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Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
| MySql Cluster is a technology that provides a shared-nothing clustering capabilities for the MySql Database Management System. The shared-nothing architecture allows the system to work with very minimum software and hardware requirements.This is my first attempt to make the MySql Cluster running on my FreeBSD machines.Each host is an Intel-based desktop PC, running a generic FreeBSD 7.0 installed to disk in a standard configuration.Filesystems on all hosts are set up identically.The MySQL version I use in this setup is 5.0.45.As this is just my experiment to make it running, I am suggesting you to read the guides from MySQL page to everything in details. Bare in mind that you need to test and prepare your databases before using it in production mode.Okay, lets begin.
Step 1. Servers
I will use the following FreeBSD servers that are all in the same network (192.168.1.* in this example):Management (MGM) node 192.168.1.1
MySQL server (SQL) node 192.168.1.2
Data (NDBD) node “A” 192.168.1.3
Data (NDBD) node “B” 192.168.1.4
Step 2. Setting Up the Management Node
Using FreeBSD, installation using ports is pretty simple.
cd /usr/ports/databases/mysql50-server
Then,
shell>make –with-ndbcluster
shell>make install
After installation, we will be insterested in the file /usr/local/libecex/ndb_mgmd.
That is the ndb management executable.
Next, we must create the cluster configuration file, /usr/local/mysql/var/mysql-cluster/config.ini:
The path may differ in Linux or other distributions.
3. Setting Up the SQL Node
shell>/usr/local/etc/mysql-server start
4. Setting Up the Data Node
(in /etc/rc.conf make sure mysql_enable=”YES”)
>>/etc/my.cnf
shell>cd /usr/local/libexec/
shell>./ndbd
shell>ndb_mgm |
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Sunday, August 3rd, 2008
FreeBSD new leadership:
| The FreeBSD Project is pleased to announce the conclusion of our fourth consecutive democratic election of project leadership. The FreeBSD Core Team constitutes the project’s “Board of Directors” and is responsible for vetting new src committers, arbitrating technical disagreements, weighing in on policy and administrative issues, and appointing sub-committees for handling specific duties (security officer, release engineers, port managers, webmasters, etc..).
The core team has been democratically elected every 2 years by active FreeBSD committers since 2000.Peter Wemm is rejoining the team after a 2 year hiatus, and Kris Kennaway is joining the team for the first time. The remaining 7 slots were filled with incumbents Wilko Bulte, Brooks Davis, Giorgos Keramidas, George V. Neville-Neil, Hiroki Sato, Murray Stokely, and Robert Watson.
The new core team would like to especially thank outgoing members Wes Peters and Warner Losh for their many years of service to FreeBSD, our electioneer Dr. Josef Karthauser for running another election for us, and our returning core secretary Philip Paeps.
Murray Stokely
On behalf of the (new) Core Team |
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Sunday, April 6th, 2008
When you receive a request for proposals (RFP), what is your response supposed to look like?Here is a proposal template format that you can use to respond to RFPs. The content changes each time based on what the RFP requires so you can fill in that part after figuring out how you will solve the client’s requirements:
1. Background
Briefly go over their general requirements. Example: XYZ Company would like a local area network installed to connect all of the computers in their office to share disk space and printers and automatically do tape backups.
2. Scope
Discuss in detail each item in the RFP and how you intend to tackle it. Use diagrams to illustrate your configuration. This will be the longest section of your proposal and will probably have several subsections.
3. Schedule
When do you anticipate starting? How long will each task take? Make a table of your expected schedule for completing the project.
4. Staff
This is an optional section. Some firms like to see who will be working on the project. This is more important for government projects. Put the resumes here.
5. Cost
Breakdown the cost by equipment and personnel time to come up with your expected budget. Include payment terms, discounts for early payment, and other cost or payment information.
6. Supporting Information
Add any supporting info here (for example, if you’re trying to convince them to use a specific type of networking technology, back up your reasoning here with third-party quotes, research, test results, etc.). You can also add information about similar projects you have completed for other firms and what the results were of those. Include testimonials from clients, clippings from news papers, etc.
Found at: morebusiness.com
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Saturday, April 5th, 2008
As with a verbal sales presentation, your written sales presentation should have a beginning, a middle and an end.The beginning addresses the prospect’s situation, thanks them for the opportunity and identifies with their specific needs.
The middle includes all the selling information about your product/service and company and …
The end includes the “move forward” strategy including an action plan and “the next step”.
It should also address the 6 questions of selling:
“Who, What, When, Why, Where and How”
.. or more specifically:
What products and services do you sell?
Who is your target market?
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Sunday, January 6th, 2008
DISABLE INDEXING SERVICES
Indexing Services is a small little program that uses large amounts of RAM and can often make a computer endlessly loud and noisy. This system process indexes and updates lists of all the files that are on your computer. It does this so that when you do a search for something on your computer, it will search faster by scanning the index lists. If you don’t search your computer often, or even if you do search often, this system service is completely unnecessary. To disable do the following:
1. Go to Start
2. Click Settings
3. Click Control Panel
4. Double-click Add/Remove Programs
5. Click the Add/Remove Window Components
6. Uncheck the Indexing services
7. Click Next
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Wednesday, September 5th, 2007
Short news from the star online:
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysians have voted Nokia the best brand in the market, according to market research firm Synovate.The latest annual Asia’s Top 1,000 Brands survey ranked Colgate and Sony in second and third places respectively in Malaysia.Nokia is also the ‘best’ brand in Asia as a whole, but Sony and Colgate switch rankings in the region-wide tally.
Synovate said in a statement that the poll was conducted for Asian Integrated Media Ltd in association with Media magazine.It covered nine markets: China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, India and Indonesia.The sample size per market was 500 except for China and India, where 750 people in top-tier cities were interviewed.
The interviewees were asked: “When you think of (product/service category), which is the best brand that comes to your mind? By ‘best’, we mean the one that you trust the most or the one that has the best reputation in the (product/service category).” Read full story» |
By the way, I use a Sagem X6-2,brush my teeth everyday with Darlie, eat Maggi at the end of every month(poor me) and using an IBM ThinkPad to write this post.
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Monday, August 6th, 2007
While listening to the song of Gwen Stefani Sweet Escape at youtube, I found an interesting theory:
Salary Theorem
The less you know, the more you make.
Proof:
Postulate 1: Knowledge is Power.
Postulate 2: Time is Money.
As every engineer knows: Power = Work / Time
And since Knowledge = Power and Time = Money
It is therefore true that Knowledge = Work / Money .
Solving for Money, we get:
Money = Work / Knowledge
Thus, as Knowledge approaches zero, Money approaches infinity, regardless of the amount of Work done |
Nice.
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