Archive for the tag 'MySQL'

Some MongoDB and MySQL comparisons for a real world site

We recently did some tests with regards to replacing an existing MySQL implementation with MongoDB. I thought some of the tests would be interesting to share. MySQL ver 14.12 Distrib 5.0.27, for Win32 (ia32) MongoDB v2.0.4 for Win32 (journaling not enabled) The test was centred around a table that has 400000 records with numbered names [...]

Dealing with MySQL issues in the Cloud: Automating restart on error

MySQL is the mainstay of most Cloud Applications (including this WordPress Blog !), however if MySQL has an issue, either through number of connections maxing out, or MySQL being locked and not available it can result in site outages. We’ve seen clients who have ended up with their SQL DB down from a couple of [...]