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MySQL - What if the worst happens?

 After the recent Tweetalpyse that followed Oracle's update of the MySQL version comparison table I got to thinking, what if MySQL were to be rendered no longer viable as my web database of choice. What are the options for open source relational data management?

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Filed under: Sys admin Thoughts couchdb linux mariadb monogdb mysql nosql open source oracle percona performance postgresql rdbms software windows
 

ColdFusion 8.0.1 – server stability and memory usage issue

 The following is a log of a recurring issue with our ColdFusion 8 Standard server. The JRun server is currently crashing every other day with the active thread error (error 1). If the ColdFusion service is not restarted the system will then proceed to run out of memory (error 2) despite Windows still having 0.5 – 1GB to spare

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Filed under: Development Sys admin Under the hood coldfusion crash garbage collector java jvm support thread windows
 

Proprietary OS Upgrades - Apple sets the standard

 I have to say I'm impressed, something that doesn't happen all that often in the cut throat world of software provision. I've just pre-ordered my copy of the latest OSX release Snow Leopard
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which will be the first OS upgrade I've paid for since OSX 10.4 (Tiger) was release back in 2005.

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Filed under: Meta Thoughts apple os software upgrade windows
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