MarkR

MarkR has asked 7 questions and find answers to 338 problems.

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Experienced developer; I use stuff like MySQL, perl, work on pretty large systems. If you are a spam bot you might like to email me on [email protected] - otherwise, use my normal address.

MarkR questions

Does a socket shutdown call from another thread always make blocking recv() threads wake up?
What load-balancing system do you use in production? What do you think of it?
How can I simulate a failed disk during testing?
How do I choose a multicast address for my application's use?

MarkR answers

Efficient MySQL schema with partitioning for huge dataset (7.300.000.000 rows and roughly 80 GB of data)
CakePHP High-Availability Server Farm setup
Can index creation use existing indexes?
MySQL: add a field to a large table
Stop 2 identical queries from executing almost simultaneously?
Can ioctl commands in Linux be completely enumerated?
Looking for pattern/approach/suggestions for handling long-running operation tied to web app
O_DIRECT flag for files
How to receive SMS "from around the world" and save in website database?
Disconnect and Reconnect a connected datagram socket