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Testing Windows IO with SQLIO and SysBench
To benchmark IO on Linux and MySQL transaction processing, SysBench is a popular choice that can do both. After poking around at the source code, it seems PostgreSQL and Oracle are also included for transaction processing testing if you have the proper header files, but I didn’t test those. To benchmark IO on Windows and […]
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Having fun with MySQL and Python: converting MySQL character set to utf8
Lately I worked quite a bit with Python and Linux, writing monitoring and automation utilities. I am in a transition period, so I thought I ought to write some Python stuff interfacing with MySQL for fun, and start positioning myself for expanded career horizon, I hope. To get started, I thought it would be fun […]
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Quick notes for DokuWiki
Notes from tonight’s playing with DokuWiki. Initially saved it as a text file, then thought, what the hell, it might benefit somebody. 1. Got DokuWiki. Learned this from my buddy Baron, who I admire and whose recommendations I take seriously. 2. Fired up ami-23b6534a, an Amazon virtual instance with Apache pre-configured. /var/www/html is the web […]
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AWS Management Console is nice
If you want to play with Amazon cloud computing stuff, I think using AWS Management Console web interface is the best, easiest, and most intuitive approach, based on my experience so far. My usage with Amazon Web Services has been only with EC2 up to this point. Prior to AWS Management Console, I had to […]
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In search of a better dev environment setup
Now my make-shift working area is no longer the dining table after the move, I am eager to set up a proper environment for learning and developing software at home. My thought is to have one decent computer that powers a few virtual machines. I like the idea of virtual machines as opposed to physical […]