Comments on: Anatomy of MySQL on the GRID http://weblog.mediatemple.net/2007/01/19/anatomy-of-mysql-on-the-grid/ Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:51:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Alex http://weblog.mediatemple.net/2007/01/19/anatomy-of-mysql-on-the-grid/#comment-476 Alex Wed, 05 Sep 2007 00:08:53 +0000 http://www.mediatemple.net/weblog/2007/01/19/anatomy-of-mysql-on-the-grid/#comment-476 @DT, Thanks for the kind words and brutal honesty. I see your problem is with moving a large DB. Were the KB articles we pointed to helpful or confusing? I'll email you as well. @DT,
Thanks for the kind words and brutal honesty. I see your problem is with moving a large DB. Were the KB articles we pointed to helpful or confusing? I’ll email you as well.

]]> By: DT http://weblog.mediatemple.net/2007/01/19/anatomy-of-mysql-on-the-grid/#comment-475 DT Tue, 04 Sep 2007 23:41:35 +0000 http://www.mediatemple.net/weblog/2007/01/19/anatomy-of-mysql-on-the-grid/#comment-475 I'm no tech guy and really only understood less than 20% of the first sentence. After that I just scrolled to the end interested in the conclusion. But the point here is, strategically on a corporate level, you guys did the right thing. Instead of keeping it in the labs, you launched it as best you knew how at that time. You DID something, instead of endless test and wondering how to get it out. After that you took the punches like a champ, rolled in the mud and continued to FIX it. Launching a first mover product with very few competitors is always tough as you have no one to learn from. In the end, this will be a success as you did something about it first and learnt along the way. Even this blog is a good thing. MT as a brand is very funny, the associations with the cool sites is one factor, but the badge is almost worn like a "purple heart" in a been there done that kinda of way. That should mean something. I just signed up, with lots of problems which i figured out, so where can i get my badge? I’m no tech guy and really only understood less than 20% of the first sentence. After that I just scrolled to the end interested in the conclusion. But the point here is, strategically on a corporate level, you guys did the right thing. Instead of keeping it in the labs, you launched it as best you knew how at that time. You DID something, instead of endless test and wondering how to get it out.

After that you took the punches like a champ, rolled in the mud and continued to FIX it. Launching a first mover product with very few competitors is always tough as you have no one to learn from. In the end, this will be a success as you did something about it first and learnt along the way. Even this blog is a good thing.

MT as a brand is very funny, the associations with the cool sites is one factor, but the badge is almost worn like a “purple heart” in a been there done that kinda of way. That should mean something.

I just signed up, with lots of problems which i figured out, so where can i get my badge?

]]> By: Mohamed http://weblog.mediatemple.net/2007/01/19/anatomy-of-mysql-on-the-grid/#comment-471 Mohamed Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:15:07 +0000 http://www.mediatemple.net/weblog/2007/01/19/anatomy-of-mysql-on-the-grid/#comment-471 And now the non-technical summary: a nicely put together architecture for handling the assorted nasty things that end users do to hosting sites and likely to get significantly more robust and capable once the improvements are in place. Lots of good work went on there. And now the non-technical summary: a nicely put together architecture for handling the assorted nasty things that end users do to hosting sites and likely to get significantly more robust and capable once the improvements are in place. Lots of good work went on there.

]]> By: The “Break it Down” Blog » Blog Archive » Media Temple - Problem #2 http://weblog.mediatemple.net/2007/01/19/anatomy-of-mysql-on-the-grid/#comment-460 The “Break it Down” Blog » Blog Archive » Media Temple - Problem #2 Fri, 04 May 2007 23:54:31 +0000 http://www.mediatemple.net/weblog/2007/01/19/anatomy-of-mysql-on-the-grid/#comment-460 [...] Ok the site was just down again for a few hours with exactly the same problem I reported before… In a fit of rage a friend of mine pointed me to this blog post from the (mt) team explaining why the MySQL outtages occur so often (abusive users). It sounds like when you become abusive with your usage, you are automatically moved onto a quarentined MySQL Container instance… that’s pretty slick… I hope they move all the crap-bags off my shared server so I stop going off line. [...] [...] Ok the site was just down again for a few hours with exactly the same problem I reported before… In a fit of rage a friend of mine pointed me to this blog post from the (mt) team explaining why the MySQL outtages occur so often (abusive users). It sounds like when you become abusive with your usage, you are automatically moved onto a quarentined MySQL Container instance… that’s pretty slick… I hope they move all the crap-bags off my shared server so I stop going off line. [...]

]]> By: Mike http://weblog.mediatemple.net/2007/01/19/anatomy-of-mysql-on-the-grid/#comment-453 Mike Mon, 26 Feb 2007 07:13:04 +0000 http://www.mediatemple.net/weblog/2007/01/19/anatomy-of-mysql-on-the-grid/#comment-453 I've never personally had any problems using mysql on the grid, but it's good to see such honesty and dedication coming from a hosting company. I was "kicked off" my old host, it wasn't for inefficient software (I just use wordpress), but from a few traffic spikes, and MT was exactly what I was looking for. Keep up the good work! I’ve never personally had any problems using mysql on the grid, but it’s good to see such honesty and dedication coming from a hosting company. I was “kicked off” my old host, it wasn’t for inefficient software (I just use wordpress), but from a few traffic spikes, and MT was exactly what I was looking for. Keep up the good work!

]]> By: Ronald Heft http://weblog.mediatemple.net/2007/01/19/anatomy-of-mysql-on-the-grid/#comment-450 Ronald Heft Fri, 23 Feb 2007 04:04:51 +0000 http://www.mediatemple.net/weblog/2007/01/19/anatomy-of-mysql-on-the-grid/#comment-450 You're 1.2 Grid announcement mentions to visit this post to become a part of the beta. I'm interested in the beta, where can I sign up? You’re 1.2 Grid announcement mentions to visit this post to become a part of the beta. I’m interested in the beta, where can I sign up?

]]> By: Digg Meets Grid-Server - JakeJarvis.com http://weblog.mediatemple.net/2007/01/19/anatomy-of-mysql-on-the-grid/#comment-432 Digg Meets Grid-Server - JakeJarvis.com Sun, 28 Jan 2007 23:13:18 +0000 http://www.mediatemple.net/weblog/2007/01/19/anatomy-of-mysql-on-the-grid/#comment-432 [...] That’s not to say the Grid is flawless, however. I’ve seen an insane amount of downtime during periods of very little activity, which is partially why I moved my projects over to DreamHost. Despite the flaws, I’ve decided to stick it out for at least a few more months to see how they pull through with the fix to their biggest problem — MySQL. (Plus, I racked up a few complementary months between referrals and complaining to the helpdesk about the downtime.) No Comments Leave a CommentThere was an error with your comment, please try again. name (required)email (will not be published) (required)url [...] [...] That’s not to say the Grid is flawless, however. I’ve seen an insane amount of downtime during periods of very little activity, which is partially why I moved my projects over to DreamHost. Despite the flaws, I’ve decided to stick it out for at least a few more months to see how they pull through with the fix to their biggest problem — MySQL. (Plus, I racked up a few complementary months between referrals and complaining to the helpdesk about the downtime.) No Comments Leave a CommentThere was an error with your comment, please try again. name (required)email (will not be published) (required)url [...]

]]> By: James Day http://weblog.mediatemple.net/2007/01/19/anatomy-of-mysql-on-the-grid/#comment-431 James Day Sat, 27 Jan 2007 08:01:56 +0000 http://www.mediatemple.net/weblog/2007/01/19/anatomy-of-mysql-on-the-grid/#comment-431 And now the non-technical summary: a nicely put together architecture for handling the assorted nasty things that end users do to hosting sites and likely to get significantly more robust and capable once the improvements are in place. Lots of good work went on there. And now the non-technical summary: a nicely put together architecture for handling the assorted nasty things that end users do to hosting sites and likely to get significantly more robust and capable once the improvements are in place. Lots of good work went on there.

]]> By: Kyle http://weblog.mediatemple.net/2007/01/19/anatomy-of-mysql-on-the-grid/#comment-426 Kyle Thu, 25 Jan 2007 18:16:29 +0000 http://www.mediatemple.net/weblog/2007/01/19/anatomy-of-mysql-on-the-grid/#comment-426 I'd love to be able to look at efficiency on my end of the databases, but I cannot (and frankly, will not) look to revise my db until such problems on the server side are worked out. In the two weeks I have been with mt, my site has been reliably quick at times, sometimes extremely slow, and other times it has been completely down. While transparency is a good thing, such issues were not posed to me when I entered into a contract with mt. So, after the fact, I'm left with a site that I cannot present to the public, and I have no idea of the reliability that future changes will bring to my site's speed. Once again, I'm impressed by the grid build, but very unimpressed at the fact that you are serving a product that is incomplete. Granted I could wait a few months, and see what occurs (and I'd like to), but can we assume the best on March 1? I’d love to be able to look at efficiency on my end of the databases, but I cannot (and frankly, will not) look to revise my db until such problems on the server side are worked out. In the two weeks I have been with mt, my site has been reliably quick at times, sometimes extremely slow, and other times it has been completely down. While transparency is a good thing, such issues were not posed to me when I entered into a contract with mt. So, after the fact, I’m left with a site that I cannot present to the public, and I have no idea of the reliability that future changes will bring to my site’s speed. Once again, I’m impressed by the grid build, but very unimpressed at the fact that you are serving a product that is incomplete. Granted I could wait a few months, and see what occurs (and I’d like to), but can we assume the best on March 1?

]]> By: Carlos http://weblog.mediatemple.net/2007/01/19/anatomy-of-mysql-on-the-grid/#comment-425 Carlos Thu, 25 Jan 2007 15:25:52 +0000 http://www.mediatemple.net/weblog/2007/01/19/anatomy-of-mysql-on-the-grid/#comment-425 Poor scalability with Mysql? Hardly a surprise for anyone who does more performance testing than "select count(*) from foo" in a single thread. In a read-only environment, sure, Mysql may be sufficient, but for highly concurrent OLTP load - forget it. Btw, I found the following articles that pretty much sums it up: http://pda.tweakers.net/?reviews/661 http://pda.tweakers.net/?reviews/657 http://pda.tweakers.net/?reviews/649 Poor scalability with Mysql? Hardly a surprise for anyone who does more performance testing than “select count(*) from foo” in a single thread. In a read-only environment, sure, Mysql may be sufficient, but for highly concurrent OLTP load – forget it. Btw, I found the following articles that pretty much sums it up:

http://pda.tweakers.net/?reviews/661
http://pda.tweakers.net/?reviews/657
http://pda.tweakers.net/?reviews/649

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