Monthly Archives: January 2013

OurSQL Episode 125: New and Improved…And Faster!

This week we discuss part 1 of the new optimizer enhancements in MySQL 5.6. Ear Candy is a gotcha about persistent replication configuration, and At the Movies is MVCC in PostgreSQL.
Events
Galera, SkySQL and MariaDB are doing a Road Show in Hamburg on… Continue reading

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OurSQL Episode 124: When Do You Want It?

This week, we talk about Linux I/O schedulers. Ear Candy is iotop, and At the Movies is learning how to use EXPLAIN.
News
OurSQL is taking the EBU’s recommendation for volume for mobile devices. You can find a link to a white paper titled: “On the way … Continue reading

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OurSQL Episode 123: Storing Bags of Bytes

This week we discuss different filesystems and how they work. Ear Candy talks about the “-bibyte” suffix, and At the Movies presents an indexing webinar.
Events
FOSDEM 2013 is taking place in Brussels, Belgium Sat Feb 2 – Sun Feb 3rd.
OSCON 2013 will t… Continue reading

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