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Linux-Announce Digest #754
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Wed Apr 28 19:13:07 2004
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Linux-Announce Digest #754, Volume #4 Wed, 28 Apr 2004 19:13:03 EDT
Contents:
"High Performance MySQL" Released by O'Reilly (fwd) ("Frederick Noronha (FN)")
Advanced Bash Scripting Guide: version 2.7 update (Mendel Cooper)
eXtremeWS embedded web server final beta ("Information")
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From: "Frederick Noronha (FN)" <fred@bytesforall.org>
Subject: "High Performance MySQL" Released by O'Reilly (fwd)
Date: 27 Apr 2004 23:15:03 GMT
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Advanced Tools and Techniques for Running MySQL
O'Reilly Releases "High Performance MySQL"
Sebastopol, CA--Always popular in Linux and open source communities,
MySQL has also made significant inroads into the commercial sector, its
rapid adoption owing primarily to its reputation for being fast, easy to run,
and cost-effective. As a consequence, many MySQL users and administrators
will tend to slide into using it: they find themselves working with MySQL
without much forethought, training, or other preparation. As Jeremy
Zawodny and Derek Balling observe in "High Performance MySQL" (O'Reilly,
US $39.95), "They hear its benefits, find that it's easy to install on
their systems (or better yet, comes pre-installed), and read a quick book
on how to attach simple SQL operations to web sites or other applications."
And, in fact, MySQL's repute is well earned; in the beginning, at least,
administering it can be relatively unchallenging. But as Zawodny and
Balling explain, "Real-life use of MySQL requires forethought and care--
and a little benchmarking and testing. This book is for the MySQL
administrator who has the basics down but realizes the need to go further.
It's a good book to read after you've installed and learned how to use
MySQL but before your site starts to get a lot of traffic, and the dragons
are breathing down your neck." The problems may first surface in many
forms. Perhaps one particular web page seems to take forever to load, or a
system failure corrupts a database and makes recovery difficult. When
these problems occur during a critical service, note the authors, one's
fellow workers and friendly manager start to take on decidedly dragon-like
appearances.
"More and more companies are beginning to build serious, mission critical
applications or web sites on top of MySQL," adds Zawodny. "As they do
this, they're likely going to have questions not answered in introductory
MySQL books. Whether it's configuring replication, choosing among MySQL's
storage engines, or implementing load-balancing, we wrote this book to
help answer those questions."
"High Performance MySQL" helps readers understand the factors that affect
MySQL performance and apply that knowledge to their own servers. The
authors explain MySQL indexing and optimization in depth so readers will
be better able to use these key features. The book then covers practical
replication, backup, and load-balancing strategies, exploring available
tools in detail with additional discussions of the issues surrounding
their use in real-life environments. Finally, readers will learn the
supporting techniques they need to carry out these tasks, including
advanced configuration, benchmarking, and investigating logs.
Topics covered in the book include:
-Configuration and setup options
-Storage engines and table types
-Benchmarking
-Indexes
-Query Optimization
-Application Design
-Server Performance
-Replication
-Load-balancing
-Backup and Recovery
-Security
"Now more than ever, MySQL is being used in larger and more visible
roles," says Zawodny. "Bigger applications demand the kind of performance
and reliability that MySQL can provide--if you apply it correctly. This
book helps developers understand what it takes to make MySQL work in
larger and more critical environments."
Additional Resources:
Chapter 7, "Replication," is available online at:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/hpmysql/chapter/index.html
For more information about the book, including table of contents, index,
author bios, and samples, see:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/hpmysql/
For a cover graphic in JPEG format, go to:
ftp://ftp.ora.com/pub/graphics/book_covers/hi-res/0596003064.jpg
High Performance MySQL
Jeremy D. Zawodny and Derek J. Balling
ISBN 0-596-00306-4, 276 pages, $39.95 US, $57.95 CA
order@oreilly.com
1-800-998-9938
1-707-827-7000
http://www.oreilly.com
About O'Reilly
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Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 11:07:19 CST
From: Mendel Cooper <thegrendel@theriver.com>
Reply-To: thegrendel@theriver.com
Subject: Advanced Bash Scripting Guide: version 2.7 update
Announcing the version 2.7 release of the "Advanced Bash Scripting Guide."
This e-book tutorial and reference is the equivalent of a 556-page print book.
With 293 illustrative examples, the book covers virtually every aspect of
scripting.
This e-book now contains printable reference cards, just like commercially
available computer tutorials.
The author invites comparisons with *any* of the commercially printed books on
shell scripting. His aim was to write "best of category" documentation.
"This tutorial assumes no previous knowledge of
scripting or programming, but progresses rapidly toward an
intermediate/advanced level of instruction ...all the while
sneaking in little snippets of UNIX wisdom and lore. It serves
as a textbook, a manual for self-study, and a reference
and source of knowledge on shell scripting techniques. The
exercises and heavily-commented examples invite active reader
participation, under the premise that the only way to really
learn scripting is to write scripts."
-- from the Introduction
License: Open Publication License
This means the book is *free* and freely distributable.
URLs:
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Linux Documentation Project:
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/index.html
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/abs-guide.html.tar.gz
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/abs-guide.pdf
Sunsite:
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/linux-doc-project/abs-guide/
Postscript --
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/linux-doc-project/abs-guide/abs-guide.ps.gz
Text --
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/linux-doc-project/abs-guide/abs-guide.txt.gz
Author's home page:
http://personal.riverusers.com/~thegrendel/abs-guide-2.7.tar.bz2 [ 631k ]
(bzip2-ed tarball containing SGML source, all example scripts,
and rendered HTML)
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Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 11:12:18 CST
Reply-To: "Information" <info@mcobject.com>
From: "Information" <info@mcobject.com>
Subject: eXtremeWS embedded web server final beta
McObject has announced the Final Beta release of eXtremeWS, its embeddable
HTTP server for intelligent, connected devices. With a footprint of less
than 30K, low CPU consumption and support for devices without a disk or file
system, eXtremeWS extends the benefits of Web browser-based access to a wide
range of embedded systems including industrial controllers, communications
gear, consumer electronics and other highly resource-constrained devices.
More information is available here: http://www.mcobject.com/extremews.shtml
including a link to the beta tester sign up form.
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