arfr

sudo su

apt-get install curl git subversion imagemagick libmagickwand-dev mysql-server mysql-client libmysqlclient-dev

# password, password <- for mysql

curl -L get.rvm.io | bash -s stable --ruby=2.1.2

useradd -r redmine

hest

def get_count(q):
    count_q = q.statement.with_only_columns([func.count()]).order_by(None)
    count = q.session.execute(count_q).scalar()
    return count

q = session.query(TestModel).filter(...).order_by(...)

# Slow: SELECT COUNT(*) FROM (SELECT ... FROM TestModel WHERE ...) ...
print q.count()

douglasjarquin

rds-modify-db-parameter-group {param-group-name} \
--parameters="name=character_set_server, value=utf8, method=pending-reboot" \
--parameters="name=collation_server, value=utf8_general_ci, method=pending-reboot" \
--parameters="name=tmp_table_size, value={DBInstanceClassMemory/16}, method=pending-reboot" \
--parameters="name=max_heap_table_size, value={DBInstanceClassMemory/16}, method=pending-reboot" \
--parameters="name=query_cache_type, value=1, method=pending-reboot" \
--parameters="name=query_cache_size, value=131072, method=pending-reboot" \
--parameters="name=table_open_cache, value=2500, method=pending-reboot" \
--parameters="name=join_buffer_size, value={DBInstanceClassMemory/64}, method=pending-reboot" \
--parameters="name=thread_cache_size, value={DBInstanceClassMemory/12582880}, method=pending-reboot" \