MySQL created a TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) calculator showing how cheap MySQL is compared to Microsoft MSSQL and Sybase. Interestingly, the parent company Oracle remains out of this picture. I find that sad. Why not be open and let the customer decide? Either way, the savings of MySQL Enterprise Edition to MSSQL are shocking: MySQL TCO Savings Calculator. Add your grain of salt...
I've been playing a bit with the nscd now and want to share some tips related to tuning the nscd.conf file. To see how the DNS cache is doing, use nscd -g. nscd configuration: 0 server debug level 26m 57s server runtime 5 current number of threads 32 maximum number of threads 0 number of times clients had to wait yes paranoia mode enabled 3600 restart internal passwd cache: no cache is enabled [other zero output removed] group cache: no cache is enabled [other zero output removed] hosts cache: yes cache is enabled yes cache is persistent yes cache is shared 211 suggested size <==== 216064 total data pool size 1144 used data pool size 3600 seconds time to live for positive entries <==== 20 seconds time to live for negative entries
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