Guyren Howe has considerable experience with both MySQL and PostgreSQL. He discusses the myriad technical and other advantages to using PostgreSQL instead of MySQL for, well, pretty much anything. Bonus content: download the slides from this talk. http://sdruby.com/podcast/55
In the annual State of MySQL keynote of MySQL Conference & Expo 2009, Karen Padir, Vice President for MySQL & Software Infrastructure at Sun Microsystems discusses the current and future role of MySQL in the modern online world. The presentation also covers the broader role MySQL plays at Sun, the …
MySQL replication is fairly easy to set up, but in the real world many obstacles can get in the way of keeping it up and running smoothly. One problem is the slaves getting out of sync with the master. If you’re lucky you’d be alerted with an error in your …