Easy server testing with MySQL Sandbox

MySQL Sandbox 2.0.18 introduces a new feature, changing port. You can now change the listening port for a sandboxed server, either as a standalone operation, or while moving it, using the sbtool. There is a feature in the Sandbox, introduced in 2.0.13, that makes really easy to test servers in special conditions. If you need to start or restart a server using an option that you know you will need only for the next test, you can add the option to the command line invocation of the start or restart scripts.

$ ./start --key-buffer=2G
$ ./use -e "show variables like 'key_buffer_size'"
+-----------------+------------+
| Variable_name   | Value      |
+-----------------+------------+
| key_buffer_size | 2147483648 | 
+-----------------+------------+
./use -e "show variables like 'innodb_buffer_pool_size'"
+-------------------------+---------+
| Variable_name           | Value   |
+-------------------------+---------+
| innodb_buffer_pool_size | 8388608 | 
+-------------------------+---------+

$ ./restart --innodb-buffer-pool_size=2G
./use -e "show variables like 'innodb_buffer_pool_size'"
+-------------------------+------------+
| Variable_name           | Value      |
+-------------------------+------------+
| innodb_buffer_pool_size | 2147483648 | 
+-------------------------+------------+

Some more news. There is a mailing list to discuss the Sandbox development, and new members are welcome. The Sandbox is also awaiting volunteer students for Google Summer of Code.