Write Optimization: Myths, Comparison, Clarifications
Some indexing structures are write optimized in that they are better than B-trees at ingesting data. Other indexing structures are read optimized in that they are better than B-trees at query time....
View ArticleWhat Community Resources should be at Oracle OpenWorld?
A short while ago I posted about the Oracle OpenWorld Schedule Matrix of MySQL sessions (in PDF and HTML formats). We have printed up a (small) number of schedules to have on hand at the MySQL...
View ArticleUpgrading Tungsten Replicator: as easy as ...
When I talked about the usability improvements of Tungsten Replicator, I did not mention the procedure for upgrading.I was reminded about it by a question in the TR mailing list, and since the question...
View ArticleLack of Business Visibility Cripples Traditional SQL DaaS, Drives NewSQL
More and more public cloud companies are moving to managed cloud services to improve their value-add (price premium) and the stickiness of their solution. However, the shift to a database as a service...
View ArticleMySQL Workbench 5.2
MySQL Workbench 5.2 (5.2.35 GA, published on Friday, 23 Sep 2011)PlanetMySQL Voting: Vote UP / Vote DOWN
View ArticleUpcoming conferences: Highload++ Moscow and Percona Live London
October brings 2 very interesting conferences. I will be speaking first on Oct 3rd at HighLoad++ in Moscow and a few weeks later on Oct Oct 25 at Percona Live in London. I will give a talk called...
View ArticleLog Buffer #239, A Carnival of the Vanities for DBAs
Integrated and Turnkey solutions are the name of game these days. Solutions based on software, hardware, storage, and networking tightly knitted in one box with the option of customization are shaping...
View Article451 CAOS Links 2011.09.23
Red Hat revenue up 28% in Q2. Funding for NoSQL vendors. And more. # Red Hat reported net income of $40m in the second quarter on revenue up 28% to $281.3m. # 10gen raised $20m in funding, while...
View ArticleOracle Open World 2011 - Virtualization Activities
Virtualization is going to be one of the hottest topics at Oracle Open World 2011. Here is a link to track a number of the virtualization presentations....
View ArticleMySQL Debugging Methods Overview
Introduction Debugging SQL code is a very important task these days. Unfortunately not all database servers support this feature. And MySQL is one of such servers. In spite of its wide feature set,...
View ArticleOurSQL Episode 58: Opening up Oracle's World
The main content this week is previewing Oracle OpenWorld's MySQL sessions. News Call for papers for Percona Live: MySQL Conference & Expo 2012 is open! The call will close on Monday, December 5th....
View ArticleSpeaking at Oracle OpenWorld 2011
Along with many of my colleages, and many excellent community speakers, I will also be presenting at Oracle OpenWorld this year! I’ll be giving two talks: Getting to Know MySQL Enterprise Monitor -...
View ArticleCome Swim with the Dolphins !
An Oracle Open World blog post for us ! It has highlights and links for you to see all the great MySQL content at Open World....
View ArticleMySQL Workbench 5.2.35 GA Available
The MySQL Developer Tools team is proud to announce the next release of it’s flagship product, MySQL Workbench, version 5.2.35. This is the next maintenance release containing 29 bug fixes as well as...
View ArticleMySQL Workbench: PHP development helper plugins
In the new MySQL Workbench 5.2.35, a plugin that will be of interest to PHP developers, both experienced and newbies, has been added. The plugin contains a couple of functions that allows you to create...
View ArticleMySQL Oracle Open World Session Calendar
With 47 MySQL sessions at Oracle Open World this year we are going to be busy. Keeping updated on them in a easy fashion will be best for all of us.Sheeri has a matrix here:...
View ArticleNDB tutorial at Percona Live London + Free TIcket Give Away
In a month, the 24th of October, Johan Andersson (severalnines.com) and I will be giving a full day tutorial on NDB cluster which will include both presentations and hands-on. Be ready for a fast...
View ArticleContinuent at Percona Live in London - Come See Us and Learn from Our MySQL...
Continuent is proud to sponsor Percona Live MySQL Conference in London! If you plan to attend Percona Live, you will want to catch these talks:Tuesday, October 25th at 10:15 AM - Teaching an Old Dog...
View ArticleContinuent Tungsten at Oracle Open World
Join us for Sunday Sessions organized by IOUG/MySQL Community at Moscone West, Levels 2 Lobby. Sunday 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Don’t miss these talks by Giuseppe Maxia and Robert Hodges:Sunday, 9:00...
View ArticleWorkbench Scripts
A was checking out the new Workbench today after I saw this blog post http://wb.mysql.com/?p=1169It all worked great and very easy. Nice clean code that helps out the PHP Developer.example:...
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