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MySQL Workbench: Utilities
MySQL Workbench is an extensible tool for database design, development, and administration – with support for python scripting and plugins, that can automate basic tasks. Starting with MySQL Workbench...
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Java One 2010 Brazil Day 2 Trip Report - Pics & Slides
JavaOne Latin America 2010 (Day 1 and 0) started in an exciting way where I found a nice multi-instance cluster installation of GlassFish. More on that later but enjoyed meeting colleagues from...
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Getting History of Table Sizes in MySQL
One data point which is very helpful but surprisingly few people have is the history of the table sizes. Projection of data growth is very important component for capacity planning and simply watching...
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Using MariaDB in production?
MariaDB 5.1 was released in February 2010. MariaDB 5.2 was released in November 2010. In terms of download numbers of MariaDB binaries from mariadb.org, we’ve seen 4x growth, and this is always good...
View ArticleSpeaking at O'Reilly MySQL Conference!
Yay! My talk on new metadata locking in 5.5 was accepted to the O'Reilly MySQL ConferenceI'm happy to be given a chance to come and visit this place again (7th time!), especially since I know that it...
View ArticleMySQL Workbench: Introducing Utilities
MySQL has the well earned reputation for ease-of-use and “15-minutes-to-success”, since we continually focus making the server easy to use. MySQL Workbench provides the visual tools for database...
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Speaking at the O'Reilly MySQL Conference - April 2011
I will present two talks at the MySQL Conference next April.One is a three hours tutorial on Advanced MySQL Replication Techniques, and the other is a normal session on The art of sandboxing. Reducing...
View ArticleMoving from MySQL to CouchDB: Part 1
I’ve started a little series on how to migrate your MySQL applications and databases over to CouchDB. Most of the process is about how you think about your data, not about the database itself, the...
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Reminder: CfP for the "MySQL & Friends" Developer Room at...
Just as a friendly reminder about what I wrote a month ago: we've already received a number of great talk submissions for the MySQL & Friends Developer Room at FOSDEM 2011, thanks to everyone who...
View ArticleMySQL on Windows - Why, Where and How
Over the years Windows has become a major development and deployment platform for MySQL. As a matter of fact, Windows consistently ranks as the #1 development platform in our surveys, and now also...
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Recordings for webinars are now online
We've just published the recordings for our webinars; Migrating MyISAM to InnoDB and Introduction to Percona Server, XtraDB and Xtrabackup. To listen, click on (Watch: Recorded Webinar) on each of...
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Using XtraBackup on NFS for MySQL backups
XtraBackup works great for backing MySQL up to an NFS volume, but there is a gotcha that you need to be aware of. This applies to anything you do with NFS, not just XtraBackup. The gotcha is that NFS...
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Thinking about running OPTIMIZE on your Innodb Table ? Stop!
Innodb/XtraDB tables do benefit from being reorganized often. You can get data physically laid out in primary key order as well as get better feel for primary key and index pages and so using less...
View ArticleMariaDB 5.1.53 And 5.2.4 Released
This past Monday updates in both the 5.1 and 5.2 series of MariaDB were released. It’s a pretty big deal, as some issues have been solved that affect a large number of users. You should read the...
View ArticleMariaDB 5.1.53 And 5.2.4 Released
This past Monday updates in both the 5.1 and 5.2 series of MariaDB were released. It’s a pretty big deal, as some issues have been solved that affect a large number of users. You should read the...
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Distributed Software Testing
About me A word about me first: My name is Daniel Mewes and I just came over to California to work at RethinkDB as an intern for the oncoming months. After having been an undergraduate student of...
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How well does your table fits in innodb buffer pool ?
Understanding how well your tables and indexes fit to buffer pool are often very helpful to understand why some queries are IO bound and others not - it may be because the tables and indexes they are...
View ArticleAnnouncing TokuDB for MariaDB
Tokutek is pleased to announce support for MariaDB for the first time with TokuDB v4.1.1 for MariaDB v5.1.47. Our customers are choosing MariaDB more and more frequently for their most demanding...
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foss.in 2010
I’ll be going to foss.in this year, and am totally excited (the last time I spoke there was in 2007 – Paying it Forward: Harnessing the MySQL Contributory Resources – where I talked about moving from...
View ArticleCRIB – CentRal Information Base for MySQL
CRIB is a CentRal Information Base for MySQL, a long time coming project since I worked on it on and off for a few weeks and now I decided it’s time to hand it over to the global MySQL community. So,...
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