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DRBD has grown in popularity as an excellent low-cost high availability solution for MySQL. It provides synchronous replication of your data without MySQL having to worry too much about the details. Combined with Linux Heartbeat, and you have automatic failover as well. By using this Operating System level replication, you avoid some of the problems of MySQL's statement based replication, data discrepencies between your nodes, and configuration file complexity. No more failing slave nodes!

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Surviving a Re-Org

By Tom Barker
Dec 19, 2009 | Comments: 0

End of year is a time when companies and departments reflect on the previous year and begin planning for new projects and challenges in the coming year. It's also a time when departments usually restructure to bring more focus and...

QOW: What are you most excited about for 2010?

By Rich Tretola
Dec 19, 2009 | Comments: 5

The world of technology is constantly in flux and 2010 seems like it will be a very existing year. With the many scheduled releases of exciting new Android phones the re-emergence of the handset wars in the world of mobile...

PDF vs. EPUB vs. Mobi Format Download Comparison for oreilly.com

By Andrew Savikas
Dec 18, 2009 | Comments: 7

UPDATE: Additional view showing relative volume, rather than percentage. I'm honored to have been elected to the IDPF Board of Directors, and will use the occasion to share some interesting...

Being online: Your identity in real life--what people know

By Andy Oram
Dec 18, 2009 | Comments: 2

Professional investigators can find out more than most people realize about individuals. This section of the identity article introduces how investigators do their work, on and off the Internet.

Why Using ShopSavvy Might Not Be So Savvy

By Tim O'Reilly
Dec 18, 2009 | Comments: 31

Reading this morning's New York Times story, Mobile Phones Become Essential Tools for Holiday Shopping, I was reminded again of the fundamental shortsightedness of so many of our economic decisions, that flaw in human nature that makes us seize on temporary advantage without thinking of the long-term consequences. The article focuses on the use of applications like ShopSavvy and RedLaser...

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