Thanks for the info, I haven't been exposed to MariaDB yet but sounds like
it's a good way to go at the moment. In any case I completely agree that
InnoDB is the way to go.
On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 12:54 PM, der.hans <
PLUGd@lufthans.com> wrote:
> Am 08. Apr, 2014 schwätzte Paul Mooring so:
>
> moin moin,
>
>
> I'm curious as to why you recommend MariaDB. I've used Percona pretty
>> extensively for a while and it has worked well so far. I haven't heard
>> anything about it going away or waning in popularity either. Is MariaDB a
>> MySQL fork and if so why is it preferable?
>>
>
> Both MariaDB and Percona are forks of MySQL. I recommended MariaDB because
> that's what RHEL and CentOS are moving to for the default version of
> MySQL.
>
> Any of the 3 branches can be a good choice depending on your requirements.
> In this case I took into account the stated distro as a requirement :).
> Also, it might be t hat his version of CentOS doesn't have a 5.5 release
> of MySQL, but does have a 5.5 release of MariaDB.
>
> Percona is doing quite well, as far as I know. The Percona Live conference
> was last week. Percona's backup tool is what I would recommend for InnoDB
> in any version if you aren't using snapshots. I've even submitted SCaLE
> talks on it :).
>
> In the last three years I've used all 3 branches in significant production
> environments.
>
> ciao,
>
> der.hans
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 12:25 PM, der.hans <PLUGd@lufthans.com> wrote:
>>
>> Am 08. Apr, 2014 schwätzte keith smith so:
>>>
>>> moin moin Keith,
>>>
>>> the short answer is: move to InnoDB :)
>>>
>>> InnoDB is much improved in 5.5, but it's fine in 5.1. If you're not
>>> beating the heck out of the DB, then you're fine. If you are beating the
>>> heck out of it, please bring in a DBA to help you out :).
>>>
>>> You'll probably need to change how you're doing backups.
>>>
>>> Does CentOS already have MariaDB? If so, move to that.
>>>
>>> RHEL is moving to MariaDB, so CentOS is as well. I just don't know which
>>> release first had MariaDB or in which release MariaDB becomes the
>>> default.
>>>
>>> BTW, don't convert the internal mysql database to InnoDB, just your
>>> application schemas.
>>>
>>> ciao,
>>>
>>> der.hans
>>>
>>> I have a MySql database that is about 10 years old. The tables are
>>> using
>>>
>>>> the MyISAM data engine. I see the default as of version 5.5.5 is now
>>>> InnoDB. The server is running a stock version of CentOS 6.4 with MySql
>>>> 5.1.69. We stay with the standard CentOS upgrade and do not update
>>>> Apache,
>>>> MySql, or PHP to other versions.
>>>>
>>>> As I look around it seems the InnoDB data engine is such a better deal.
>>>> I'm thinking it might take several years, maybe longer, to see MySql
>>>> 5.5.5
>>>> in the standard CentOS install.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> In the mean time I am thinking that a switch to InnoDB might be the way
>>>> to go especially since we are about to make some major modifications to
>>>> the
>>>> app that uses this database.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I have not read anything about any problems in using InnoDB with MySql
>>>> version prior to 5.5.5.
>>>>
>>>> Is there anything I should be aware of or any potential problems in
>>>> using
>>>> InnoDB with MySql versions prior to 5.5.5?
>>>>
>>>> Thank you very much for all your help and insight!!
>>>>
>>>> Keith
>>>>
>>>>
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