MySQL Replication in a Box
Recently I wanted to setup a little MySQL sandbox where I could hack away at MySQL with reckless abandon.? A sandbox is different than a test environment, it’s usually one which is very breakable.? You...
View Articlereview: High Performance MySQL 2nd Ed.
I just finished reading the recently released 2nd Edition of High Performance MySQL by Baron Schwartz, Peter Zaitsev, Vadim Tkachenko, Jeremy Zawodny, Arjen Lentz & Derek Balling. I’ve posted a...
View ArticleDBJ – Advanced MySQL Replication – Improving Performance
Our latest article over at Database Journal is hot off the presses. Advanced MySQL Replication – Improving Performance discusses some of the best ways to improve the performance of your MySQL slave...
View ArticleDBJ: DRBD Makes Excellent Low-cost HA Soln for MySQL
With all the trouble keeping MySQLs built-in replication running, some folks are looking for alternatives. DRBD provides a distributed block level device, which can provide the sort of database...
View ArticleDBJ: DRBD & Virtualbox Setup
In part two of our article on DRBD and High Availability, we take you step-by-step through setting up Sun’s Virtualbox software, creating a couple of VMs, and then installing CentOS on those. These...
View ArticleDBJ – Heartbeat Setup
In the last of our three part series on MySQL high availability we discuss the Linux Heartbeat project, and how it can be used to automate failover between two MySQL databases. Heartbeat exposes a...
View ArticleDBJ: Introduction to Multi-Master MySQL
This month on Database Journal we talk about multi-master MySQL using circular replication to achieve high availability. Read more at DatabaseJournal – Intro to Multi-Master MySQL
View ArticleDBJ – Mult-master MySQL Improves Manageability
Multi-master MySQL, with the MMM management software brings a whole host of new features, and manageability to your MySQL deployments. Run backups, alter tables, perform upgrades all without slowing...
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How I find entrepreneurial focus
Relentless focus. This is surely a key to entrepreneurial success. But how to find it? And how to maintain that focus through the ups & downs? Join 28,000 others and follow Sean Hull on twitter...
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What happens when entrepreneurs treat data as a product?
I’ve been reading DJ Patil’s thoughts on building data products. As the chief data scientist of the united states, he knows a thing or two. Join 30,000 others and follow Sean Hull on twitter @hullsean....
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Are we fast approaching cloud-mageddon ?
One look at StackShare’s trending technologies, and you’ll discover the exploding growth of languages, webservers, load balancers, databases, caching servers, automation & monitoring tools,...
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Wrestling with bears or how I tamed Tungsten replicator
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...
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Replicate MySQL to Amazon Redshift with Tungsten: The good, the bad & the ugly
Heterogenous replication involves moving data from one database platform to another. This is a complicated endevour because datatypes, date & time formats, and a whole lot more tend to differ...
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Is Amazon too big to fail?
Amazon is the huge online retailer everyone knows well. However there is another side of Amazon, namely Amazon Web Services that hosts many of the internets largest websites. Join 28,000 others and...
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Why I use Airbnb chat even when texting is easier
If you’ve ever traveled & stayed with an Airbnb host, you know that once you book you can easily switch to text messaging. Sometimes this is easier. But as I found out, it’s smarter to stick with a...
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Always be publishing
Join 28,000 others and follow Sean Hull on twitter @hullsean. As an advisor to New York area startups & an long time entrepreneur, I’ve found writing & publishing to be extremely valuable use...
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Are open source projects run like a democracy or an oligarchy?
I was reading Fred Wilson’s comments recently on The Bitcoin XT Fork. In it he discussed how open source developers manage their projects. “A group of open source core developers are a democratic...
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What Deborah Tannen taught me about conversation & interruption
I was recently invited to attend a charity event in Washington DC. Dinner was a catered affair of 300 with a few senators & Muhammad Yunus there to talk about micro financing. After dinner we broke...
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How 1and1 failed me
I manage this blog myself. Not just the content, but also the technology it runs on. The systems & servers are from a hosting company called 1and1.com. And recently I had some serious problems....
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When hosting data on Amazon turns bloodsport
There’s a strong trend to automation across the cloud. That’s a great thing for startups because it reduces operational headaches & lets them focus on building products. Join 31,000 others and...
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