Archive for May, 2009

Why Oracle can’t kill MySQL.

When Oracle agreed to acquire Sun there was some speculation that Oracle might try to kill MySQL. First this wouldn’t be a very prudent effort on Oracle’s part and second it’s not even possible. I think Monty has the best explanation from his comment on his blog:
The simple fact is one can’t own an [...]

May 19, 2009 • Posted in: Geek, MySQL • 2 Comments

Update of Google’s Sysbench patch to 0.4.12

[Update: I found the magic javascript links that show old releases of sysbench.]
Sysbench is an application that can be used to benchmark different system parameters and also includes support for testing MySQL directly. Google has released a patch for sysbench that adds a lot of new OLTP tests. It’s great for testing MySQL and for [...]

May 18, 2009 • Posted in: Geek, MySQL • No Comments