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Archive for July, 2010

DBJ – Mult-master MySQL Improves Manageability

Jul 20

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Multi-master MySQL, with the MMM management software brings a whole host of new features, and manageability to your MySQL deployments.   Run backups, alter tables, perform upgrades all without slowing down your production users.

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DBJ: Introduction to Multi-Master MySQL

Jul 9

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This month on Database Journal we talk about multi-master MySQL using circular replication to achieve high availability.

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iHeavy Insights 69 – Fewer Moving Parts

Jul 7

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In this month’s newsletter we talk about the advantages that come from simplicity in design.  This holds true for extreme sports like sky diving or rock climbing, as much as it holds for user interface designs on smartphones like the iphone, or internet infrastructure and operations.

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