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October 13, 2015
MySQL query digest with Performance Schema
Query analysis is a fantastic path in the pursuit to achieve high performance. It’s also probably the most repeated part [...]
October 9, 2015
When mysqld kills mysqld
The other day a colleague and friend of mine, Peter Boros, had a case where one of our clients had [...]
October 7, 2015
Apache Spark and MySQL for Data Analysis
What is Apache Spark? Apache Spark is a cluster computing framework, similar to Apache Hadoop. Wikipedia has a great description [...]
October 1, 2015
Capture database traffic using the Performance Schema
Capturing data is a critical part of performing a query analysis, or even just to have an idea of what’s going [...]
September 16, 2015
Webinar: Introduction to MySQL SYS Schema follow up questions
Thanks to all who attended my webinar Introduction to MySQL SYS Schema. This blog is for me to address the [...]
September 14, 2015
Webinar: Writing Application Code for MySQL High Availability Followup Questions
Thanks to all who attended my webinar last week on Writing Application Code for MySQL High Availability. This blog is for [...]
September 10, 2015
Percona Server audit log plugin best practices
Auditing your database means tracking access and changes to your data and db objects. The Audit Log Plugin has been shipped [...]
August 18, 2015
Featured Talk: The Future of Replication is Today: New Features in Practice
In the past years, both MySQL 5.6, MySQL 5.7 and MariaDB 10 have been successful implementing new features. For many [...]
August 17, 2015
MySQL is crashing: a support engineer’s point of view
In MySQL QA Episode #12, “MySQL is Crashing, now what?,” Roel demonstrated how to collect crash-related information that will help [...]
August 13, 2015
MySQL Quality Assurance: A Vision for the Future by Roel Van de Paar (Final Episode 13)
Welcome to the final – but most important – episode in the MySQL QA Series. In it, I present my vision [...]
August 11, 2015
MySQL QA Episode 12: My server is crashing… Now what? For customers or users experiencing a crash
My server is crashing… Now what? This special episode in the MySQL QA Series is for customers or users experiencing a crash. [...]
August 4, 2015
MySQL QA Episode 11: Valgrind Testing: Pro’s, Con’s, Why and How
Today’s episode is all about Valgrind – from the pro’s to the con’s, from the why to the how! This episode [...]
July 31, 2015
MySQL QA Episode 10: Reproducing and Simplifying: How to get it Right
Welcome to the 10th episode in the MySQL QA series! Today we’ll talk about reproducing and simplifying: How to get [...]
July 29, 2015
Multi-source replication in MySQL 5.7 vs Tungsten Replicator
MySQL 5.7 comes with a new set of features and multi-source replication is one of them. In few words this [...]
July 28, 2015
MySQL QA Episode 9: Reducing Testcases for Experts: multi-threaded reducer.sh
Welcome to MySQL QA Episode 9. This episode will go more in-depth into reducer.sh: Reducing Testcases for Experts: multi-threaded reducer.sh We [...]
July 23, 2015
The Q&A: Creating best-in-class backup solutions for your MySQL environment
Thank you for attending my July 15 webinar, “Creating Best in Class Backup solutions for your MySQL environment.” Due to [...]
July 21, 2015
MySQL QA Episode 7: Reducing Testcases for Beginners – single-threaded reducer.sh!
Welcome to MySQL QA Episode #7 – Reducing Testcases for Beginners: single-threaded reducer.sh! In this episode we’ll learn how to use [...]
July 15, 2015
MySQL QA Episode 6: Analyzing and Filtering
Welcome to MySQL QA Episode #6! Today we will look into analyzing and filtering our QA run. We’ll use tools [...]
July 13, 2015
MySQL QA Episode 5: Preparing Your QA Run with pquery
Welcome to MySQL QA Episode #5! In this episode we’ll be setting up and running pquery for the first time… [...]
July 10, 2015
How to create a rock-solid MySQL database backup & recovery strategy
Have you ever wondered what could happen if your MySQL database goes down? Although it’s evident such a crash will [...]