Replication and “the lost binlog”

Unless you set sync_binlog = 1, a system crash on the master will likely fail any slave with an “Client requested master to start replication from impossible position” error. Generally, this kind of situation requires manual intervention. When we see this, we make sure things indeed failed “past the end” of a binlog (i.e. the [...]

Open Query turns 3!

Open Query is now three years old! We initially started with consulting and training services, and extended this with our proactive subscriptions that also offers system administration and monitoring. So how is it going? Pretty well. We’ve been profitable from the start, without funding (beyond a few hundred $ startup costs paid by Arjen) or [...]