by Alexander Rubin | Oct 22, 2018 | Insight for DBAs, MySQL
The short version I created > one billion InnoDB tables in MySQL 8.0 (tables, not rows) just for fun. Here is the proof: MySQL $ mysql -A Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. Your MySQL connection id is 1425329 Server version: 8.0.12 MySQL...
by Rick Golba | May 31, 2018 | Insight for DBAs, MySQL, Open Source
A data lake is “…a method of storing data within a system or repository, in its natural format, that facilitates the collocation of data in various schemata and structural forms…”1. Many companies find value in using a data lake but aren’t clear that they need...
by Dave Avery | Apr 26, 2017 | Insight for DBAs, Insight for Developers, MySQL, Percona Live
Welcome to the second day of the Percona Live Open Source Database Conference 2017, and the second set of Percona Live keynotes! It’s a bit rainy outside today, but that isn’t bothering the Percona Live attendees (we’re all indoors learning about new...
by Jon Tobin | Feb 25, 2015 | MySQL
In Mo’ Data, Mo’ Problems, we explored the paradox that “Big Data” projects pose to organizations and how Tokutek is taking an innovative approach to solving those problems. In this post, we’re going to talk about another hot topic in IT, “The Cloud,” and how...
by Jon Tobin | Jan 22, 2015 | MySQL
Welcome to blog #2 in a series about the benefits of the Fractal Tree. In this post, I’ll be explaining Big Data, why it poses such a problem and how Tokutek can help. Given the fact that I am a lifelong fan of both Hip-hop and Big Data, the title was a no-brainer...
by Dave Rosenlund | Jan 22, 2015 | MySQL
Receive 20 FREE hours of MongoDB® consulting services if TokuMX does not improve your MongoDB application performance by at least 2x and/or reduce the size of your MongoDB database by 50% or more. Like A Finely Tuned Rally Car Like a finely tuned rally car, your big...
by Jon Tobin | Jan 15, 2015 | MySQL
In my recent travels, I’ve been speaking with database users at various meetups and trade shows worldwide. Very often, I got questions centering around the best use cases for our products, be it TokuDB, our MySQL storage engine, or, TokuMX, our distribution of...
by Dave Rosenlund | Dec 16, 2014 | MySQL
UPDATE: Since the publication of this blog post, Tokutek subsequently published preliminary benchmark results for this new TokuMX sibling, now called TokuMXse. In addition, there have been a number of release candidates. Finally, MongoDB ultimately decided to call...
by Dave Rosenlund | Dec 10, 2014 | MySQL
Want to tweet out a personalized holiday video to your friends? Heckenlights is a Christmas lights installation playing Christmas songs that lets viewers customize and share it. Heckenlights was created by software developer Mark Paluch (@mp911de) who thought it was...
by Dave Rosenlund | Oct 3, 2014 | MySQL
MongoDB includes several powerful features like high availability, read scaling, and horizontal scalability in an easy-to-use, schema-free database platform. But, what if you could retain those properties, improve performance, and ensure scalability without...
by Mike Benshoof | Sep 18, 2014 | Insight for DBAs, MySQL
Over the past few months, I’ve seen an increase in the following use case while working on performance and schema review engagements: I need to store exponentially increasing amounts of data and analyze all of it in real-time. This is also known simply as:...
by Dave Rosenlund | Aug 1, 2014 | MySQL
Tokutek is pleased to announce the formation of two new TokuMX Bay Area Meetup Groups, as well as each group’s inaugural meet up event. These groups are for anyone who’s interested in delivering high-performance big data applications built with the...
by Dave Rosenlund | Jun 25, 2014 | MySQL
Today, at MongoDB World 2014 in New York City, we announced the winners of our inaugural TokuMX Compression & Performance Innovation Award. We selected two winners from amongst the nominees – Brightcove and Crowdtap. The announcement was made at the TokuMX...
by Dave Rosenlund | Jun 21, 2014 | MySQL
On Monday, some of the Boston-area Tokutek team will board New York bound trains to join our Union Square colleagues at MongoDB World 2014. We couldn’t be more excited. You would be too. TokuMX, our high-performance distribution of MongoDB, just had its first...
by Dave Rosenlund | Jun 5, 2014 | MySQL
MongoDB replication has a lot of great features including crash safety, automatic failover and parallel slave replication. Although MongoDB’s replication is impressive in many ways, TokuMX™ replication internals are purposely designed differently. Register Now!...
by Dave Rosenlund | May 16, 2014 | MySQL
Are you attending MongoDB World 2014? If so, I’d like to invite you to race ahead of the morning joggers by attending a breakfast meet-up where you’ll be able to discuss your big data challenges with database gurus: Mark Callaghan of Facebook (and the Small Datum...
by Dave Rosenlund | May 9, 2014 | MySQL
Background: If you did not read my first blog post about why I am sharing my thoughts on the benchmarks published by Mark Callaghan on Small Datum you may want to skim through it now for a little context: “Thoughts on Small Datum – Part 1”...
by Dave Rosenlund | May 1, 2014 | MySQL
The title of this post should really be, “Maybe He Should Try Taking a Walk in Your Shoes.” The he I’m referring to is economist and author, Tim Harford. The you is the people who use NewSQL and NoSQL approaches to mine big data with database platforms...
by Dave Rosenlund | Apr 29, 2014 | MySQL
If you did not read my first blog post about Mark Callaghan’s (@markcallaghan) benchmarks as documented in his blog, Small Datum, you may want to skim through it now for a little context. ——————- On March 11th, Mark, a former Google and now Facebook database guru,...
by Dave Rosenlund | Apr 18, 2014 | MySQL
A little background… When I ventured into sales and marketing (I’m an engineer by education) I learned I would often have to interpret and simply summarize the business value that is sometimes hidden in benchmarks. Simply put, the people who approve the purchase...
