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Last updated 23 days ago
Sysadmin’s Inconceivable Tales – Squeezing More Performance out of tar
about 1 month ago
How we squeezed 33% moreperformance out of tar on x86-64 Linux The...
Shattered Silicon Monitoring (SSM) 9.4.x
2 months ago
MySQL / MariaDB tuning and monitoring tooling - free as in both...
The Hanging Build – Part 2
4 months ago
In part 1 of this post we were investigating an odd issue...
long_query_time for Optimal Query Monitoring
5 months ago
Problem In order to facilitate query monitoring in MySQL and MariaDB, you...
Reduce RDS Costs
6 months ago
Introduction Reducing RDS costs is often the first thing that company owners...
Cut Costs and Simplify MongoDB Deployments using ZFS
8 months ago
Here at Shattered Silicon we use ZFS – a lot. We find...
MySQL / MariaDB Post-Upgrade Performance Anomalies
8 months ago
Upgrading your MySQL or MariaDB database to a new major version (e.g...
MyDumper + ZFS – Merely Faster Than mysqldump is not Enough
about 1 year ago
Mydumper is a useful tool. Unlike mysqldump, it can take logical backups...
MariaDB Replication – slave_parallel_mode Difference
about 1 year ago
How much difference do different slave_parallel_mode settings make when we use parallel...
Query Optimisation Effect – Before and After
about 1 year ago
We had a new client approach us recently about a database emergency...
How to Reduce MariaDB / MySQL Storage Costs by 4x
about 1 year ago
Our MariaDB support and MySQL support engineers regularly work with clients who...