We’ve re-designed the database controls page. The new look is a sneak preview of our ongoing account center design updates. The tabbed layout allows easier access to the existing db controls and new MySQL Container controls….check it out.
We’re happy to report excellent progress has been made on the MySQL GridContainers project! While we’re extremely pleased with their performance, we have decided to delay our public launch in order to continue testing and fine-tuning this system. We received many beta tester applications during our last announcement and although we weren’t able let all those who requested in, we’re now expanding the program to include more testers who previously applied and a small pool of new testers interested in participating. Our public launch is being re-scheduled and a new date will be posted soon. Please watch this area of our blog for updates and, as always, we thank you for your patience
We’d like to thank everyone who applied in this last round of testing. As of 03/08/07 we do not require anymore beta applicants. We’ll post again if more testers are needed.
We are excited to announce the expansion of the private beta testing program for our MySQL GridContainers. The ability to use MySQL GridContainers was rolled into GMR release 1.2 Customers who have been affected by the previous Tahiti system will be contacted prior to enrollment. Anyone else who would like to help us test out this great new technology please use the contact link on our (mt) Labs page.
For more information regarding our MySQL GridContainer technology along with some background as to why it is necessary please see our previous post “Anatomy of MySQL on the GRID“
Out of the three container sizes we’re considering, we’ve found our smallest size container handles 80% of the heaviest users we’ve put on there. A small minority of testers warranted an upgrade to the middle and highest level containers.
Big thanks to everyone who signed up for the beta. We have an excellent mix of power and casual users in the program. With the help of these testers and our automated testing tools; we’re off to an excellent start!
April 5, 2007 - UPDATE:
The new MySQL technologies referenced in this post have been released from beta and are now available to all (gs) Grid-Service customers. For more information, please see our two new products: MySQL SmartPool v.2 and MySQL GridContainers. Thank you.
An in-depth look at the MySQL issues on (mt) Media Temple’s Grid platform.
Despite early problems with the system, (mt) Media Temple’s recently launched GRID hosting system has been an overall success for our customers and the company as a whole. The system has helped a new generation of site owners successfully accomplish hosting projects that were previously impossible with normal hosting. With scalability now at a price point unobtainable in the general hosting industry, users are getting more results for less money. In just 3 months the system has become home to over 40,000 domains and a plethora of amazing applications that simply were not sustainable with old Shared Hosting and competing hosting solutions. The GRID however has not been without its trials and has produced several reported bugs and issues of temporary downtime.
Only a few weeks after launch, (mt) Media Temple moved quickly toward release of (GMR v.1.1) an upgrade which alleviated a majority of issues, fixed hundreds of bugs and stabilized most aspects of the system. As the system, and the customers who use it, grow and evolve, newer and more esoteric anomalies are found which are cause for further instability. These new conditions are diagnosed and engineers are quickly responding, literally every 24 hours, with micro-patches that are enhancing the system. One segment of the system continues to be a nuisance for its customers and the architects of the system however; the MySQL databases. Hence, this article was created to provide insight as to why the MySQL issue is the longest outstanding matter on the GRID system and ultimately what is being done to address the situation.
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