Each day there is probably work done to improve performance of the InnoDB storage engine and remove bottlenecks and scalability issues. Hence there was another one I wanted to highlight: Scalability issues due to tables without primary keys. This scalability
Implications of Metadata Locking Changes in MySQL 5.5
While most of the talk recently has mostly been around the new changes in MySQL 5.6 (and that is understandable), I have had lately some very interesting cases to deal with, with respect to the Metadata Locking related changes
On SSDs - Lifespans, Health Measurement and RAID
Solid State Drive (SSD) have made it big and have made their way not only in desktop computing but also in mission-critical servers. SSDs have proved to be a break-through in IO performance and leave HDD far far behind in
Join Optimizations in MySQL 5.6 and MariaDB 5.5
This is the third blog post in the series of blog posts leading up to the talk comparing the optimizer enhancements in MySQL 5.6 and MariaDB 5.5. This blog post is targeted at the join related optimizations introduced
Multi Range Read (MRR) in MySQL 5.6 and MariaDB 5.5
I have written a second blog post in the series of blog posts leading up to the talk comparing the optimizer enhancements in MySQL 5.6 and MariaDB 5.5 [http://www.percona.com/live/mysql-conference-2012/sessions/mysql-optimizer-standoff-mysql-56-and-mariadb-53] . This blog
Index Condition Pushdown in MySQL 5.6 and MariaDB 5.5 and its performance impact
I have been working with Peter in preparation for the talk comparing the optimizer enhancements in MySQL 5.6 and MariaDB 5.5. We are taking a look at and benchmarking optimizer enhancements one by one. So in the same
Profiling your slow queries using pt-query-digest and some love from Percona Server
Overview Profiling, analyzing and then fixing slow queries is likely the most oft-repeated part of a job of a DBA. And there are not too many tools out there that can make your life easy by providing analysis of queries
EC2 firewall and security groups
Overview EC2 includes a security feature that allows you to define groups with a set of firewall rules to restrict access. These groups are called security groups. As of now these firewall rules can be a set of ACCEPT rules
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