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