OurSQL Episode 32: Backup tools you already have [Backup series #2]
Show notes: Previous backup series podcast: Backup glossary [Backup series #1] Feedback: In the backup glossary we asked if anyone knew how to get logical data out of physical InnoDB files. Mike...
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Roll Your Own Cloud (from linux.conf.au 2011)
At linux.conf.au 2011 in Brisbane, I had the honor of co-presenting a talk on Rolling Your Own Cloud with SUSE’s Tim Serong. Take a look! PlanetMySQL Voting: Vote UP / Vote DOWN
View ArticleFixing MySQL with a comment in the config file
A customer called with an emergency issue: A server that normally runs many MySQL instances wouldn’t start them up. Not only would it not start all of them, it wouldn’t even start the first one. The...
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Mastering InnoDB Diagnostics
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Inno Db Internals Inno Db File Formats And Source Code Structure
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So long kernel mutex
If you are willing to look there are a few good changes in trunk for InnoDB. A frequent source of mutex contention in InnoDB, kernel_mutex, has been replaced with a rw-lock for the transaction system...
View ArticleLog Buffer #213, A Carnival of the Vanities for DBAs
Warm welcome to the Log Buffer, a weekly amalgamation of database news across different technologies. Let’s get warmed up with sizzling Log Buffer #213. Oracle: ====== One of the leading performance...
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Python for Automation: using pdsh for a menu-driven command execution...
I’ve been playing around with some quick system automation scripts that are handy to use when you don’t want / need to setup a chef or puppet action. I like to keep all of my hostnames and login...
View ArticleConnecting to HandlerSocket with localhost vs. 127.0.0.1
Using Net::HandlerSocket, here are some fun numbers for a single connection (open & close). When connecting to “localhost”, here’s the strace: open("/etc/hosts", O_RDONLY) = 3 fcntl(3, F_GETFD) = 0...
View ArticleMySQL Meetup in Charlotte,NC second attempt
I was going to visit Charlotte,NC and talk on MySQL Meetup in January but weather did not cooperate. I’m trying again and I hope this time I’m more lucky. As such I’m speaking on MySQL Meetup in...
View ArticleNew Aspersa I/O analysis tool, diskstats
I’ve just committed some changes to diskstats, an I/O analysis tool in Aspersa that’s actually been in the Subversion repository for a long time, but in a barely usable fashion and with no...
View ArticlePercona Server and XtraBackup weekly news, February 5th
I decided to try a series of blog posts keeping people informed about what’s happening in Percona Server and Percona XtraBackup once a week. I’ll try to digest things, but it turns out to be hard — I...
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At Fosdem
on Friday evening , apparently having a confirmed reservation in a resto is not enough to actually be welcome at that restaurant. at DrupalDevdays, only 2 laptops were open during our presentation at...
View ArticleMySQL Community Server 5.0
MySQL Community Server 5.0 (5.0.92 , published on Monday, 07 Feb 2011)PlanetMySQL Voting: Vote UP / Vote DOWN
View ArticleMariaDB in FreeBSD ports tree
You can now find MariaDB 5.2 in your ports tree in FreeBSD. Check out ports/databases/mariadb. Its currently at MariaDB 5.2.4 and the package maintainer will continue updating it as new releases are...
View ArticleCalpont InfiniDB 2.0.3 Community Now Available
We are pleased to announce the availability of the 2.0.3 release of Calpont InfiniDB Community. This is our third maintenance release for 2.0.If upgrading from 2.0.1 or a prior release, please note...
View ArticleWhite Paper: Preventing MySQL Emergencies
About a year ago, I started a study of emergency incidents that our customers filed with us. What I found was really surprising, and defied conventional wisdom. I learned a lot about preventing...
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Evolution of MySQL metadata
I was looking at the latest MySQL versions, and I happened to notice that there has been a great increment in the number of metadata tables, both in the information_schema and performance_schema...
View ArticleWhite Paper: “Scaling MySQL Deployments Efficiently” from Percona and Virident
Percona was working closely with Virident on evaluating tachIOn as solution for MySQL, and as result you can find whitepaper “Scaling MySQL Deployments Efficiently Using Virident tachIOn Drives”,...
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MySQL presenters needed!
Do you know MySQL? Can you talk to an audience of your peers? Then new opportunities are waiting for you. There are many speaking opportunities for you to speak to folks who want to hear about MySQL!...
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