We’ve added a fullscreen (kiosk) mode to VividCortex, perfect for livestreaming a dashboard to a big monitor on your wall. Fullscreen mode uses native browser functionality to request fullscreen access, so there’s no need to try to hide your tab bar. Simply click the little icon in the top right corner of any screen:

The app will not only go into fullscreen mode but will hide all the “chrome” used for navigation. You will see a minimalistic header that just shows the time interval you’ve selected.

Naturally, you’ll want to start livestreaming before you fullscreen, so your monitor will refresh with updated data continually.

Enjoy!

And remember, VividCortex makes you look smart …

This Log Buffer edition sheds light on the ongoing innovations and updates in the SQL Server, MySQL and Oracle realms.

Oracle:

• Warning: standby redo logs not configured for thread – BUG
• SLOB 2.3 is soon to be released. This version has a lot of new, important features but also a significant amount of tuning in the data loading kit.
• Even in the highly volatile world of JavaScript frameworks, AngularJS is still very clearly leading the pack.
• Are you …

I just dove into Tungsten replicator very recently as I need to replicate from Amazon RDS to Redshift. I’d heard a lot of great things about Tungsten, but had yet to really dig my heels in. Join 28,000 others and follow Sean Hull on twitter @hullsean. I fetched the binary and began to dig through … Continue reading Wrestling with bears or how I tamed Tungsten replicator →

Developer Studio.. JavaScript.. ClusterControl DSL.. database clusters.. huh? what the heck is going on here? This might seem like a mix up of random tech terms, but it’s really a pretty cool feature that we’ve just released.  

With ClusterControl 1.2.10, we introduced our new, powerful ClusterControl DSL (Domain Specific Language), which allows you to extend the functionality of your ClusterControl platform by creating Advisors, Auto Tuners, or “mini Programs”. The DSL syntax is based on JavaScript, with extensions to provide access to ClusterControl’s internal data structures and functions. The DSL allows you to execute SQL statements, run shell commands/programs across all your cluster hosts, and retrieve results to be processed for advisors/alerts or any other actions.

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Percona is glad to announce the release of Percona XtraBackup 2.2.11 on May 28, 2015. Downloads are available from our download site or Percona Software Repositories.

Percona XtraBackup enables MySQL backups without blocking user queries, making it ideal for companies with large data sets and mission-critical applications that cannot tolerate long periods of downtime. Offered free as an open source solution, Percona XtraBackup drives down backup costs while providing unique features for MySQL backups.

New …

New ClusterControl release includes customisation language for management and automation

 
Stockholm, Sweden and anywhere else in the world - 27 MAY 2015 - Severalnines, the provider of database infrastructure management software, today launched the latest version of its ClusterControl platform. This database automation product cuts down time for businesses to deploy, monitor, manage and scale multiple open source databases. With this latest release, Severalnines is helping database and system administrators take full control of their database resources.  

Management of databases is increasing in complexity as companies need to meet higher uptime requirements for their data, plus provide security when it is distributed across public/private clouds in a diverse, virtualised infrastructure. Customisation of management tools with simple …

Fellow lovers of tech,

We are pumped to sponsor the MongoDB Open House hosted by Percona. The event will be across the street from MongoDB World at the New York Hilton Midtown on June 1st so make plans quickly.

It is free and all are welcome.

Below are featured talks:

• “MATH is Hard: TTL Index Configuration and Considerations,” by Kim Wilkins of Rackspace
• “Implementing MongoDB 3.0 Storage Engine,” with Facebook’s Igor Canadi and Christian Rober of Percona
• “Is it Fast: Measuring MongoDB Performance,” by Tim Callaghan of Acme Benchmarking
• “MongoDB for MySQL Users,” by Percona’s Alexander Rubin
• “Rolling out RocksDB in Production,” by Charity Majors of Facebook
• “Percona TokuMX and Percona TokuMXSE Performance …

Are your databases more costly than they need to be? If you’re not sure, this webinar will show you how to find out, quickly and easily, with KPIs that indicate overprovisioning or opportunity for driving more efficiency from your databases. If there is an opportunity to run your databases at lower cost, you’ll find out how to identify which of 5 key areas offer the biggest chances for improvement, and a specific action plan to get results fast.

Join us on July 9th at 2 PM EST (6 PM GMT), as Baron discusses database cost reduction. The key topics you’ll learn are:

• Evaluating your current efficiency.
• Determining if there’s an opportunity to lower your database costs.
• Five simple steps to achieve maximum cost efficiency from your databases: query efficiency, consolidation, reduction of diversity, right-sizing, and cloud computing. For each step you’ll learn how to find out whether it applies to …

Mysql Incremental Backup is a complete incremental backup script for MyISAM and InnodB databases using the MySQL binary log so that the backup process does not affect running databases. This tutorial describes the installation of the MysqlIncrementalBackup script and helps to troubleshoot issues that may arise during setup.

Using twitter can sometimes feel like driving downtown, screaming what you want to say out the window, and hoping someone hears you. There might be tens of thousands of people downtown, but your message will only be heard by a few. Because of this, your best bet is to repeat your message as often as possible.

Twitter is free and if you want to reach as many people as possible, it’s another great tool for getting your message out there. But sending tweets on a scheduled basis can be a pain. There are client programs available which allow you to schedule your tweets (Hootsuite is one I have used in the past). You can load your tweets in the morning, and have the application tweet for you all day long. But you still have to load the application with your tweets—one by one.

A friend of mine asked me if there was a way to send the same 200 tweets over and over again, spaced out …