Archive strategies for OLTP servers, Part 1
In May 2005, I wrote a widely-referenced article about how to efficiently archive and/or purge data from online transaction processing (OLTP) database servers. That article focused on how to write...
View ArticleArchive strategies for OLTP servers, Part 2
In the first article in this series on archiving strategies for online transaction processing (OLTP) database servers, I covered some basics: why to archive, and what to consider when gathering...
View ArticleArchive strategies for OLTP servers, Part 3
In the first two articles in this series, I discussed archiving basics, relationships and dependencies, and specific archiving techniques for online transaction processing (OLTP) database servers. This...
View ArticleMySQL Archiver can now archive each row to a different table
One of the enhancements I added to MySQL Archiver in the recent release was listed innocently in the changelog as “Destination plugins can now rewrite the INSERT statement.” Not very exciting or...
View ArticleHow to write a lazy UNION in MySQL
The other day I was explaining options to someone who wanted to know about archiving data in MySQL. “So,” he said, “I might have to code my app to look for the data in two places?” The disadvantage of...
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