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Robert Treat
COO, OmniTI

Website | @robtreat2 | Attendee Directory Profile

Working on database backed, internet based systems for over a decade, Robert is co-author of the book Beginning PHP and PostgreSQL 8, maintains the phpPgAdmin software package, and has been recognized as a major contributor to the PostgreSQL project for his work over the years. An international speaker on databases, open source, and managing web operations at scale, he spends his days as COO of OmniTI, perhaps the best technology consulting firm on the planet.

Sessions

4:20pm Tuesday, 07/26/2011
Database Scalability Patterns: Sharding for Massive Growth
Location: C121/122
Tags: database, postgres, scalability, patterns, mysql_
Robert Treat (OmniTI)
Average rating: ****.
(4.17, 6 ratings)
Everyone thinks they know what sharding is and how to do it, but simple horizontal read scaling is the small potatoes. In this talk we'll focus on the sharding pattern for large scale read/write architectures, based on real world implementations. Supporting millions of users on commodity hardware doesn't need magical software, just careful application of the right scalability pattern. Read more.
1:40pm Wednesday, 07/27/2011
Pro PostgreSQL 9
Data: Relational
 Location: Oregon Ballroom 204
Tags: sql, postgres, dba
Robert Treat (OmniTI)
Average rating: ***..
(3.50, 6 ratings)
The open source database landscape has never been in more turmoil, and yet the popularity of Postgres continues to grow and grow. Get up to speed on what you need to know to administer the world's most advanced open source database, including installation, configuration, tuning, and how best to use PostgreSQL's community resources; with special focus on Postgres 9 and the upcoming 9.1 release. Read more.