Walking on Cloud 9
As the saying goes, we at Severalnines have been walking on several clouds this year, 9 to be precise! Today, we are proud to say that we are on walking on Cloud 9!And in the spirit of celebration, we...
View ArticleMySQL Day at SCaLE 10X
SCaLE 10X is the premier Open Source show in Southern California. This year it will feature a MySQL day with top speakers from the MySQL Community. Volunteers run SCaLE and do such an amazing job that...
View ArticleWorking with ScaleBase and NOSQL
There is a huge amount of buzz around NOSQL, and we at ScaleBase are happy to see companies making the move to NOSQL. Despite what some people might think, we consider it a blessed change. It is time...
View ArticleWhat is in the InnoDB buffer pool?
This query might already be possible with MySQL 5.6, but that isn't GA yet and I don't use it yet. The data for this is also collected without scanning the buffer pool LRU and without locking the...
View ArticleConnector/Net 6.3
Connector/Net 6.3 (6.3.8 GA, published on Friday, 16 Dec 2011)PlanetMySQL Voting: Vote UP / Vote DOWN
View ArticleMySQL Cluster 7.2 DMR Evaluation Guide
MySQL Cluster is a write-scalable, real-time, ACID-compliant transactional database, combining 99.999% availability with the low TCO of open source. The purpose of this guide is to enable you to...
View ArticleLog Buffer #250, A Carnival of the Vanities for DBAs
Tis the season to be fearless in blogging and read the blogs around the database globe. To make your foray in intrepid world of database blogs, this Log Buffer Edition compiles some of the most...
View ArticleMonitor your MySQL servers like never before – use CSOs!
We are delighted to announce the release of MONyog 4.8 GA. This release is all about customization – to be precise Custom SQL Objects (CSO) and Custom SQL Counters (CSC). The above diagram shows how...
View ArticleStatement based replication with Stored Functions, Triggers and Events
Statement based replication writes the queries that modify data in the Binary Log to replicate them on the slave or to use it as a PITR recovery. Here we will see what is the behavior of the MySQL when...
View ArticleAutomatic reconnect in MySQL Connector/Python?
There have been some request to have some reconnect possibilities in Connector/Python. I’m wondering now whether there should be some automatic reconnect on certain errors within the database driver....
View ArticleBugs and Spam don't mix
A big thank you to the MySQL web team and engineers for helping combat spam and keeping the bugs.mysql.com site spam free.reCaptcha is now installed and is a requirement when adding a comment to a...
View ArticleVC funding for OSS hits new high. Or does it?
One of the favourite blog topics on CAOS Theory blog over the years has been our quarterly and annual updates on venture capital funding for open source-related businesses, based on our database of...
View ArticleSetting up XFS on Hardware RAID — the simple edition
There are about a gazillion FAQs and HOWTOs out there that talk about XFS configuration, RAID IO alignment, and mount point options. I wanted to try to put some of that information together in a...
View ArticleIn Case you missed these
Just in case you missed these posts....Facebook has some interesting blogs on benchmarks, InnoDB and etc...What is in the InnoDB buffer pool? 12/15/2011 02:14 PMDynamic padding for tpcc-mysql...
View ArticleWhat Ops doesn’t tell you about your MySQL Database
MySQL is a very scalable platform which has proven robust even in the most dense and complex data environments. MySQL's indispensable replication function is 'sold' as being fail-safe so you have...
View ArticleOurSQL Episode 70: Table Manners, part 1
We called this podcast table manners because we are often asked what MySQL fork to use. This is part 1 of a 2-part series. This week we delve into Oracle's MySQL and Drizzle. News: There will be a...
View ArticleTop 7 reasons why DBAs love the SchoonerSQL Cluster Admin GUI
We posted a new white paper called “Top 7 reasons why DBAs love the SchoonerSQL Cluster Admin GUI”.Highlights below-Online Database Provisioning with Simplified Replication ManagementSingle Unified...
View ArticlePercona Server 5.1.60-13.1
Percona is glad to announce the release of Percona Server 5.1.60-13.1 on December 16, 2011 (Downloads are available from Percona Server 5.1.60-13.1 downloads and from the Percona Software...
View ArticleGalera Cluster Release 1.1 - Out She Sails
Galera release 1.1 has been published and rolled out in the open! This release has a bunch of bug fixes and one prominent new feature: rolling schema upgrade. With rolling schema upgrade, it is...
View ArticleMonitor your MySQL servers as done before, for free!
With genuine respect to other products, the people making those products and the efforts involved, I would like to make an issue: Some things have been done before, done pretty well (if I may say so),...
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