June 19, 2013

Comment: MySQL and Percona Server in LinkBench benchmark

… used O_DIRECT when I tested) might not be from PCI-e flash card (cached etc..). But it might be from…

Post: Experiences with the McAfee MySQL Audit Plugin

… feature on the server, which has made using MySQL in PCI or SOX compliant environments, to name just two, artificially complicated…

Comment: MySQL and Percona Server in LinkBench benchmark

Some PCI-e flash card (e.g. FusionIO’s) driver seems to …

Comment: MySQL and Percona Server in LinkBench benchmark

…. (10x data 30G BP 600sec measure after (maybe) enough warmup; PCI-e flash) threads ops/sec 64 around 8000 16 around…

Post: MySQL and Percona Server in LinkBench benchmark

… test we used a PowerEdge R720 box with a fast PCI-e flash card as storage. By default linkbench dataset has…

Comment: Testing the Micron P320h

….com/2010/06/15/virident-tachion-new-player-on-flash-pci-e-cards-market/) and found it to be significantly faster…

Post: Virident tachIOn: New player on Flash PCI-E cards market

… names at that time, it was just a guess, as PCI-E market is really attractive so FusionIO can’t stay…

Comment: Announcing PAM authentication plugin for MySQL (early access release)

… me, this means MySQL can finally be deployed in a PCI environment without lots of hacks, workarounds, and other controls gymnastics to satisfy governance requirements (and PCI auditors :) ). Now if Monty’s group can get caught up…

Post: Intel 320 SSD read performance

…this is cross-post from http://www.ssdperformanceblog.com/) While PCI-e Flash cards show great performance, I am often asked about alternatives, as price for PCI-e cards is still significant and not acceptable for small…

Comment: Virident tachIOn: New player on Flash PCI-E cards market

… have a single point of failure. If a PCI card fails, even with two PCI-e cards as RAID 1, you will…