Linux Sysadmin Blog

Linux Sysadmin Blog header image 4

Entries from April 29th, 2010

Free alternative to InnoDB Hot Backup

April 29th, 2010 · No Comments · backup, MySQL

I recently found out that there is a free alternative to InnoDB Hot Backup. For those of you using MySQL with the InnoDB plugin you probably know that MySQL does not provide a tool for making online non-blocking backups. InnoBase Oy, the makers of InnoDB, cheap Ampicillin do provide a tool but it’s not free. [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: ·

Drupalcon Security Session Notes

April 19th, 2010 · 1 Comment · drupal, Security

Some of us are attending the San Francisco Drupalcon 2010 this week.  I am in a session which some of you may find interesting.  The concepts are far from revelational but they are relevant. Most security

[Read more →]

Tags:

Google will use site performance and page load speed in SERP ranking – sysadmin SEO here we come

April 13th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Performance, sysadmin

Page Load speed just became a lot more important – Google announced recently that it will use page speed in its SERP rankings. Here is a quote that will make the SEO and marketing folks knock on sysadmin doors: We encourage you to start looking at your site’s speed (the tools above provide a great [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: ···