… and provisioning clones from those snapshots. We are writing a book on Data Virtualization for Databases meaning using a single set…
Post: Network at the Percona Live MySQL Conference and Expo
March 28, 2013 By Leave a Comment
… to come but haven’t purchased a conference pass or booked a hotel room, I urge you to do so now…
Post: A Book-Signing Opportunity for Technical Authors
March 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment
… to get great visibility for yourself and your book? We’re planning a book-signing session for the upcoming MySQL conference, and… update on your blog and tell people to bring their book to the table for your autograph. This will be very…
Post: My talks on PL MySQL Conference (+free book inside)
February 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment
… the time of conference we will have published our new book: High Performance MySQL: Optimization, Backups, Replication, and More If you… to register now. With code PL-Book, you will get a free copy of new book if you register before March-1…
Post: Percona Live NY 2012 Super Saver discounts end tomorrow. Book Now!
July 30, 2012 By Leave a Comment
… Oct 1,2 in New York do not delay and book now. Super Saver discounts ends tomorrow, which can save you… prices. These are the best prices you can get by booking early – There will be no other discounts available that will…
Post: Speaking on Velocity and Book Signing
June 13, 2008 By Leave a Comment
…. At the same conference we will have a book signing event for our book High Performance MySQL 2nd Edition which is finally…
Post: How we work on High Performance MySQL Second Edition
November 12, 2007 By 12 Comments
… bit about how we work on the book. Generally, quite similar to the previous book this is long process, which is probably… people attempt to get time to write a book. I started working on book Outline with Andy Oram (our great editor) about… work. Due to these problems, to get better book and get the book out faster we wanted to expand the team and…
Post: Explaining Indexes with a Library Metaphor
August 30, 2011 By 1 Comment
… the front desk which have some brief description of the books in the library. They also used to be categorized alphabetically… are simulating an application that is trying to find a book with a certain title in the library. Not using an… yourself from walking over to the right shelf, finding the book and seeing how many pages it has. Conclusion If you…
Comment: The ultimate tool for generating optimal my.cnf files for MySQL
March 14, 2012 By 34 Comments
… available (and reasonably useful) automated tools. How is reading your book different. These tools may not be able able to help… programs they run are never exactly the same. YET, your book without a doubt has exactly the same limitation and short… it provides can NOT be every existing configuration. If your book can do it, then a tool (without a DBA intervention…
Post: Tools and Techniques for Index Design Webinar Questions Followup
October 4, 2012 By 5 Comments
… (paraphrased), with my answers. Q: Can you link to the book on index optimization you mentioned in the webinar? Sure! The… Schwartz has written a good review of this book. Q: Given that the book was written in 2005, before MySQL 5.1… changed in recent releases. So yes, the principles of this book are still relevant to current versions of MySQL. Q: How…
