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Load testing MongoDB with sysbench-mongodb and Ansible
February 11, 2015
In the last few months I have spent a lot of time load testing MongoDB for various reasons. From testing compression ...
Data storage technology choices, we live in great times
January 29, 2015
I was just finishing up posting my slides from a presentation I did at a venture firm here in Austin, Texas. I was pr...
MongoDB 2.8 authentication mechanism changes
December 4, 2014
Mongodb 2.8 brings some welcome and exciting changes. One thing to note however, is the client authentication model h...
Interview in Admin Magazine
December 3, 2014
The folks over at Admin Magazine did an interview with me to discuss ObjectRocket, Rackspace, and technologies like M...
Thank you England and WTF Big Data.
November 20, 2014
I am freshly back from the UK. What a great trip. I was in London for the Rackspace Unlocked event and the London Mon...
Ansible for Database Management
October 21, 2014
If you aren’t already familiar with Ansible, then I suggest you add it to your list of things to explore. Simply put,...
The history of mongostat
September 18, 2014
Circa spring 2010 Elliot Horowitz checked in src/tools/stat.cpp. Mongostat was now part of the MongoDB distribution, ...
TokuMX space usage with various compression schemes
September 16, 2014
It’s a pretty common question these days for folks to ask the difference in real world storage footprint between vari...