Updated: January 4th, 2009
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…
Make Screen and YaST Work Together
Updated: March 19th, 2008
I don't know about you but I've had a lot of problems making screen work nicely with YaST. Both putty and SecureCRT had major problems displaying YaST's ncurses interface. The screenshots below depict the problem quite clearly. If at this point you don't see anything like this, you are most likely not affected and can go get a beer.
If you…
cpan – The Perl Module Manager
Updated: March 19th, 2008
cpan is a perl module manager. To get into cpan, login as root and type in
cpan
Install a module:
cpan install MODULE
Upgrade a module:
cpan upgrade MODULE
Reinstall a module or force install in case of failed tests:
force install MODULE
See a list of upgradable modules:
r
See cpan configuration (that's the letter 'o'):
o conf
Update an option in cpan…
Updated: July 23rd, 2008
sysbench – Linux test bench. Easy as pie to test CPU, memory, threads, mysql, and disk performance.
Full description is available here: http://sysbench.sourceforge.net/docs/
install mysql, mysql-devel wget http://superb-west.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/sysbench/sysbench-0.4.8.tar.gz tar xvzf sysbench*gz cd sysbench* ./configure && make install
mysql tests
This will run 10 separate consecutive mysql tests using an InnoDB table type, each with 100 mysql threads, doing a total of 1000 various SQL operations…
Linux openSUSE 10.2 Learning Experience #1: Introduction
Updated: March 20th, 2008
The purpose of this article is to:
- introduce the new Linux section of the site (specifically dedicated to openSUSE).
- provide a very short description of Linux and compare it to other operating systems.
- answer some installation questions.
I'm a Windows user, I admit it. Not because I enjoy frequent reboots, freezes, and other unexplainable quirks. It's mostly because I have so many programs I'm used to, it would…
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