Re: HA & Scalability w MySQL + SAN + VMWare: Architecture Suggestion Wanted

2012-04-02 Thread Tim Dunphy
Why not use a load balancer such as HA/Proxy as a way of maintaining high availability on your mysql nodes? http://blogs.reliablepenguin.com/2011/03/31/mysql-load-balancing-with-haproxy http://linuxadminzone.com/how-to-install-setup-and-config-haproxy-loadbalancer-for-content-switching/ http://

Re: Replication rings/maatkit (was: HA & Scalability w MySQL + SAN + VMWare)

2012-04-02 Thread Eric Bergen
I suggest buying a copy of High Performance MySQL 3rd edition that just came out. It has a whole chapter on HA that answers a lot of these questions. On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 6:14 PM, Wes Modes wrote: > >> Replication rings are possible but you must design your application to >> take special care t

Re: Replication rings/maatkit (was: HA & Scalability w MySQL + SAN + VMWare)

2012-04-02 Thread Wes Modes
> Replication rings are possible but you must design your application to > take special care to NOT update the same row in multiple nodes of the > ring at the same time. This is even harder to design and code for than > splitting writes/reads to master/slaves. > > Also the loss of one node of a re

Re: HA & Scalability w MySQL + SAN + VMWare: Architecture Suggestion Wanted

2012-04-02 Thread Wes Modes
Thanks again for sharing your knowledge. I do believe the answers I've receiving, but since I have requirements that I cannot easily alter, I'm also gently pushing my expert advisers here to look beyond their own preferences and direct experience. RE: Shared storage. I can easily let go of the p

Re: HA & Scalability w MySQL + SAN + VMWare: Architecture Suggestion Wanted

2012-04-02 Thread shawn green
Hello Wes, On 4/2/2012 4:05 PM, Wes Modes wrote: Thanks Shawn and Karen, for the suggestions, even given my vague requirements. To clarify some of my requirements. *Application: *We are using an open-source application called Omeka, which is a "free, flexible, and open source web-publishing p

Re: HA & Scalability w MySQL + SAN + VMWare: Architecture Suggestion Wanted

2012-04-02 Thread Rick James
DRBD, SAN, etc. Sure, they are highly redundant. Sure they are reliable. But they do not handle the building being in a flood/earthquake/tornado/etc. If you want HA, you have to start with having two (or more) copies of all the data sitting in geographically distinct flood plains, etc. If

Re: MySQL Multi-Master Replication

2012-04-02 Thread Rick James
NDB Cluster -- Not only can this use multiple machines in one cluster, but you can have multiple clusters each taking writes. This can lead to "conflicts" when writes go to multiple masters 'simultaneously'. NDB resolves them automatically, based on algorithms that _you_ pre-specify. (Eg, "tak

MySQL Multi-Master Replication

2012-04-02 Thread Wes Modes
Howdy all. I am looking for a MySQL solution that allows us to horizontally scale a number of MySQL nodes as peers without separating reads and writes, or slaves and masters. This may not be ideal, but the application we are using is an unchangeable aspect of the project. I ran into this post by

Re: HA & Scalability w MySQL + SAN + VMWare: Architecture Suggestion Wanted

2012-04-02 Thread Wes Modes
Thanks Shawn and Karen, for the suggestions, even given my vague requirements. To clarify some of my requirements. *Application: *We are using an open-source application called Omeka, which is a "free, flexible, and open source web-publishing platform for the display of library, museum, archiv

Re: Percona: Contact Details - a word on poaching

2012-04-02 Thread Wes Modes
Hi, I received a suggestion from Baron Schwartz that I consider your company for consulting advice as a solution to an enquiry I made to the MySQL list. I did not respond to Baron Schwartz and now I receive this email from an account executive. I don not think I am alone is believing poaching the

Re: New Fast MySQL Compatible Server

2012-04-02 Thread Singer X.J. Wang
Perhaps something called a VM can be use? S On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 18:12, Mogens Melander wrote: > Guys, really... > > Is this a binary release? Need to sudo to root? Not on my watch! > > On Tue, March 27, 2012 16:40, Baron Schwartz wrote: > > The license of this software is unclear. The bina

ANN: SQL Maestro for MySQL 12.3 released

2012-04-02 Thread SQL Maestro Team
Hi! SQL Maestro Group announces the release of SQL Maestro for MySQL 12.3, a powerful Windows GUI solution for MySQL administration and database development. The new version is immediately available for download at http://www.sqlmaestro.com/products/mysql/maestro/ Please note that before April 1

List of global/session variables (@myvar)

2012-04-02 Thread Martijn Tonies
Hi, Is there a way to get the currently available global variables that are defined by, for example, a Stored Procedure that returns stuff as set @myvar = 'result'; when outside the stored procedure? With regards, Martijn Tonies Upscene Productions http://www.upscene.com Download Database