Monthly Archives: April 2011

OurSQL Episode 42: The Buzz about MySQL 5.6

This week we talk about what’s new in MySQL 5.6 and the return of labs.mysql.com. We also feature people’s reactions to the 5.6 announcement and a special song by Solomon Chang (lyrics below).

Show notes:
If you want to see it for youreslf, there is a video from the O’Reilly Conference of Tomas Ulin’s Keynote, “State of the Dolphin”.

Olav Sandstå’s blog post on index condition pushdown optimization.

read more

Continue reading

Posted in Conferences, Learning, Performance, Podcasts, Server Tuning | Comments Off on OurSQL Episode 42: The Buzz about MySQL 5.6

OurSQL Episode 41: Zmanda [backup series #6]

Previously in the backup series:
Backup Series #1: Backup Glossary
Backup Series #2: Backup Tools You Already Have (mysqlhotcopy and mysqldump)
Backup Series #3: Looking Through the Lenz (snapshots including LVM)
Backup Series #4: Advanced Logical Expo… Continue reading

Posted in backup, Podcasts | Comments Off on OurSQL Episode 41: Zmanda [backup series #6]

OurSQL Episode 40: TokuDB 5.0 part 2

This week we conclude the interview with Tokutek’s co-founder and Chief Scientist, Martin Farach-Colton. Part 1 of the interview. TokuDB is a transactional, fully ACID-compliant storage engine that uses fractal trees for data and indexes, instead of … Continue reading

Posted in Learning, Performance, Podcasts | Comments Off on OurSQL Episode 40: TokuDB 5.0 part 2