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 Stewart (woostar) for allowing me...
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 5.0.92, MySQL 5.1.55, MySQL 5.5.10,...
For next 2 days I have an opportunity to do some MySQL benchmark tests on a vB customer’s Quad Intel L7555 Nehalem-EX Octo-Core 1.86Ghz server with 64 cpu cores and 64GB DDR3 memory! As the server had WHM/Cpanel installed, I got to also install MySQL 5.5.10 on the server. Note, you’ll have to recompile against...
My last blog entry I had me switch out WHM/Cpanel’s default MySQL 5.1.54 for MariaDB 5.2.4 MySQL. Now that MariaDB 5.2.5 MySQL version is out, I have successfully upgraded MariaDB 5.2.4 to MariaDB 5.2.5 MySQL on WHM/Cpanel based VPS server. Some screenshots from phpinfo, Cpanel and WHM server status and phpmyadmin page. mysqladmin Ver...
Which MySQL backup scripts do I use ? The question has come up a few times already so decided to post what MySQL backup script I am using right now. I’ve used quite a few different ones all using some form of mysqldump.
Virtual cloud server hosting services make it alot easier to test new server installations and setups. I created a new Rackpace.com Cloud server 4GB/160GB disk instance powered by single Quad-Core AMD Opteron Processor 2374 HE with CentOS 5.5 64bit linux operating system to migrate and test my custom bash shell installation scripts.
Late news but MariaDB MySQL 5.2.5 was released a couple of weeks back. MariaDB 5.2.5 is based on MySQL 5.1.55 with XtraDB InnoDB plugin from Percona Server 5.1.54-12.5. MariaDB version based off MySQL 5.5 seems to close too. MariaDB 5.2.5 release notes Download MariaDB 5.2.5 here: http://downloads.askmonty.org/mariadb/5.2.5. Tried a test upgrade on my local CentOS...
Mozilla has launched Firefox 4 web browser. Being in a technical support role at vBulletin.com, I spend the majority of my time in front of a web browser. Currently, I use Firefox 3.6.16 browser with quite alot of useful Firefox Add-ons to make life easier and can have up to 30+ tabs open at anyone...
Name: George Liu
Online Handle: eva2000
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Occupation: vBulletin.com technical support since 2001
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