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Re: [MariaDB Packagers] [Maria-discuss] Merging FusionIO changes to 10.0.12
by Heinz Wiesinger 16 May '14

16 May '14

On Friday 16 May 2014 17:28:27 Colin Charles wrote: > Hi all, > > MariaDB has worked actively with Fusion-io, and we did release some > improvements in a preview release a little over a month ago: > https://blog.mariadb.org/significant-performance-boost-with-new-mariadb-pag > e-compression-on-fusionio/ > > This was originally planned to be included into 10.0.10, but when we > released the GA, we thought that the feature was not tested thoroughly. > > Now the code has proven stable we are thinking of merging this into 10.0.12. > Yes, we know its already a GA, but this feature will be turned off by > default, and the code is safely encapsulated. If you are not using > Fusion-io or do not turn it on, there is no effect to you. To check, the > changes are in the XtraDB and InnoDB that we ship (storage/xtradb & > storage/innobase). > > Naturally, for those using Fusion-io devices, the benefits are clear - you > will see significant improvements in speed and you will increase the > lifetime of your cards. Think of this like adding drivers to the Linux > kernel from time to time ;) > > What does everyone think? Package maintainers? IMHO it seems like a reasonable feature to merge, even if it means slightly bending the usual GA restrictions. No objections from Slackware here. Grs, Heinz

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