https://ronaldbradford.com/tags/performance/ Recent content in Performance on Enterprise Data Architect | Principal Data Strategist | MySQL Subject Matter Expert | Author | Speaker Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Wed, 04 Dec 2013 23:20:18 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/performance-v-scalability-for-employers-2013-12-04/ Wed, 04 Dec 2013 23:20:18 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/performance-v-scalability-for-employers-2013-12-04/ In a recent discussion with a fellow peer reviewing a job description he was applying for, we got into a discussion on the specifics of a Performance Engineer verses a Scalability Engineer. https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/announcing-the-mysql-plugin-for-new-relic-2013-06-19/ Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:42:27 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/announcing-the-mysql-plugin-for-new-relic-2013-06-19/ Many application developers would know of New Relic . A SaaS performance and monitoring tool targeted towards your web application monitoring including PHP, Ruby, Java, .Net, Python and Node. With the release today (June 19, 2013) of the New Relic Platform , custom monitoring of data stores including MySQL are now possible. https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/reasons-to-use-mysql-5-5-presentation-2011-06-28/ Tue, 28 Jun 2011 21:30:00 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/reasons-to-use-mysql-5-5-presentation-2011-06-28/ I recently gave a presentation at the New York Effective MySQL Meetup on the new features of, and some of the compelling reasons to upgrade to MySQL 5.5. There are also a number of new MySQL variables that can have a dramatic effect on performance in a highly transactional environment, innodb_buffer_pool_instances and innodb_purge_threads are just two to consider. https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/extra-using-index-2011-06-13/ Mon, 13 Jun 2011 16:48:26 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/extra-using-index-2011-06-13/ Many people consider this information in the MySQL Query Execution Plan (QEP) to indicate that the referenced table is using an index. It actually means that ONLY the index is used. https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/part-2-simple-lessons-in-improving-scalability-2011-02-24/ Thu, 24 Feb 2011 04:23:12 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/part-2-simple-lessons-in-improving-scalability-2011-02-24/ Given the popular response from my first lesson in improving scalability where I detailed simple ways to eliminate unnecessary SQL, let me share another common bottleneck with MySQL scalability that can be instantly overcome. https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/simple-lessons-in-improving-scalability-2011-02-16/ Wed, 16 Feb 2011 16:58:07 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/simple-lessons-in-improving-scalability-2011-02-16/ It can be very easy to improve scalability with a MySQL server by a few simple rules. Here is one of them. “The most efficient way to improve an SQL statement is to eliminate it” https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/five-reasons-to-upgrade-to-mysql-5-5-2010-12-15/ Wed, 15 Dec 2010 16:40:36 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/five-reasons-to-upgrade-to-mysql-5-5-2010-12-15/ Updated Nov 2011. Check out my Reasons to use MySQL 5.5 Presentation for more in-depth information about installing/configuring and using MySQL 5.5 I have been looking forward to the general availability (GA) release of MySQL 5. https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/mysql-handlersocket-under-ubuntu-2010-11-05/ Fri, 05 Nov 2010 17:47:35 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/mysql-handlersocket-under-ubuntu-2010-11-05/ Starting with the great work of Yoshinori-san Using MySQL as a NoSQL – A story for exceeding 750,000 qps on a commodity server and Golan Zakai who posted Installing Dena’s HandlerSocket NoSQL plugin for MySQL on Centos I configured and tested HandlerSocket under Ubuntu 10. https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/improving-mysql-insert-thoughput-2010-11-05/ Fri, 05 Nov 2010 15:13:54 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/improving-mysql-insert-thoughput-2010-11-05/ There are three simple practices that can improve general INSERT throughput. Each requires consideration on how the data is collected and what is acceptable data loss in a disaster. General inserting of rows can be performed as single INSERT’s for example. https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/successful-mysql-scalability-presentation-2010-09-17/ Fri, 17 Sep 2010 19:33:32 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/successful-mysql-scalability-presentation-2010-09-17/ Last night I was the invited guest at the SF MySQL Meetup . In my presentation “Successful MySQL Scalability” I talked about a set of principles to ensure appropriate system architecture, data availability and best practices to build an ideal solution for your business. https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/speaking-at-surge-scalability-2010-2010-07-28/ Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:53:01 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/speaking-at-surge-scalability-2010-2010-07-28/ I will be joining a great list of quality speakers including John Allspaw, Theo Schlossnagle, Rasmus Lerdorf and Tom Cook at Surge 2010 in Baltimore, Maryland on Thu 30 Sep, and Fri Oct 1st 2010. https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/optimizing-sql-performance-the-art-of-elimination-2010-07-08/ Thu, 08 Jul 2010 17:19:24 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/optimizing-sql-performance-the-art-of-elimination-2010-07-08/ The most efficient performance optimization of a SQL statement is to eliminate it. Cary Millsap’s recent Kaleidoscope presentation again highlighted that improving performance is function of code path. Removing code will improve performance. https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/timing-your-sql-queries-2010-07-07/ Wed, 07 Jul 2010 18:48:32 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/timing-your-sql-queries-2010-07-07/ When working interactively with the MySQL client, you receive feedback of the time the query took to complete to a granularity of 10 ms. Enabling profiling is a simple way to get more a more accurate timing of running queries. https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/why-is-my-database-slow-2010-05-11/ Tue, 11 May 2010 21:31:30 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/why-is-my-database-slow-2010-05-11/ Not part of my Don’t Assume series, but when a client states “Why is my database slow””, you need to determine if indeed the database is slow. Some simple tools come to the rescue here, one is Firebug . https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/mysql-conference-presentation-2010-04-19/ Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:11:14 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/mysql-conference-presentation-2010-04-19/ I have uploaded my three presentations from the 2010 MySQL Users Conference in Santa Clara, California which was my 5th consecutive year appearing as a speaker. IGNITION – MySQLCamp for Oracle DBA – Volume I LIFTOFF – MySQLCamp for Oracle DBA – Volume 2 10x Performance Improvements – A Case Study A full history of my MySQL presentations can be found on the Presenting page. https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/ineffective-concatenated-indexes-2010-02-24/ Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:20:12 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/ineffective-concatenated-indexes-2010-02-24/ In MySQL significant performance improvements can be achieved by the correct use of indexes. It is important to understand different MySQL index implementations and one key improvement on indexes defined on single columns is to use multiple column or more commonly known concatenated indexes. https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/10x-performance-improvements-in-mysql-a-case-study-2010-02-07/ Sun, 07 Feb 2010 13:36:34 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/10x-performance-improvements-in-mysql-a-case-study-2010-02-07/ The slides for my presentation at FOSDEM 2010 are now available online at slideshare . In this presentation I describe a successful client implementation with the result of 10x performance improvements. https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/speaking-at-mysql-uc-2010-2010-01-20/ Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:10:44 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/speaking-at-mysql-uc-2010-2010-01-20/ My talk on 10x performance improvements – A case study has just been approved for the <a href="2010 MySQL Conference . This will be my 5th straight year speaking at the MySQL conferences. https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/sql-analysis-with-mysql-proxy-part-2-2009-09-03/ Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:31:19 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/sql-analysis-with-mysql-proxy-part-2-2009-09-03/ As I outlined in Part 1 MySQL Proxy can be one tool for performing SQL analysis. The impact with any monitoring is the art of monitoring will affect the results, in this case the performance. https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/understanding-different-mysql-index-implementations-2009-07-22/ Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:37:20 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/understanding-different-mysql-index-implementations-2009-07-22/ It is important to know and understand that while indexing columns in MySQL will generally improve performance, using the appropriate type of index can make a greater impact on performance. https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/percona-performance-conference-talk-2009-04-23/ Fri, 24 Apr 2009 02:50:28 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/percona-performance-conference-talk-2009-04-23/ My final presentation during the 2009 MySQL Conference and Expo week was with the Percona Performance Conference on the topic of The Ideal Performance Architecture. My talk included discussions on Technology, Disk, Memory, Indexes, SQL and Data.