Category Archives: MySQL
RightScale Compute 2013: Day One
Yesterday was the first day of RightScale Compute 2013, our annual conference in San Francisco. (You can also read about Day Two.) The day kicked off with a keynote address by James Staten, vice president and principal analyst at Forrester, … Continue reading
Amazon launches Relational Database Service and larger server sizes
Today is another big AWS launch day with two important new features available for EC2: a Relational Database Service (RDS) and larger servers. Plus a 15% price reduction on compute cycles: yay! Relational Database Service With the Relational Database Service … Continue reading
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Amazon launches new cloud in Europe
Amazon just unveiled an EC2 cloud in Europe, see the AWS feature guide on this topic. I assume blog posts by Jeff Barr and by Werner Vogels will be following shortly. This EU offering has been long rumored and has … Continue reading
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Amazon takes EC2 to the next level with persistent storage volumes
The Amazon folks have gone public today with the next EC2 feature: persistent storage. The official information is found in Jeff Barr’s blog entry and in Matt’s forum post. Calling the persistent storage a “feature” is actually quite an understatement, … Continue reading
Setting up MySQL with the RightScale MySQL Manager — part 1
Setting up a redundant MySQL master/slave database using RightScale has become rather easy using our recently introduced Manager for MySQL. Let’s start by setting up the master. For this we define a “MySQL master” server template. A server template is … Continue reading
Amazon EC2 changes how MySQL is used
Amazon EC2 will change the way MySQL is used: it suddenly opens a whole slew of new possibilities. What’s really exciting is that it can also simplify the management of MySQL which enables powerful automation as provided in the [RightScale … Continue reading
Surviving a MySQL master DB crash
Nothing is more heart-arresting than to find out that your database machine has died. Site down. Data gone. Life s… That’s what happened to one of our customers yesterday morning, right when they were featured on some prominent sites. The … Continue reading
