Archive for April, 2007

select sql_cache_ttl

I’ve been thinking about the query cache since last years user conference. One of the features of the query cache is that it’s completely transparent to client. It achieves this by clearing cache entries for tables as soon as the tables are updated. This makes the cache inefficient for tables that are constantly updating. While [...]

April 23, 2007 • Posted in: Geek, MySQL • No Comments

Where will I be at the UC?

Do you want to say hi? Pick up a free bottle opener (I haven’t seen them yet but Jeremy says they are high quality)? Sway my opinion on DRBD? Most of my time at the user conference this year will be spent at the Proven Scaling corner of the Solid booth. I also have the [...]

April 21, 2007 • Posted in: Geek, MySQL • No Comments

DRBD in the real world.

I’ve noticed a few blog posts recently about people saying how great DRBD is as a fail over mechanism for MySQL. My experience with DRBD has been the complete opposite. It offers almost no benefit over binary log replication for typical MySQL setups and prevents a few things that are possible with binary log replication. [...]

April 2, 2007 • Posted in: Geek, MySQL • 14 Comments