Test Drive of Solid
Not so long ago Solid released solidDB for MySQL Beta 3 so I decided now is time to take a bit closer look on new transactional engine for MySQL. While my far goal is the performance and scalability...
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InnoDB’s gap locks
One of the most important features of InnoDB is the row level locking. This feature provides better concurrency under heavy write load but needs additional precautions to avoid phantom reads and to get...
View ArticleInteractive Debugging of Transaction Conflicts with TokuDB
I am developing a concurrent application that uses TokuDB to store its database. Sometimes, one of my SQL statements returns with a ‘lock wait timeout exceeded’ error. How do I identify the cause of...
View ArticleIntroducing backup locks in Percona Server
TL;DR version: The backup locks feature introduced in Percona Server 5.6.16-64.0 is a lightweight alternative to FLUSH TABLES WITH READ LOCK and can be used to take both physical and logical backups...
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