Posts tagged with: database

Links of interest for 17 Oct 2009 - 2 Nov 2009: ZFS Deduplication : Jeff Bonwick's Blog - Deduplication has just made its way into ZFS and Jeff provides a great explanation on what dedup it and why you need it, along with details on how to use it with ZFS. ZFS for MacOS X - One door closes, and thanks to Open Source, another opens. Apple cans ZFS project - It doesn't say much, but it speaks volumes. Monty, Stallman, MySQL, Oracle, and Sun: Open Letter Wars - Finally. Someone taking a subjective and clear headed view of the... Continue reading ►

Links of interest for 12 Oct 2008 - 14 Oct 2008: ZFS & MySQL/InnoDB Compression Update - Real world ZFS & MySQL compression testing from the guys at SmugMug. Success with OpenSolaris + ZFS + MySQL in production! - Woohooo!!!! Another happy OpenSolaris + ZFS customer. Nice one Don. NetApp faces Sun lawsuit loss - Looks like NetApp's patents are falling apart. BT's 21st Century network, er... isn't - I guess the UK will be last on the IPv6 bandwagon :-( Cloud computing is a trap, warns GNU founder - I have my own reservations about "cloud computing", some of... Continue reading ►

Links of interest for 20 Feb 2008 - 1 Mar 2008: MySQL InnoDB Performance Tuning for the Solaris 10 OS - It's not been long since the finalisation of Sun's acquisition of MySQL and performance tuning docs are already starting to come to light. Network in a Box (Creating real network on your laptop) - Create a real network comprising of Hosts, Switches and Routers as a Virtual Network on a any computer using OpenSolaris (w/ Project Crossbow) and zones. Pretty impressive stuff here, and full instructions too. Playing with ZFS, USB memory disks and VMware Fusion - Demo ZFS... Continue reading ►

I don't think there's much to say about this, other than I hope Sun doesn't Cobalt-ize MySQL. Who knows, if Sun plays their cards right, we may finally have a really competitor for Oracle, and a huge cash cow for Sun. Maybe this will send Sun's shares in the right direction. Check out the press release and Jonathan Schwartz's blog. Continue reading ►

Links of interest for 3 August 2007: HOWTO: Move a Solaris Containers How To Guides - Details how to move a container from one host to another using functionality already in Solaris Express and due in Solaris 10. HOWTO: Managing ZFS in Solaris 10 Containers - A basic guide that demonstrates the use of ZFS in conjunction with Solaris Containers (zones). HOWTO: Solaris Live Upgrade How-To Guide - Details how to use Live Upgrade to upgrade the OS or apply patches with the least amount of downtime, and chance of corruption or data loss. HOWTO: How to Configure and Run... Continue reading ►