I’ve just completed my first month here at Continuent, strangely back into the MySQL ecosystem which I have been working in for some time before I joined CouchOne, and then Couchbase, two and half years ago. Making the move back to MySQL is both an experience, and somehow, comfortable…

Continuent produce technology that makes for easier replication between MySQL servers and, more importantly, more flexible solutions when you need to scale out by providing connector and management functionality for your MySQL cluster. That means that you can easily backup, add slaves, and create complex replication scenarios such as multi-master, and even multiple-site, multiple-master topologies. This functionality is split over two products, Continuent Tungsten, which is the cluster management product, and the open source Tungsten Replicator, which provides the basic replication functionality.

Those who know me well will know that I am no fan …

FromDual is looking for professional, enthusiastic and experienced people who:

• Know MySQL, Percona Server or MariaDB extensively
• Are Familiar with the open source eco-system
• Know how to operate database systems, as a DBA or a DevOps
• Understand what can go wrong in operating a database
• Are happy to work autonomously, remotely and to communicate with IRC, Skype, Mail and Phone
• Are comfortable on Linux systems
• Are team players, keen to contribute to the growth of the company
• Are Comfortable dealing direct with clients and
• Look for new challenges

Job description

We are looking for full-time …

One of the main responsibilities of any database administrator is to keep a close eye on how database performance is impacting size and storage. Decisions will have to be made on whether or not to make changes within the database structure or application itself, or to make the changes on the storage and resource side [...] Read More

Space is limited so RSVP Today!

Join Oracle’s MySQL Team on April 22, 2013, as we celebrate the general availability of MySQL 5.6. With product demos and fun activities in a relaxing atmosphere, this is the party for the MySQL community to get together and have a toast on the work all of us did to make MySQL 5.6 the best release ever. Whether you are an attendee at Percona Live, a member of local MySQL user groups, a MySQL user in the Bay Area, or simply interested in MySQL technology, you’re all invited to Oracle’s MySQL Community Reception.

Mingle with your peers and learn from real-world experiences.

Meet MySQL engineers and get the first-hand information on the latest product development.
Have lots of fun!

RSVP today and get ready for an evening of casual but informative conversation, with …

Do not forget the Call for Papers for MySQL Connect ends in less than two weeks!

The Call for Papers is now open, and will be running until April 12. We highly encourage MySQL users, customers, partners and community members to submit session proposals now.

MySQL Connect represents a unique opportunity to learn about the latest features of the best MySQL product releases ever, discuss product roadmaps, and connect directly with the engineers driving MySQL innovation.

The Conference is chock-full with technical sessions, hands-on labs, Birds of a Feather (BOF) sessions and tutorials delivered by MySQL community members, users, customers, partners and Oracle’s MySQL engineers.

The event will include five tracks: Performance and Scalability, High Availability & Replication, Cloud & Big Data, Database Administration & DevOps, Architecture and Application Development.

This is your chance to share …

I use Percona Toolkit a lot. We all know about the most popular tools: pt-heartbeat, pt-kill, pt-online-schema-change, pt-query-digest, pt-stalk, pt-table-checksum, etc. They can help a lot working with MySQL.

But there are also some lesser known tools that don't have anything to do with MySQL.

Here are a few of my favorites:

pt-price

Percona acknowledges that "PT" doesn't only stand for "Percona Toolkit", it is also the chemical symbol for Platinum, so they recently added this handy little tool to give you the current spot price for Platinum. The price of Platinum is changing all the time, and it's hard to keep up with it. Also, currency exchange rates are constantly fluctuating, so figuring out the value of platinum in various currencies is almost impossible. That's …

I use Percona Toolkit a lot. We all know about the most popular tools: pt-heartbeat, pt-kill, pt-online-schema-change, pt-query-digest, pt-stalk, pt-table-checksum, etc. They can help a lot working with MySQL.

But there are also some lesser known tools that don't have anything to do with MySQL.

Here are a few of my favorites:

pt-price

Percona acknowledges that "PT" doesn't only stand for "Percona Toolkit", it is also the chemical symbol for Platinum, so they recently added this handy little tool to give you the current spot price for Platinum. The price of Platinum is changing all the time, and it's hard to keep up with it. Also, currency exchange rates are constantly fluctuating, so figuring out the value of platinum in various currencies is almost impossible. That's …

Bulgaria

The Spring Conference of the Bulgarian Oracle Users Group Conference of the Bulgarian Oracle Users Group will be held from 17th to 19th of May 2013 in SPA hotel Hisar in Hissarya.

• Georgi Kodinov, Senior Software Development Manager, ORACLE, Quick Dive into MySQL
• Georgi Kodinov, Senior Software Development Manager, ORACLE, MySQL Security : Past and Present
• Joze Senegacnik, , DBProf, Is My SQL Statement Using Exadata Features?

Latin America

Oracle Day Costa Rica (Thursday April 4)

• http://www.oracle.com/webapps/events/ns/EventsDetail.jsp?p_eventId=165842&src=7620972&src=7620972&Act=4
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Please RSVP for the Tuesday April 2nd meeting.

Date: Tuesday, April 02, 2013
Time: 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM

This is NOT the Oracle office in Irving. One day we need to have a state wide meeting and it just may be in the vicinity of this famous place!

Oracle Corporation
6031 Connection Drive
Suite 900
Las Colinas, TX 75039

Event is free to the public.

Presented by Dave Stokes, MySQL Community Manager North America, Oracle Corporation

Come see MySQL 5.6 in action and learn about the latest features.

Pizza at 5:30 p.m.
Presentation begins at 6:00 p.m.

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A default installation of MySQL is easy to perform, but if you really want your databases to sing, you should tune them like you would tune a piano. In MySQL tuning pertains to either the application or the database system. In this post, we cover some common tuning techniques and best practices to increase your [...] Read More