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Friday, February 25, 2011

Advanced replication for the masses - Part II - Parallel replication

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I hope you liked the first part of this series of lessons. And I really hope that you have followed the instructions and got your little ...
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Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Advanced replication for the masses - Part I - Getting started with Tungsten Replicator

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MySQL DBAs and developers: oil your fingers and get ready to experience a new dimension of data replication. I am pleased to announce that...
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Monday, February 14, 2011

How to detect if a MySQL server is an active replication slave

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Sometimes you know for sure. And sometimes you wonder: Is this server part of a replication system? And, most specifically, is it an active ...
Tuesday, February 08, 2011

Webinar: Percona and Continuent on backup and replication with huge data

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On Thursday, February 10, at 10am PST, there is a free webinar about Managing Big Data with Percona Server, XtraBackup and Tungsten . Quotin...
Monday, February 07, 2011

Evolution of MySQL metadata

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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,...
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Thursday, February 03, 2011

Open Database Camp - Accommodation and Sponsoring

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The Open Database Camp 2011 is shaping up nicely. The logistics is being defined and local and international volunteers are showing up ...
Sunday, January 30, 2011

A first look at delayed replication in MySQL 5.6

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If you like fresh features, you should not miss this one. MySQL 5.6.2 includes, among other improvements, the implementation of Time delay...
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Friday, January 28, 2011

The MySQL Council is up and running. We want to hear from you!

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The I ndependent O racle U ser G roup (IOUG) has formed the MySQL Council , with the purpose of addressing the interests and needs of MySQL ...
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Joining the Oracle ACE program

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A few days ago I received an invitation to join the Oracle ACE program , which is a group of strong community enthusiasts and advocate of ...
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Saturday, January 22, 2011

Pitfalls of monitoring MySQL table activity with stored routines

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A friend of mine needed a quick method to monitor a table that was frequently updated. There were several procedures writing to the table ...
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Monday, January 10, 2011

Continuent is hiring - Support and QA engineers wanted

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Continuent is hiring . The business is growing, the opportunities are piling up nicely, and we need to beef up the team with the addition...
Thursday, January 06, 2011

Announcing the Open Database Camp - Sardinia, May 2011

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I have been traveling to many conferences in the last 10 years, and many times I have been asked to organize an event in my native land, S...
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Monday, December 20, 2010

Looking for a hack - Passing comment-like info through the binary log

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I am facing an interesting problem. I need to mark somehow a statement in such a way that the comment is preserved through the binary log....
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Thursday, December 16, 2010

Some hidden goods in MySQL 5.5

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The announcement of MySQL 5.5 released as GA has outlined the improvements in this version, which indeed has enough good new features to ...
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Thursday, December 09, 2010

Speaking at the O'Reilly MySQL Conference - April 2011

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I will present two talks at the MySQL Conference next April. One is a three hours tutorial on Advanced MySQL Replication Techniques , and t...
Monday, December 06, 2010

Excluding databases from mysqldump

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A question that came up during the MySQL track at the UKOUG conference in Birmingham was "Can I exclude only a few databases from mysql...
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Friday, December 03, 2010

My picks for PGDay-EU 2010

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On Sunday I will be in Stuttgart with the double purpose of attending the annual European PostrgreSQL conference and the technical meetin...

Who's afraid of MySQL forks?

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There is much talk about MySQL forks and how they are going to replace MySQL, or take over MySQL user base, or become more powerful/profit...
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Sunday, November 28, 2010

Dispelling some unintentional MySQL FUD

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There are three types of FUD: the first and more genuine is (#1) the intentional spreading of falsehood , mostly to gain some marketing a...
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A world of ebooks

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I am a bibliophile , or, to say it in plain English, a book lover. I have been collecting books since I was in first grade. I read books ...
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