https://ronaldbradford.com/tags/replication/ Recent content in Replication on Enterprise Data Architect | Principal Data Strategist | MySQL Subject Matter Expert | Author | Speaker Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Fri, 23 Aug 2013 21:59:32 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/cloning-mysql-5-6-instances-2013-08-23/ Fri, 23 Aug 2013 21:59:32 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/cloning-mysql-5-6-instances-2013-08-23/ A tip for all those cloud users that like cloning database servers (as reported in my book Effective MySQL – Replication Techniques in Depth ). Starting with MySQL 5.6, MySQL instances have a UUID . https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/use-replication-for-backups-are-you-schemas-consistent-2011-03-31/ Thu, 31 Mar 2011 20:36:53 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/use-replication-for-backups-are-you-schemas-consistent-2011-03-31/ Many people have a master/slave MySQL environment of various different topologies, and many use the slave as a backup. Is your slave schema identical to your production schema? As long as an SQL statements completes without an error, your slave schema can differ. https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/higher-availability-ha-starts-with-two-database-servers-2011-02-08/ Tue, 08 Feb 2011 23:36:45 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/higher-availability-ha-starts-with-two-database-servers-2011-02-08/ Many early startups that use a single server for all services or a single database server for their website talk about how they would like to achieve higher availability with MySQL. https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/common-mysql-scalability-mistakes-2010-10-02/ Sun, 03 Oct 2010 03:32:37 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/common-mysql-scalability-mistakes-2010-10-02/ This week I was one of the presenters at the first Surge Scalability Conference in Baltimore. An event that focused not just on one technology but on what essential tools, technologies and practices system architects need to know about for successfully scaling web applications. https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/mongodb-experience-replication-101-2010-06-10/ Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:06:50 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/mongodb-experience-replication-101-2010-06-10/ After successfully installing and testing mongoDB it’s very easy to create a replication environment. $ mkdir -p data/{master,slave} $ mongod --dbpath=`pwd`/data/master --master --port 28011 > master.log 2>&1 & # Always check your log file $ cat master. https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/mysql-replication-102-2009-09-14/ Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:40:09 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/mysql-replication-102-2009-09-14/ One of the most asked questions is how to setup MySQL replication. The MySQL Reference Manual provides a good Replication How To as a starting guide on MySQL Replication 101. https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/never-let-your-binlog-directory-fill-up-2009-07-15/ Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:51:08 +0000 https://ronaldbradford.com/blog/never-let-your-binlog-directory-fill-up-2009-07-15/ Recently with a client while running a number of disaster recovery tests I came across a nasty situation which was not part of the original plan and provided a far worse disaster situation then expected.