June 19, 2013

Post: Implementing SchemaSpy in your MySQL environment

… of your schema for any significant errors or items requiring review. Columns – a listing of all columns in the schema, really…

Post: ZFS on Linux and MySQL

… useful for backups (most apply also for btrfs). Let’s review them. Snapshots ZFS does snapshot, like LVM but… since it…

Post: High-load problems? Investigate them with 'pt-query-digest'

… workload, so we would have lots of diagnostics information to review even if we couldn’t be logged in to the server at the time the problem happened. As I began reviewing available captures, I was able to correlate most load peaks… them, you know it can be a daunting task to review them in servers with thousands of connections. Enter pt-query…

Post: Virident vCache vs. FlashCache: Part 2

… to produce the most optimal results, I moved on to reviewing FlashCache performance versus that of vCache, and I also included…

Comment: Is Synchronous Replication right for your app?

… about Galera at this level of detail. I have not reviewed or tested semi-sync in official MySQL so I am…

Post: Open Source, the MySQL market (and TokuDB in particular)

I was reviewing the Percona Live sponsors list the other day and pondering …

Post: Benchmarking Percona Server TokuDB vs InnoDB

… size. Now to see this point of intersection, let’s review different workload (which actually is closer to what I need…

Post: How to recover table structure from InnoDB dictionary

… of information about the table structure – InnoDB dictionary. Let’s review tables from the dictionary and see what it can give…

Post: Hidden columns of query_review_history table

… slow query log and store historical values for review trend analysis into query_review_history table. According to its official documentation you… add and have the following useful columns populated in query_review_history table: * `user_max` varchar(64) DEFAULT NULL – User who…-digest –review h=localhost,D=percona,t=query_review,p=pass,u=percona \ –review-history h=localhost,D=percona,t=query_review_history,p…

Post: Review of Virident FlashMAX MLC cards

… a 35-40% advantage of using Virident FlashMAX. DISCLOSURE: This review was done as part of our consulting practice for which we compensated by Virident. However, this review was written independently of Virident, and reflects our opinion of…