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Essential Firefox Extensions (Plugins, Add-Ons) And Tips – A Comprehensive Guide :: Part 1 :: Tips


Posted by Artem Russakovskii on April 11th, 2009 in Awesomeness, My Favorites, Technology, Tutorials

Updated: June 10th, 2009

Introduction

In this article I’m going to discuss a number of useful Firefox extensions and tips. This list is not a “COMPLETE GUIDE TO FIREFOX!!!111!” but a collection of some, albeit many, extensions and techniques I find useful, with detailed descriptions and illustrations. I try to make my reviews as personal as possible and express my own points of view, so I will not be using any boring official descriptions…

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MySQL Conference Liveblogging: Performance Guide For MySQL Cluster (Tuesday 10:50AM)


Posted by Artem Russakovskii on April 15th, 2008 in Databases

  • Speaker: Mikael Ronstrom, PhD, the creator of the Cluster engine
  • Explains the cluster structure
  • Aspects of performance
    • Response times
    • Throughput
    • Low variation of response times
  • Improving performance
    • use low level API (NDB API), expensive, hard
    • use new features in MySQL Cluster Carrier Grade Edition 6.3 (currently 6.3.13), more on this later
    • proper partitioning of tables, minimize communication

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Setting Up A MySQL Cluster


Posted by Artem Russakovskii on March 26th, 2008 in Databases, Linux, Programming, Technology

Updated: January 4th, 2009

Attention: Apparently since the release of 5.1.25, cluster is packaged separately. I need to do some reading and research first and then update the tutorial with the latest info.

Here are some quick links for now: http://blogs.mysql.com/kaj/2008/05/23/mysql-clusters-improved-release-model/, http://johanandersson.blogspot.com/2008/05/mysql-cluster-62-officially-released.html, http://blogs.sun.com/theaquarium/entry/improved_release_model_for_mysql.

This article contains my notes and detailed instructions on setting up a MySQL cluster. After reading it, you should have…

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MySQL Conference 2008


Posted by Artem Russakovskii on March 24th, 2008 in Awesomeness, Databases, Linux, Personal, Programming, Technology

Updated: March 26th, 2008

April 14-17th is going to be an exciting time. Why? Because the 2008 MySQL Conference and Expo is going to be held in Santa Clara, CA. Who would want to miss out on a chance to lurk around, let alone talk to, some of the smartest people in the MySQL world? Well, those who don't have at least $1000+, of course. A 3 day…

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