by Tim.Callaghan | Jun 18, 2014 | MySQL
Tokutek is pleased to announce today’s release of TokuMX v1.5. Also worth noting is that TokuMX is exactly 1 year old tomorrow. But enough about birthdays, and more about features! This release brings with it the ability to partition a collection in unsharded...
by John.Schulz | May 22, 2014 | MySQL
Former AOL chief database architect, now independent database consultant, John Schulz guest blogs about his experience with basic MongoDB (from MongoDB, Inc.) and TokuMX™. If you’d like to speak with John about your own big data challenges you can contact him via...
by Dave Rosenlund | May 22, 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 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...
by Dave Rosenlund | Mar 13, 2014 | MySQL
You may think that you have to buy, install, and get up to speed on a new database if you want to work with large amounts of data, but you can do more than you think with the MySQL you already have. Register Now! SPEAKER: Jon Tobin, Tokutek DATE: Thursday, March 20th...
by Tim.Callaghan | Mar 5, 2014 | MySQL
I’ve been a little behind in recent blogging efforts, and realized that in less than a month we’ll be back at Percona Live: MySQL Conference and Expo 2014, aka PLMCE. Last year’s PLMCE was my first, as well as the event where Tokutek announced the...
by Dave Rosenlund | Feb 13, 2014 | MySQL
As your database begins to scale, sharding can be an effective way to manage your data. In MongoDB, sharding is unique because it retains nearly all of the the full expressiveness of a single server database while scaling out. Register Now! SPEAKER: Leif Walsh,...
by Dave Rosenlund | Jan 30, 2014 | MySQL
MongoDB is loved by developers for its productivity, but productivity can decline when you begin to write enterprise applications and realize that some database features you take for granted are not available in MongoDB. One of these features is support for...
by Dave Rosenlund | Jan 21, 2014 | MySQL
You love MySQL and MariaDB for its ease of deployment, but what if you could increase performance and save significant time and money when your application starts to scale without having to change your applications? Register Now! SPEAKER: Tim Callaghan, VP of...
by Dave Rosenlund | Jan 8, 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 Dave Rosenlund | Dec 6, 2013 | MySQL
Nominate Tokutek for the 2013 Best Technology Achievement Crunchies award! Help us be recognized for our database performance engines, TokuMX™ and TokuDB, and our revolutionary Fractal Tree® technology. Nominations will only be accepted until December 15, 2013 at...
by Dave Rosenlund | Dec 5, 2013 | MySQL
Get the Most out of Your Database – Understand Indexing SPEAKER: Zardosht Kasheff, Tokutek DATE: Tuesday, December 10th TIME: 1pm ET Register Now! Join Tokutek’s Zardosht Kasheff as he discusses one of the quickest and least expensive ways to increase your...
by Leif.Walsh | Oct 24, 2013 | MySQL
Getting ready for tomorrow’s MongoDB Boston conference (come say hi if you see us!), I’m spending some time thinking about a post last week by Bryce Nyeggen: The Genius and Folly of MongoDB. It hits home in a lot of ways for me and the whole TokuMX team, because it...
by Dave Rosenlund | Oct 16, 2013 | MySQL
Tokutek is proud to be a sponsor of the MongoDB Boston 2013 event in Boston next Friday, October 25. The annual one-day conference is dedicated to MongoDB and is featuring all new advanced sessions this year. A few things to look forward to according to...
by Dave Rosenlund | Sep 25, 2013 | MySQL
Save Time & Money – Do It Right The First Time SPEAKER: Tim Callaghan, VP Engineering, Tokutek DATE: Thursday, September 26th TIME: 1pm ET If you are thinking of using the leading NoSQL database in a project, learn just how easy it is to get started with...
by Tim.Callaghan | Sep 5, 2013 | MySQL
We’ve been hard at work on TokuMX since it’s initial release just over 2 months ago. Today we released TokuMX v1.2 which includes Hot Backup in the Enterprise Edition. Hot Backup allows users to create a backup of a running TokuMX primary or secondary...
