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How I Install Sun Java Jdk on Ubuntu Linux

Oracle’s licensing debacle is annoying, and I would love to ditch the Sun JVM. But, nothing out there is 100% compatible and free....

Script to Backup Files Mysql to S3 and to Restore Them

Here is my script that will backup files & MySQL db’s to Amazon S3, and restore them. Thanks to the team over at Chatterfly, c...

Amazon Ebs Provisioned Iops and Ebs Connected Instances

Amazon just blew my mind (again!) with dedicated IOPS EBS volumes and instances with dedicated connectivity to the EBS network. Th...

Howto Install Percona With Xtradb Mysql on Ubuntu via Packags

Percona makes a great MySQL distribution, including their drop in replacement for innodb, XtraDB. This Bash snippit will install P...