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As you might already know, a bundle of Web development oriented tools is available (part of the GlassFish portfolio), called the Web Stack. I have already talked about it here and also here. I will therefore not go much into the details and benefits of using this bundle.

This is thus a quick note to say that the new release (Web Stack1.5) is now available. You can get it here: http://www.sun.com/software/webstack/get.jsp

Web Stack 1.5 ships with the most recent evolutions of the open source releases including latest releases of Apache web server, MySQL 5.1 and more:

Fully relocatable Update Center ips(5) image distribution
Apache HTTP Server 2.2.11
lighttpd 1.4.21
memcached 1.2.5
MySQL 5.0.67 and 5.1
PHP 5.2.9
Python 2.6
Ruby 1.8.7
Squid 2.7.STABLE5
Tomcat 6.0.18
GlassFish v2.1
Sun Continuous Integration Server 1.312

But it also comes with some brand new pieces such ads the "Web Stack Enterprise Manager" and the " Sun Continuous Integration Server " based on the Hudson open source project. I'm quite eager to test those, so as soon as I've played around with it I will come with a more technical oriented post.

Meanwhile, for more information you can go to the following web site: http://sun.com/webstack
And for more technical documentation: http://wikis.sun.com/display/WebStack/Sun+GlassFish+Web+Stack+Documentation

We have unveiled a new a hardware and software system for the deployment of BI infrastructure.

Sun Business Intelligence Solution for Web Infrastructure brings together Sun’s Open Networks Systems with Infobright, the open source data warehousing company, and Pentaho, the commercial open source alternative for business intelligence (BI).

Depending on your data requirements, user traffic, and workload, the solution provides users with server options and storage. Additionally, it offers the flexibility to either separate compute and storage nodes, or separate data warehousing and BI functions onto separate compute nodes.

At the basic level the solution is comprised of the Sun Fire™ X4275 Server which combines both compute and storage capabilities. For higher data requirements users can choose either the Sun Fire™ X2270 Server or Sun Fire™ X4170 Server. Storage is provided by Sun Storage 7310 Unified Storage System and includes Infobright’s column-oriented analytic database integrated with Sun's MySQL. Pentaho BI Suite Enterprise Edition will address the spectrum of end-user BI needs for interactive reporting, analysis and dashboards, along with data integration capabilities.

Read more about the solution here.

Sign up for a white paper on Sun's newest x64 rackmount servers that combine the power of a new generation of Intel® Xeon® Processor 5500 ("Nehalem") series with Sun's system engineering expertise.

The paper, that has information about Sun Fire X4170, X4270, and X4275 Server Architectures, also gives you the technical specifications needed to evaluate these systems for use in your datacenter.

Additional details include:

• · Feature comparisons of the Sun Fire X4170, X4270, and X4275 servers

• · Information on supported operating systems, Sun ILOM, and built-in system management features

• · Optimization guides for memory bandwidth/capacity and flash (SSD), including links to flash resources

Get the FREE white paper here.

Questions? Comments! Please contact SunFire_Nehalem@sun.com.

And how can you do all of these things while keeping costs down?

Sun can give you the answers and Sun can help.

Join us. Learn about how Sun offers the only high-performance directory server with essential data services including proxy, virtual directory and data distribution at the webinar on Enterprise Productivity with Directory Services.

Join in. Following the presentation of 40 minutes, you can participate!! Ask your specific question, request precise explanation on how Sun's Directory Services can fit into your enterprise strategy.

Nick Wooler, Product Line Manager for Sun's Directory products, Directory Server Enterprise Edition (DSEE) and OpenDS will direct the webinar on Wednesday, May 20 2009, at 10am Pacific Time and 1pm Eastern Time.

Questions? Comments? Please send a message to SWI_Webinar_Inquiries@sun.com

Register Now »

In a previous post I started talking about going through the full life cycle of an real and complex PHP application (In our case Olio) 

In that previous post we saw how to get Olio sources, and how to intall Faban to drive load.

Now we will get to the main part which is using Olio sources in NetBeans to build and deploy the system.

Import the source files into NetBeans.

Interested in learning how to scale your Rails applications with JRuby and GlassFish?  Good news, on May 19th and 20th, Sun will be hosting a boot camp featuring top JRuby and GlassFish technologists.  And the great news, day one of this boot camp is positively free!  It’ll detail the benefits of using JRuby and GlassFish for your Rails applications in addition to showing basic integration and configuration practices .  Day two features a technical deep dive that will help you to become a power user equipped with various tricks, guidelines, and strategies.  No doubt, it’ll help you take your Rails apps to the next level!  The cost of day two is $299. Register here.

Details:
Day One (FREE) - May 19th, 2009 - 1pm-4pm PT
Day Two ($299) - May 20th, 2009 - 10am-4pm PT
Bentley Reserve, 301 Battery St, San Francisco, CA
Free lunch and beverages will be provided on Day Two.

For greater details and an agenda go here.

Exactly two weeks from today Sun will present a technical webinar that will give an overview of the scalability and performance improvements of MySQL 5.4.

Our presenters, Allan Packer and Jimmy Guerrero, will explore several benchmarks around MySQL 5.4, including Sysbench results on CMT and Nehalem systems and an OLTP workload derived from an industry-standard benchmark.

MySQL 5.4 has much faster response times (90%), and scalability up to 16-way x86 servers and 64-way CMT servers. So if you are interested in learning about the performance improvements in MySQL 5.4 and related benchmarks please join us on Thursday, May 21 2009 at 3pm San Francisco time and 6pm Boston time.

Sign up here.

NetBeans 6.5 comes now with the PHP support, and OpenSolaris looks like a great development and deployment platforme for AMP (Apache, MySQL, PHP) developers.

In order to confirm this (or not) I'm going to go through the full lifecycle of a real, thus complex PHP application.

You can speed up application performance, simplify your datacenter, and see cost and energy savings with Sun's Open Network System for MySQL. Featuring the Intel Xeon Processor 5500 Series with new Flash-ready options these systems are the industry's only x64 platforms that are optimized to take full advantage of the Intel Xeon Processor 5500 Series.

Learn more at the Web seminar that will take place Tuesday, May 12 2009 at 4pm Boston and New York time (1pm San Francisco).

Register to boost and reduce!

To learn more or access more information to help you improve your MySQL performance, check out sun.com/mysqlx86.

With an eye towards continued innovation, Sun last week announced a new family of x64 blades and rack mount servers based on the Intel Xeon Processor 5500 Series (Nehalem).  The seven new Open Network Systems feature next-generation flash storage technology to eliminate I/O bottlenecks and integrated networking technologies to decrease cost and complexity.  Click here for details about the technical features (like the Network Express Module) and enhanced benefits built into the new systems.

For those of you operating in a web environment, check out Neelakanth Nadgir’s blog about MySQL scalability on the new Nehalem Systems.  Neekalkanth was fortunate enough to have early access to a Sun Fire x4270 and had an opportunity to test some of latest MySQL performance and scalability enhancements.  His blog provides details on his findings. Enjoy.

By now you've  probably heard about the 2009 MySQL User’s Conference and Expo happening April 20–23, in Santa Clara, CA, at the Santa Clara Convention Center and Hyatt Regency Santa Clara.  This deeply technical event brings together over 2,000 open source and database enthusiasts to harness the power of MySQL and it’s huge ecosystem.  The excitement is building in anticipation of four full days of energy, creativity, and knowledge.

The Independent Software Vendor (ISV)/Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) track has in depth technical sessions designed specifically for ISVs and OEMs. The sessions that are slated for the conference include:

•  MySQL Embedded - Getting started with libmysqld - with Anders Karlsson (MySQL)

• Not So Quiet on the C++ Front - with Andrey Hristov (SUN Microsystems)
  

• Securely and Seamlessly Deploy MySQL with your Application – with Lee Stigile (MySQL) and John David Duncan (MySQL)

• Faster Data Reduction and Smoothing for Analysis & Archival in MySQL – with Michael McFadden (Sciencelogic.com)

• The Nitro Storage Engine: Simple Steps To Extreme Performance – with Paul Whittington (NitroSecurity, Inc.)

• Clickability: Scaling SaaS with MySQL and Memcached -with Jeff Freund (Clickability)

• The ScaleDB Storage Engine: Enabling High Performance and Scalability using Materialized Views and a Shared-Disk clustering architecture -with Moshe Shadmon (ScaleDB)

• Inserts at Drive Speed: Designing a Custom Storage Engine for Write-Mostly Applications -with Ben Haley (NetQoS)
  

Get more detail and scheduling info on all of the above sessions here.
Not registered?  What are you waiting for? Click here and get geared up for all the fun and excitement sure to be had at the 2009 MySQL Conference and Expo. 

As an ISV, are you asking yourself, why and when should I use MySQL Enterprise? Below are some guidelines you might find useful.

In a recent post by our ISV Engineering colleague, Adina Kalin, she wrote that when your application is ready for deployment and your business’ growth is ramping up, MySQL Enterprise tools such as the MySQL Enterprise Monitor, MySQL Query Analyzer , and MySQL Cluster will prove invaluable for keeping your servers under control.  As a result, ISVs can realize improved application availability and an impressive ability to discover slow sqls.  ISVs can also take advantage of quarterly source/binary releases and gain access to a developer version of the MySQL Enterprise software with a limited license for testing by registering for the MECA program.

If you are developing and deploying in a web environment be sure to take advantage of additional resources and information on the Sun Partner Advantage ISV Web Community site.

From Web and more, a new week and new insights!  Check out this especially well written entry from Dave Lutz’s blog focused on MySQL query cache sizing.  The entry's in-depth content draws upon an actual customer usage experience and addresses various issues related to the query cache like ideal sizing and migration.

As highlighted in his blog, Dave utilizes multiple technical tools like the DTraceToolkit and the query cache section of the MySQL documentation library, all of which are available to ISVs using MySQL.  For other technical resources tailored to an ISV audience, check out the resources page of the Sun Partner Advantage Web Community.

From Web and more to your browser, check out this insightful document about getting started with Project jMaki.  Project jMaki is a lightweight framework for creating web applications using built-in templates as well as a model for creating and using Ajax-enabled customizable widgets.  Also included is a set of services to tie the widgets together and enable them to communicate with external services.

This tutorial gives step-by-step instructions for adding jMaki widgets to a web application, populating widgets with data, handling widget events, and accessing external services from widgets.