Open Source
Watching a slave catchup
This neat one line command can be of interest when you are rebuilding a MySQL slave and replication is currently catching up. $ watch --interval=1 --differences 'mysql -uuser -ppassword -e "
Read moreSome Drupal observations
I had the opportunity to review a client’s production Drupal installation recently. This is a new site and traffic is just starting to pick up. Drupal is a popular LAMP stack open source CMS system using the MySQL Database.
Read moreBest Practices in Migrating to MySQL
This week I was the invited speaker to give a 4 hr presentation to the Federal Government Sector in Washington DC on “Best Practices in Migrating to MySQL“. This was a followup to my day long “MySQL for the Oracle DBA Bootcamp” which I presented in Washington DC last year.
Read moreBest practices for migrating applications to MySQL
In just over 2 weeks I’ll be the invited speaker in Washington DC to Best practices for migrating applications to MySQL . This workshop is being held in conjunction with Carahsoft and Sun/MySQL and aims to provide to the Federal sector valuable information for the continued usage and uptake of Open Source and specifically MySQL.
Read moreExtending the MySQL Data Landscape
Learn how to extend your existing MySQL based website to leverage the power of MySQL variants, AWS cloud based MySQL deployments and RDBMS alternatives. Evaluate how to integrate and use these different various technologies such as MySQL based variations KickFire, a column based optimization and InfoBright, a data warehousing solution.
Read moreDependency error installing mylvmbackup on Ubuntu 8.04
I’ve started an investigation of MySQL Backups using LVM . I’m working with Lenz’s mylvmbackup but I found it both used Perl and needed a number of dependencies installed. Installing dependencies failed on my test system, yet I found it actually worked when I went back to my dev system (but it is not configured with LVM for full testing).
Read moreUsing Flipper to manage MySQL Pairs
As discussed previously in Options using MySQL pairs I have started evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of various open source options. This is an evaluation of Flipper , a product from Proven Scaling a MySQL consulting organization.
Read moreWhere is the innovation?
The 2009 MySQL Conference has closed it’s submissions for papers. This year the motto is “Innovation Everywhere”. Last weekend’s Open SQL Camp in Charlottesville, Virginia, we had the chance to talk about the movements in the MySQL ecosystem.
Read moreJavascript Helpers
Combined with my old favorites of Dynamic Drive , DHTML Goodies and Brain Jar , I’ve added the following to my list of Javascript sources. Mochikit JQuery
Read moreWhat is Google’s direction?
Tonight over discussion was Android and what is Google’s ultimate direction. Have they lost their way, or are they just planning to explode with so many new things that will revolutionize what and how we do things.
Read moreNaming standards? Singular or Plural
It’s important that for any software application good standards exist. Standards ensure a number of key considerations. Standards are necessary to enforce and provide reproducible software and to provide a level of quality in a team environment, ease of readability and consistency.
Read moreWebsites in review – Week 1
I often come across new websites, quite often by accident, or by indirection in links from looking at other details. The Internet is an amazing place, and one could spend all day reading such a variety information and only touch on just a few specific topics.
Read moreMonetization through Online Advertising
Next week I will be the panel moderator for September 2008 Entrepreneurs Forum on “Monetization through Online Advertising” organized by Ultra Light Startups™ . A slightly different approach to my regular speaking schedule, it will be good to observe and interact with our speakers.
Read moreAn intestesting approach to free hosting
I came across the OStatic Free hosting service that provide Solaris + Glassfish (Java Container) + MySQL. They offer “Now you can get free Web hosting on Cloud Computing environment free of charge for up to 12 months.
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