Running Elgg on a MySQL cluster

I have recently been exploring some aspects of the Elgg scalability question by exploring how easy it would be to get the latest version of Elgg (1.6) running on a MySQL cluster. In this article I will document the process, but first I should point out: This is highly experimental and not endorsed in any […]

Marcus Povey

I have recently been exploring some aspects of the Elgg scalability question by exploring how easy it would be to get the latest version of Elgg (1.6) running on a MySQL cluster. In this article I will document the process, but first I should point out: This is highly experimental and not endorsed in any […]

Pastures new

I would like to interrupt your usual reading in order to make a brief announcement: I joined the Elgg team full time back in 2008 (after having worked for them as a technology consultant). I was there at the birth of the Elgg 1.0 codebase (which I helped design) and was delighted to see Elgg […]

Marcus Povey

I would like to interrupt your usual reading in order to make a brief announcement: I joined the Elgg team full time back in 2008 (after having worked for them as a technology consultant). I was there at the birth of the Elgg 1.0 codebase (which I helped design) and was delighted to see Elgg […]

#oxtwestival and the jam

Gosh, it was a busy day yesterday, and in all honesty I haven’t quite assimilated it yet! The day began (albeit a little bit late) at the young but fantastic Oxford Geek Jam, where we all got together at the Jam factory to hack on some code. What we were working on this time was […]

Marcus Povey

Gosh, it was a busy day yesterday, and in all honesty I haven’t quite assimilated it yet! The day began (albeit a little bit late) at the young but fantastic Oxford Geek Jam, where we all got together at the Jam factory to hack on some code. What we were working on this time was […]