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To save Solaris from a certain death ?

Reading Planet MySQL the last couple of hours I'm trying really hard to convince myselve the Solaris offensive there is not orchestrated.. but I can't.
It might ofcourse be the fresh MySQL users that Sun brought in on their platform that started out blogging but hey .. I`m paranoia right :)

Are they really trying to get at least a fraction of the MySQL community on Solaris. Do they really think they can ? Yes they lost a zillion of Solaris customers that were running a proprietary database to MySQL on Linux users ,, but why would they want to move back to a semi proprietary setup ?

According to Linuxjournal Alan Cox seems to think that ZFS is the only thing that is keeping Solaris alive. I don't think DTrace was a bigg mass tool that would convince the crowds to suddenly move to an other operating system.

So is Sun trying to Lock In a community ? …

First of all, let me say that I think it's great that you're using MySQL, regardless of the underlying operating system.  What I'm currently  looking at is when might it make sense for MySQL users to give Solaris or OpenSolaris a try.  In that process, something that would be helpful to know is why do so many existing MySQL users deploy on Linux?  Is it familiarity, what's available in their environment, known to work, licensing model, cost, etc?  Do you have other reasons?  I'd like to know. Please share your comments.  Thanks.

Today at the Venture Capital Forum in Hilton Arc de Triomphe, Paris, I received the EVCA “Hall of Fame” Award on behalf of MySQL AB. What a timing, to meet with investment bankers and venture capitalists now!

In these times of a deep finance crisis, of no credit handed out by banks and of general doom and gloom, it felt great to be somewhat of an “everybody’s darling”. In the VC community, MySQL is seen as a great success — and in particular, we’re seen by European VCs as a European success story (despite over 50 % of our personnel and most of our Management Team being US-based, at the point of time when the VCs exited).

Side note: I don’t mind MySQL being seen as a European success story. We’re used to portraying ourselves as belonging to whatever geography is relevant for the moment. That …

It’s like removing the brakes from your car. yes, it will go faster (slightly less weight) but, dude, you just removed the brakes.

If you use MySQL, you may want to give OpenSolaris a try. Why? It's open source and has great features, like ZFS and DTrace, which make life a lot easier for MySQL DBAs.  

• ZFS is a 128-bit file system that automates common administrative tasks, protects data from corruption, provides compression, and allows for adding and removing storage easily (just to name a few things its capable of).  It is great for MySQL deployments in that DBAs can add or remove storage without restarting the database and fast snapshots are a breeze.  Additonally, ZFS shows better performance than UFS.  See these results performed by MySQL. 
• DTrace helps administrators analyze, debug, and optimize their application environment.  It's a great tool for MySQL DBAs since it …

Want to use Dtrace or ZFS but are unfamiliar with building MySQL on Solaris? Dont panic, its never been easier. Here are the steps that worked for me.

1. Install OpenSolaris using the latest development ISO file
2. Install developer tools

   pfexec pkg install ss-dev

3. Download 5.1.28rc source
4. Build it

   export CC=/opt/SunStudioExpress/bin/cc
   export CXX=/opt/SunStudioExpress/bin/CC
   export CFLAGS="-xO3" #Your fav compiler flags go here 
   export CXXFLAGS="-xO3"
   
   ./configure --with-plugins=innobase,myisam --with-mysqld-libs=-lmtmalloc
   gmake 
   

Yes, it is that simple. Of course you could just download the binaries and use them too; they work just fine.

Want to use Dtrace or ZFS but are unfamiliar with building MySQL on Solaris? Dont panic, its never been easier. Here are the steps that worked for me.

1. Install OpenSolaris using the latest development ISO file
2. Install developer tools

   pfexec pkg install ss-dev

3. Download 5.1.28rc source
4. Build it

   export CC=/opt/SunStudioExpress/bin/cc
   export CXX=/opt/SunStudioExpress/bin/CC
   export CFLAGS="-xO3" #Your fav compiler flags go here 
   export CXXFLAGS="-xO3"
   
   ./configure --with-plugins=innobase,myisam --with-mysqld-libs=-lmtmalloc
   gmake 
   

Yes, it is that simple. Of course you could just download the binaries and use them too; they work just fine.

Want to use Dtrace or ZFS but are unfamiliar with building MySQL on Solaris? Dont panic, its never been easier. Here are the steps that worked for me.

1. Install OpenSolaris using the latest development ISO file
2. Install developer tools

   pfexec pkg install ss-dev

3. Download 5.1.28rc source
4. Build it

   export CC=/opt/SunStudioExpress/bin/cc
   export CXX=/opt/SunStudioExpress/bin/CC
   export CFLAGS="-xO3" #Your fav compiler flags go here 
   export CXXFLAGS="-xO3"
   
   ./configure --with-plugins=innobase,myisam --with-mysqld-libs=-lmtmalloc
   gmake 
   

Yes, it is that simple. Of course you could just download the binaries and use them too; they work just fine.

Find out about Sun's new 4-chip UltraSPARC T2 Plus system direct from the source: Sun's engineers.

Sun today announced the 4-chip variant of its UltraSPARC T2 Plus system, the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440. This new system is the big brother of the 2-chip Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 systems released in April 2008. Each UltraSPARC T2 Plus chip offers 8 hardware strands in each of 8 cores. With up to four UltraSPARC T2 Plus chips delivering a total of 32 cores and 256 hardware threads and up to 512Gbytes of memory in a compact 4U package, the T5440 raises the bar for server performance, price-performance, energy efficiency, and compactness. And with Logical Domains (LDoms) and Solaris Containers, the potential for server consolidation is compelling.

Standard configurations of the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 include 2- and 4-chip systems at 1.2 GHz, and a 4-chip system at 1.4 GHz. All of these configurations come with 8 cores per …

Find out about Sun's new 4-chip UltraSPARC T2 Plus system direct from the source: Sun's engineers.

Sun today announced the 4-chip variant of its UltraSPARC T2 Plus system, the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440. This new system is the big brother of the 2-chip Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 systems released in April 2008. Each UltraSPARC T2 Plus chip offers 8 hardware strands in each of 8 cores. With up to four UltraSPARC T2 Plus chips delivering a total of 32 cores and 256 hardware threads and up to 512Gbytes of memory in a compact 4U package, the T5440 raises the bar for server performance, price-performance, energy efficiency, and compactness. And with Logical Domains (LDoms) and Solaris Containers, the potential for server consolidation is compelling.

Standard configurations of the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 include 2- and 4-chip systems at 1.2 GHz, and a 4-chip system at 1.4 GHz. All of these configurations come with 8 cores per …