May 24, 2012

Post: Testing STEC SSD MACH16 200GB SLC

… latency though, as it appears there is no a reliable way in the Linux asynchronous IO library to get time metrics for… I have very good experience with this card, and it seems suitable to work with MySQL. I will publish sysbench oltp benchmarks… the webinar. Disclaimer: This benchmark is done as part of consulting work for STEC, but this post is totally independent and fully…

Post: Onsite and Remote - getting best of both worlds

… areas/groups can gets its own day or few hours which keeps consultant busy. To make a Multi-Day visit efficient it is important… remote workit truly allows to engage the team. If you have consultant onsite getting another one with some specific knowledge is complicated while getting

Post: MySQL Consulting - Being on your own

… the same problem as everybody else who does MySQL Related workit is very hard to find people with good enough MySQL… plan and if they pull out they get into extra expenses. In case of remote consulting work can be delayed, postponed, shifted and… you’re working hard. Remote consulting allows you to bill efficient hours rather than wall clock hours but it means you get less of…

Post: Can having information public hurt consulting business ?

… because people find information on MySQL Performance Blog and use it instead of purchasing our services ? Sure they do. There are… think it does not apply to the industry of Open Source software consulting we’re working on. In general I would encourage all consultants to write more about their experience and do not get scared…

Post: Economics of Performance Optimization

… and going down to MySQL. Then now even if it all works perfectly you should think if your assessment of MySQL scaling… you probably do not want to need consultants to review every simple query you design. Getting low hanging fruit is also not… large companies it may make sense to hire great experts and have them to do inhouse consulting helping various projects to get things…

Post: Percona Launches New Support Option for MySQL

… as closely as possible. Our pricing is simple: it covers an unlimited number of servers and CPUs. Finally… consulting. The result was that all issues you submitted to us went into one pool, one queue. This works… that you can call Percona for help and get someone like that on the phone in minutes. …

Post: Leaving MySQL, MySQL Consulting

…. In addition to that I’ll get back on Entrepreneurial track and work on few Web Projects. Some … Web Statistics company in Russia and I loved it a lot. I will keep you posted as …referrals or leads for my new Consulting Venture let me know. If you worked with me personally good testimonials …

Post: What should we say about Sun buying MySQL ?

… was at higher end what was expected from IPO, It also could be getting mostly cash payment now was attractive. If we… plan to heavily use it ? Now for Percona, our consulting company this is mostly positive development. Sun will work on expanding MySQL market further which will mean more consulting work available, and…

Post: How we work on High Performance MySQL Second Edition

…. But I get stuck with explanatory writing as soon as it gets much larger than a blog post… Especially when it comes to explaining… a book being involved in MySQL Support, MySQL Consulting, Documentation, MySQL Training while working for MySQL and now on his own. Finally…. Anyway it is exciting to book getting close and finally we see light in the end of the tunnel. Generally speaking working on…

Post: Working on "High Performance MySQL, Second Edition", how you can help?

… on the market… which is getting old though. We’ve been slowly working on the book for over … also did fair amount of MySQL Support and Consulting while working for MySQL so he can offer us another … so we would appreciate hearing your comments on it and what is the most important we would …