The MySQL community is a hotbed of free, open source tools to enhance the performance and health of your MySQL systems MySQL is a complex system that requires many tools to repair, diagnose, and ...

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Continuent, Inc., a provider of replication and clustering solutions for open source databases, announced the next version of Tungsten Enterprise, a replication and data management solution for MySQL ...

Sun has announced that, contrary to ideas it floated earlier, MySQL and all its accompanying tools will remain open source. Although Sun has never suggested that the MySQL database server itself would ...

For database administrators (DBAs), keeping databases running at peak performance can be a little like spinning plates: It takes agility, concentration, quick reactions, a cool head, and an occasional ...

I have particular folders on my desktop that contain very important folders (such as my book manuscripts). Those folders must be backed up at all times, otherwise, I run into the possibility of losing ...

What you should back up depends on how you use your PC. As a rule, a regular backup of the home directories is sufficient. This protects against data loss—for example, if an important file is ...

One of the tasks nearly any sysadmin frequently encounters is the care and feeding of the MySQL database server. You can build an entire career around nothing but this topic—making you a DB admin, not ...