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MySQL involvement in OSCON opening keynote
Before I get to post my OSCON reflection I see I didn’t post this (which I reference). At OSCON opening keynotes Tim O’Reilly Interviews Monty Widenius & Brian Aker . This provided some interesting answers in a Q & A session.
Where the happening community people now hang
Eric of Proven Scaling commented on a lack of IRC action in the normal mysql channels today when he visited the #drizzle channel on irc.freenode.net. ebergen: I'm still in #mysql-dev and #planet.
Drizzle needs you
Use MySQL, but want to follow the new kid on the block? Want to help contribute to Drizzle? We are seeking help in compiling across different platforms. Please help us by becoming a buildbot slave .
Building sources with BuildBot
Unless your in the desert under a rock (where rain is clearly needed), you will have heard of Drizzle – A Lightweight SQL Database for Cloud and Web. My company 42SQL is sponsoring the BuildBot for the Drizzle project.
Installing Buildbot
BuildBot is a system to automate the compile/test cycle required by most software projects to validate code changes. Here is my environment. $ uname -a Linux app.example.com 2.6.18-53.el5 #1 SMP Mon Nov 12 02:14:55 EST 2007 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux $ python Python 2.
MySQL Proxy lua scripts from presentation
The following Lua scripts are the examples are from my MySQL Proxy @ OSCON 08 presentation. analyze_query.lua MySQL Proxy Analyze Query . Requires MySQL Proxy Logging Module . What is released is the Version for MySQL 5.
MySQL Proxy @ OSCON 08
Today I presented with Giuseppe Maxia of Sun Microsystems Inc at OSCON 08 on “MySQL Proxy: From Architecture to Implementation”. I was surprised to find that MySQL has a strong showing with a number of presentations this week.
The lighter side at O’Reilly OSCON 08
Between the keynotes , general sessions , BoFs that are plenty of events at <a href=““http://en.oreilly.com/oscon2008/">OSCON 08. Last night in the BoF time, a selected few enjoyed the relaxed music mode of the Good Company Soul and Blues Review .
The fast paced open source ecosystem
This morning at <a href=““http://en.oreilly.com/oscon2008/">OSCON 08, Tim O’Reilly’s opening keynote Open Source on the O’Reilly Radar included a slide on Drizzle, giving this new project maximum exposure to the Open Source community.
The new kid on the block – Drizzle
Before today, Drizzle was known as a light form of rain found in Seattle (among other places). Not any more. If you have not read the news already today, Drizzle, Clouds, “What If?
An East Coast option
Within the present MySQL ecosystem, there are limited options for dedicated MySQL Consulting in the US. Outside of the official Sun/MySQL Consulting , Percona and Proven Scaling both based in Silicon valley are the only options generally known and accepted by the MySQL Community.
Your data and the cloud
I will be speaking on July 29th in New York at an Entrepreneurs Forum on A Free Panel on Cloud Computing . With a number of experts including Hank Williams of KloudShare, Mike Nolet of AppNexus, and Hans Zaunere of New York PHP fame is should be a great event.
When (n) counts?
I have seen on many engagements the column data type is defined as INT(1). People have the misconception that this numeric integer data type is of the length of one digit, or one byte.
The minimum testing for a shared disk MySQL environment
Recently I was asked to provide guidelines for testing fail over of a MySQL configuration that was provided by a hosting provider. The first observation was the client didn’t have any technical details from the hosting provider of what the moving parts were, and also didn’t have any confirmation other then I think a verbal confirmation that it had been testing.