Category Archives: Oracle

MySQL Enterprise Backup 3.10: Teasing compression.

Posted on 12/04/2014 by Keith Hollman

Ok, so I wanted to look into the new compression options of MEB 3.10. And I would like to share my tests with you. Remember, they’re just this, tests, so please feel free to copy n paste and obtain your … Continue reading →

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MySQL Utilities: copy, replicate, show, failover… over and over again.

Posted on 28/11/2013 by Keith Hollman

So, after installing Workbench 6.0.7 on my pc, and playing around with the MySQL Utilities that are included, I thought I’d do similar to what others have done (Thanks Tony D.) and share my experience on how I’ve used them. … Continue reading →

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MySQL Tech Tour @Barcelona, 7th Nov.

Posted on 10/10/2013 by Keith Hollman

We’re on the move again. Come and join us on the 7th of November at the Oracle office in Barcelona. Find out more details about what was announced at MySQL Connect, as well as what’s next… For more information about … Continue reading →

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OL 4 MySQL: Extending my VM’s root f/s online

Posted on 24/09/2013 by Keith Hollman

Ok, so after all the things that have been announced @MySQLConnect, I’ve got to play around with them. First stop: space (no.. not ‘the final frontier’). I need more space on my f/s to get installing. I was a bit … Continue reading →

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MySQL Enterprise Backup: PITR Partial Online Recovery

Posted on 18/09/2013 by Keith Hollman

Here’s a look at using MySQL Enterprise Backup in a specific example: Consider a Backup Policy – Full Backup of the environment. – Complemental Incremental backups & online BinLogs. And the Restore: – Logical Restore. – Online, Zero impact. – … Continue reading →

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Enterprise Monitor-ing the Raspberry Pi & MySQL Cluster

Posted on 11/09/2013 by Keith Hollman

So, now I’ve got my Raspberry Pi’s tested, and running MySQL Cluster we’ll need some form of checking it’s up and running, as with the rest of our MySQL servers. Monitoring via a Remote Agent First issue, of course, is … Continue reading →

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From 2 Management nodes down to 1 (R.Pi, Cluster n Cream spin-off)

Posted on 10/09/2013 by Keith Hollman

From my testing MySQL Cluster on the Raspberry Pi’s I thought I’d share this little extract, just in case someone tries the same, some day.. somewhere.. why? I don’t know. Ok, so when we pull the plug on one of … Continue reading →

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Raspberry Pi, MySQL Cluster ‘n’ Cream.

Posted on 04/09/2013 by Keith Hollman

Ok, so I’ve been playing around with the idea of setting up MySQL cluster on a couple of Raspberry Pi’s and this is how it has been going. References First of all, for anyone else who’s reading this, it’s not … Continue reading →

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A MySQL Odyssey: A Blackhole crossover – The technical side of the preso.

Posted on 03/09/2013 by Keith Hollman

Well.. just wanted to share the more technical details I went into when preparing the “A MySQL Odyssey: A Blackhole crossover” for the OpenSUSE Conference in Thessaloniki, July 2013. There’s a youtube version as well, of the actual session, on … Continue reading →

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