Category: Random

  • How to shop for new data tools

    It’s pretty difficult to find a tool in the data space that has no competition; the space is inundated with options right now. This can mean there is a lot of noise out there, but it also means you have a good chance of finding the tool that works for you.

  • Moving the data dir of MariaDB on CentOS7/RHEL7

    You should have root access to the CentOS host and a new target directory ready for the MariaDB data. For this guide, our new target directory is /data/database. First, stop MariaDB. systemctl stop mariadb Now, copy your existing database directory to the new location. By default, it is /var/lib/mysql. If it’s not there, check the […]