Tagged: mysql 5.1

Percona MySQL Server 5.1.58-12.9 & 5.5.14-20.5 released

Percona MySQL Server 5.1.58-12.9 & Percona MySQL Server 5.5.14-20.5 have been officially released. Percona MySQL 5.1.58-12.9 downloads are available here and from the Percona Software Repositories Percona MySQL 5.5.14-20.5 downloads are available here and from the Percona Software Repositories Percona 5.1.58-12.9 Highlights Performance Improvements fsync() has been replaced with fdatasync() to improve perfomance where possible. The...

CentOS 6.0 fix for VBoxGuestAdditions installation for VirtualBox

Virtualbox is a useful tool for testing various Linux and Windows operating systems in a virtualized environment. However, while testing my modified Centmin Nginx installation script on CentOS 6.0 64bit, I came across an issue with installing VBoxGuestAddition components – the VirtualBox Guest Additions’ kernel modules failed to get built....

MySQL Benchmarks – MySQL 5.0.92 vs 5.1.55 vs 5.5.10 vs Percona 5.1.55 vs Percona 5.5.8 vs MariaDB 5.2.5

It’s not everyday that I get the opportunity and access to a 64 cpu core monster server with Quad Intel Xeon L7555 1.86Ghz Nehalem-EX processors and 64GB DDR3 memory! Yes, technically it’s 4×8 = 32 physical cpu cores with additional 32 virtual cores via Intel Hyperthreading. I’d like to thank...

WHM/Cpanel – Percona 5.1.55 & 5.5.8 MySQL Installation

Tried and tested MySQL 5.5.10 on WHM Cpanel server, so next up is Percona 5.1.55 rel 12.6 and Percona 5.5.8-20 Beta installations. The purpose is in preparation for MySQL benchmarks on Quad Intel Xeon L7555 Nehalem-EX Octo-Core server (64 cpu cores) with 64GB DDR3 memory. I’ll end up comparing MySQL...