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7:00pm Tuesday, 04/13/2010
The History of Database Systems
Location: Ballroom C
Moderated by: Anders Karlsson
Database systems as a distinct software technology is now coming of age, and it is time to look at the history. Where did it start, what was driving the changes, what made SQL so successful and what is the next big thing? With so many database professionals at one place with diverse backgrounds, this could turn into a real interesting debate. Read more.
10:50am Wednesday, 04/14/2010
Read-Write Splitting: Techniques, Challenges, and Solutions
Architecture and Technology, General, Replication and Scale-Out, Security and Database Administration
 Location: Ballroom D
Baron Schwartz (VividCortex Inc)
Average rating: ****.
(4.12, 8 ratings)
Are you interested in splitting your application's reads and writes, so writes go to the master and SELECT queries go to slaves? This session is for you. Learn common patterns, pitfalls, and solutions. Read more.
11:55am Wednesday, 04/14/2010
Understanding the Role of IO As a Bottleneck
LAMP, MySQL Cluster and High Availability, Performance Tuning and Benchmarking, Security and Database Administration
 Location: Ballroom F
Morgan Tocker (Percona, Inc.)
Average rating: ****.
(4.38, 8 ratings)
Disks are often credited with being the biggest performance bottleneck to any database system. This session introduces you to Linux diagnostic tools, hardware purchasing options, and how you should be thinking about IO. Read more.
2:00pm Wednesday, 04/14/2010
Database Operations at Scale
Products and Services
 Location: Ballroom H
Santosh Janardhan (Facebook), Mark Konetchy (Facebook), Ryan Thiessen (Facebook)
Database operations gets interesting when it involves several thousand databases, a high-profile site and you have a small core team of DBAs. Among other things, we will give a high-level overview of Facebook database architecture, Backup (and recovery) strategy and the mysql upgrade process. Read more.
3:05pm Wednesday, 04/14/2010
Boosting Database Performance with Gearman
Architecture and Technology, Replication and Scale-Out
 Location: Ballroom C
Eric Day (Rackspace Cloud), Giuseppe Maxia (Continuent)
Average rating: ***..
(3.86, 7 ratings)
Many people view topics like Map/Reduce and queue systems as advanced concepts that require in-depth knowledge and time consuming software setup. Gearman is changing all that by making this barrier to entry as low as possible with an open source, distributed job queuing system. This session looks at advanced use cases that demonstrate the power and flexibility of distributed architectures. Read more.
4:25pm Wednesday, 04/14/2010
Get Your Replication On: Advanced Techniques, Tips and Tricks
Architecture and Technology, Replication and Scale-Out
 Location: Ballroom B
Sarah Sproehnle (Cloudera, Inc.), Chris Schneider (Ning.com)
Average rating: ***..
(3.56, 9 ratings)
This talk is for those that know the basics of replication but want to take it to another level. We will show you how replication can solve complicated problems, give you better performance, and avoid excess downtime. Read more.
2:50pm Thursday, 04/15/2010
MySQL Server Diagnostics Beyond Monitoring
Performance Tuning and Benchmarking, Replication and Scale-Out, Security and Database Administration
 Location: Ballroom C
Gerardo Narvaja (OpenMarket Inc.)
Discuss what to look at when regular monitoring information is not descriptive enough. Review how to obtain useful status snapshots and how to interpret the results using real world examples covering items like: replication health, memory allocation, network issues and performance. Read more.
  • Oracle
  • Monty Program
  • Calpont
  • Facebook
  • Gear6
  • Infobright, Inc
  • JasperSoft
  • Joyent
  • Kickfire
  • NorthScale, Inc.
  • Percona
  • Schooner Information Technology
  • Solid Quality Mentors (SolidQ)
  • Intel
  • Pentaho
  • Linux Pro Magazine

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