Logging MySQL queries from the client instead of the server
The “slow query log” is the single most valuable way to examine query execution on your MySQL server. Queries are logged with timing information, and in the case of Percona Server, a great deal of...
View ArticleNeed to Replicate to a Database with a Different Name?
This is the first time this has happened to me, so I got excited about it until I noticed that this command has been with us from nearly the very beginning (ie MySQL 4). The Situation Master Server...
View ArticleDo you use PHPMyAdmin?
If so then were is it installed on your publicly accessible website. If the location is where the documentation states not to put it, or in other popular locations then you can easily become open to an...
View ArticlePercona Live: Less than 25 tickets remain
We’re down to less than 25 tickets remaining for Percona Live. If you are planning on attending, it might be a good idea to purchase your ticket(s) as soon as possible – we are expecting to sell...
View ArticleUpcoming Webinar “Managing Big Data with Percona Server, XtraBackup and...
On February 10, We will be giving a webinar “Managing Big Data with Percona Server, XtraBackup and Tungsten”. This is joint Continuent and Percona Webinar with full description: Big data is a big...
View ArticleTokutek Founder Named to IOUG MySQL Council
I am delighted to announce that Dr. Bradley Kuszmaul, Co-Founder and Chief Architect at Tokutek, has been appointed to the IOUG’s first MySQL Council. In the announcement on the IUOG website, president...
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Open Database Camp - Accommodation and Sponsoring
The Open Database Camp 2011 is shaping up nicely.The logistics is being defined and local and international volunteers are showing up for help. (Thanks, folks!)If you want to start booking, there is a...
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How to Kill Mysql Performance
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Top 20 Design Tips for MySQL Data Architects
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MySQL Monitoring 101
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10x Performance Improvements
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Linux performance tuning & stabilization tips (mysqlconf2010)
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Partitions Performance with MySQL 5.1 and 5.5
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Objections to Objects?
A long time ago, there were no objects. There was clean, cold code, and the closer to the hardware the faster, not only because it is faster that way, but also because not just anyone would write code...
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How InnoDB handles REDO logging
Xaprb (Baron) recently blogged about how InnoDB performs a checkpoint , I thought it might be useful to explain another important mechanism that affects both response time and throughput – The...
View ArticleMySQL and PostgreSQL cross-links
A couple of extremely informative recent blog posts have gone to either Planet MySQL or Planet PostgreSQL, but not both, and I think everyone on both aggregators who cares about database internals...
View ArticleMore updates to the Facebook patch for MySQL
I pushed more changes to the Facebook patch for MySQL. These include:Add the my.cnf parameter innodb_merge_sort_block_size that can be set per session. This determines the amount of memory used by...
View ArticleWhat’s New and Free in the MySQL World
Because who doesn’t love free? Upcoming free Webinars: February 9: MySQL Cloud Scalability Register today 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. CT Sean Hull, Postabon, Inc. MySQL faces certain new challenges when...
View ArticlePerformance problem with Innodb and DROP TABLE
I’ve been working with an application which does a lot of CREATE and DROP table for Innodb tables and we’ve discovered DROP TABLE can take a lot of time and when it happens a lot of other threads stall...
View ArticleImplicit COMMIT considered harmful.
If you execute the following, what does your RDBMS do? CREATE TABLE t1 (a int); START TRANSACTION; INSERT INTO t1 (a) VALUES (1); START TRANSACTION; INSERT INTO t1 (a) VALUES (2); ROLLBACK; SELECT *...
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