Generally I don’t like to publicly point the finger in cases like this, but this time I will: Tesco Compare, it’s your turn. I last used Tesco Compare a couple of years ago while looking for car insurance. About a year ago they began sending me promotional email, clearly realising they had a list they… Read more »
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Basic Linux-HA heartbeat and pound config
I’ve had trouble in the past setting up Linux-HA a.k.a heartbeat to create a redundant front-end for a web service. The HA documentation is quite thorough and detailed, but it’s lacking realistic examples to get a working system up and running. This is a quick guide to creating a 2-way cluster with one or more… Read more »
MySQL backups with Percona’s XtraBackup
MySQL backup is sometimes very hard to do effectively. MySQL provides various options for backup, but many of them are simply unsuitable for large systems, particularly if they need to remain active during backups. Percona’s XtraBackup is an open-source clone of InnoBase’s InnoDB Hot Backup utility. So what makes XtraBackup a better solution, and how… Read more »
Google Charts API Simple and Extended Encoders in PHP
Google’s charting API has been around for quite a while now, but I’ve only just needed to actually look at it. It became immediately obvious that I needed a PHP encoding function, so off to google I went. Though I found several implementations, they were all incomplete or deficient in one way or another (and… Read more »