In this blog, I provide answers to the Q & A for the Troubleshooting hardware resource usage webinar. First, I want to thank everybody who attended the May 26 webinar. The recording and slides for the webinar are available here. Below is the list of your questions that I wasn’t able to answer during the webinar, […]
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Researching a performance issue, we came to a startling discovery: MySQL 5.7 + binlogs is by default 37-45% slower than MySQL 5.6 + binlogs when otherwise using the default MySQL settings. Test server MySQL versions used: i7, 8 threads, SSD, Centos 7.2.1511 mysql-5.6.30-linux-glibc2.5-x86_64 mysql-5.7.12-linux-glibc2.5-x86_64 mysqld –options: --no-defaults --log-bin=mysql-bin --server-id=2 Run details: Sysbench version 0.5, 4 threads, socket file connection […]
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In this blog, I will provide answers to the Webinar Q & A for Introduction to Troubleshooting Performance: What Affects Query Execution? First, I want to thank you for attending the April, 7 webinar. This webinar is the third in the “MySQL Troubleshooting” webinar series and last introductory webinar in the series. The recording and […]
Read MoreI have recently seen several cases when performance for MySQL queries on a single table was terrible. The reason was simple: the wrong indexes were added and so the execution plan was poor. Here are guidelines to help you optimize various kinds of single-table queries. Disclaimer: I will be presenting general guidelines and I do […]
Read MoreIn 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 enterprises undertaking Cloud efforts often struggle with idea of “problem […]
Read MoreWelcome 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 and, given […]
Read MoreA few days ago I wrote about MySQL performance implications of InnoDB isolation modes and I touched briefly upon the bizarre performance regression I found with InnoDB handling a large amount of versions for a single row. Today I wanted to look a bit deeper into the problem, which I also filed as a bug. First […]
Read MoreStarting with MySQL 5.6 there is an INNODB_METRICS table available in INFORMATION_SCHEMA which contains some additional information than provided in the SHOW GLOBAL STATUS output – yet might be more lightweight than PERFORMANCE_SCHEMA. Too bad INNODB_METRICS was designed during the Oracle-Sun split under MySQL leadership and so it covers only InnoDB counters. I think this […]
Read MoreWe recently released a new version of Percona Cloud Tools with MySQL monitoring capabilities. Join me June 25 and learn the details about all of the great new features inside Percona Cloud Tools – which is now free in beta. The webinar is titled “Monitoring All (Yes, All!) MySQL Metrics with Percona Cloud Tools” and begins at […]
Read MoreNext Wednesday, I will present a webinar about MySQL performance profiling tools that every MySQL DBA should know. Application performance is a key aspect of ensuring a good experience for your end users. But finding and fixing performance bottlenecks is difficult in the complex systems that define today’s web applications. Having a method and knowing how […]
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