MySql Database Replication

When we search for `Database Replication` we will find lots of tutorials, so here I wont add new one, I am just highlighting one of the best tutorials to refer. http://www.howtoforge.com/mysql_database_replication This article contains simple copy & paste steps to configure MySql replication, if you need more detailed indepth explanation on different configuration settings then go to http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/replication.html

MySQL Stress Test tool

Recently we moved a client from virtual host to amazon ec2 3 tier architecture then we thought of providing benchmark test report to show the Improvement, then we searched for simple straight forward tools, but we haven`t found, then I started to write a java code to benchmark by stressing mysql server. It performed well, so being a fan of open source, thought of releasing that code and uploaded it to google code. Here is the link Downloadable binary is not yet posted you need to compile it from source code

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