MariaDB 5.5.24 MySQL server was released last month and they finally released RPM packages for MariaDB 5.5 – including an official MariaDB YUM repository. I decided to test and found out if the multi-threaded MySQL backup and restore tool, mydumper worked with MariaDB 5.5.24 or if it suffered the same incompatibility...
Centmin Mod project celebrates it’s 1st year (+5 days) since creation ! Time does indeed fly by when you’re having fun and that’s exactly what it has been for me while working on and expanding Centmin Mod project to what it is now (see change log). I’ve learnt alot more...
MariaDB 5.5.23 has been announced as stable release since last month but there isn’t an official MariaDB 5.5 RPM available for download yet. Seems there’s problems that need to be ironed out with the official RPM builds for MariaDB 5.5.23. Update: seems official MariaDB 5.5 RPMs might be coming soon...
Jeremy Cole announced that Twitter has published it’s own MySQL internal development branch to GitHub. MySQL at Twitter MySQL is the persistent storage technology behind most Twitter data: the interest graph, timelines, user data and the Tweets themselves. Due to our scale, we push MySQL a lot further than most...
MariaDB officially has released it’s MariaDB 5.5.23 GA MySQL server about 2 weeks ago. Still waiting on an RPM binary version for download while they work out the buildbot/rpm building issues. But you can download the source tarball and Debian repository versions. MariaDB 5.5.23 Release Notes MariaDB 5.5.23 Change Log...
A few updates to report. cPanel / WHM officially released v11.32 branch with official MySQL 5.5.x support. MariaDB 5.5.22 RC MySQL server. Percona XtraBackup v1.6.6 and v2.0 GA were released. cPanel / WHM v11.32 release Announcement link Before you upgrade, be sure to read the check list and notes for...
Both MariaDB 5.5.21 Beta & Percona Server 5.5.21-25.0 MySQL servers have been released. MariaDB 5.5.21 Beta MariaDB 5.5.21 beta is a merge of MariaDB 5.3 and MySQL 5.5 with some limited additional bug fixes. In this release we have added some extra notable features including an improved thread pool, an updated...
In the last 12 months, I have written quite a few articles which I myself keep referencing back to or linking back to for other folks. So thought I’d revisit them with an all in one listing. Hope you folks, find some of these articles useful. If you do, don’t...
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