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9:00am Tuesday, 04/12/2011
State of the Dolphin
Keynote
 Location: Ballroom EFGH
Please note: This and all other keynotes will be live streamed and recorded.
Tomas Ulin (Oracle), Duleepa Wijayawardhana (Empire Avenue)
Average rating: ****.
(4.00, 17 ratings)
Join Tomas Ulin, Oracle’s Vice President of MySQL Engineering, as he summarizes MySQL’s first year under Oracle’s stewardship, discusses the current and ongoing engagement with the MySQL user community and offers insights into future roadmaps and commitment to MySQL products. Read more.
10:50am Tuesday, 04/12/2011
Large datasets in MySQL on Amazon EC2
Architecture and Technology, Cloud Computing, Memcached
 Location: Ballroom F
Tags: ec2
Anders Karlsson (Recorded Future)
Average rating: ***..
(3.50, 2 ratings)
Does it really work well to have large amount of data on Amazon EC2? Yes it does, but it does require some careful thinking and testing. EC2 is not like your standard Linux box when in terms of cabability of sustaining a high load and large amounts of data. But it can sure be done, but in a different way. This talk is about what Recorded Future has experienced when working with EC2. Read more.
10:50am Tuesday, 04/12/2011
Real-world Experiences Managing Large MySQL Fleet
Architecture and Technology, Cloud Computing, Replication and Scale-Out
 Location: Ballroom D
Tags: mysql, amazon, case_study
John Smiley (Amazon.com)
Average rating: **...
(2.14, 7 ratings)
Amazon engineers share experiences managing a large fleet of MySQL databases. Read more.
10:50am Tuesday, 04/12/2011
Where does MySQL Fit In (at Craigslist)?
Architecture and Technology
 Location: Ballroom A
Tags: case_study, craigslist
Jeremy Zawodny (craigslist.org)
Average rating: ***..
(3.22, 9 ratings)
This talk will discuss the ongoing evolution of data storage at Craigslist, starting from a homogeneous one-size fits all "MySQL everywhere" approach and moving toward a heterogeneous environment that considers our real data and performance needs and the plethora of tools available today (including Redis, MongoDB, MySQL, and Sphinx). Read more.
3:05pm Wednesday, 04/13/2011
War Stories and Solutions: Operational Fun with PostgreSQL and PostGIS in the Cloud
Architecture and Technology, GIS, Performance Tuning and Benchmarking, PostgreSQL
 Location: Ballroom D
Tags: cloud, postgresql, ec2, postgis, gis, location, case_study
Andy Parsons (Obikosh.com)
As CTO of Outside.in, and in my new stealth company, I've seen my share of challenging scenarios keeping a very busy PostgreSQL-based startup online and responsive during tremendous growth. EC2 + PostgreSQL + PostGIS + no downtime. Others can probably learn from my battle scars! Read more.
  • EnterpriseDB
  • Amazon Web Services
  • Clustrix
  • Continuent
  • Facebook
  • HTI Consultoria e Tecnologia
  • Monty Program
  • Percona
  • Rackspace Hosting
  • Schooner Information Technology
  • SkySQL
  • Xeround

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