Sessions tagged with 'database'

Database Scalability Patterns

Robert Treat (OmniTI)

Presentations: Database Scalability Patterns Presentation [ZIP],
Database Scalability Patterns Presentation 1 [PDF]

Database scalability means different things to different people. Vertical vs. Horizontal scaling? Federating vs. Sharding? Despite the labels database scalability tends to fall into a few common patterns that anyone can apply. In this talk we'll discuss factors for applying these patterns including the life-cycle of your database, how hardware affects your choices, and tools to help you on the way

Database Server Health Check

Josh Berkus (PostgreSQL Experts, Inc.)

Have you given your database server a checkup lately? If not, you probably should. "Sick" database servers are easy to prevent if you take a few simple steps <i>before</i> your server comes down with something.

DB Relay: An Introduction

Brian Bruns (DB Relay), Vlad Didenko (self)

Presentation: DB Relay_ An Introduction Presentation [PPTX]

DB Relay is an open source project built around the NGiNX web server platform, providing an HTTP/JSON interface to a variety of database servers. It enables database access without drivers and web application development without middleware. Designed for operational efficiency and ease of maintenance.

Drizzle in Depth

Brian Aker (HP), Stewart Smith (Percona)

Drizzle is a fork of the MySQL server focused on modularity, improved performance, and community development. This tutorial will give an overview of the current state of Drizzle, the tools around it, and the various language APIs available. The tutorial will go through the steps to install Drizzle, how to get started with management, writing simple applications, and porting existing applications.

MariaDB: The Community Fork Of MySQL

Moderated by: Michael Widenius

MariaDB is a database server that offers drop-in replacement functionality for MySQL. MariaDB is built by some of the original authors of MySQL, with assistance from the broader community of Free and open source software developers. MariaDB offers a rich set of feature enhancements including alternate storage engines, server optimizations, and patches.

Scaling SourceForge with MongoDB

Nosh Petigara (10gen), Rick Copeland (SourceForge.net / GeekNet)

Presentation: Scaling SourceForge with MongoDB Presentation [PDF]

The need for database systems that scale efficiently has led to many alternatives to the traditional RDBMS. This talk presents an overview of these new non-relational databases, collectively referred to as "NoSQL," followed by an in-depth examination of SourceForge.net's deployment of MongoDB, an open-source NoSQL database.

Sharding for the Masses

Giuseppe Maxia (Continuent)

Presentation: Sharding for the Masses Presentation 1 [PDF]

Sharding is a hot topic. Every big web site is using some sharding technique with home made solutions. The quest for the silver bullet goes on without apparent good results. This session will present two MySQL storage engines (Spider and Vertical partitioning) that implement transparent sharding techniques.

Using Drizzle

Eric Day (craigslist)

Presentation: Using Drizzle Presentation 1 [PDF]

Drizzle is a fork of the MySQL server focused on modularity, improved performance, and community development. This session will give an overview of the current state of Drizzle, tools around it, and the various language APIs available. The session will go through the steps to install Drizzle, how to get started with management, and things to watch out for when porting and writing applications.

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