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Brian Aker

Brian Aker
Fellow, HP

Website | @brianaker | Attendee Directory Profile

Brian has spent his life working on the details of how to build and scale out systems. He is currently working on a new MicroKernel designed MySQL called Drizzle and is building the plumbing required for a new generation of large scale computer deployment. He also spends time working on Apache Modules, Memcached, and Gearman.

In the past, he has been involved with projects for the Army Engineer Corps, The VirtualHospital, Splunk, MySQL, Slashdot, and was a Distinguished Engineer at Sun Microsystems. He calls Seattle his home since that is where his dog Rosalynd is.

Sessions

4:20pm Monday, 07/25/2011
Gearman: From the Worker's Perspective
Location: B118-119
Tags: cloud, distributed, gearman
Brian Aker (HP)
Average rating: ***..
(3.50, 2 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. Read more.
9:40am Tuesday, 07/26/2011
Living In A Relational World
Keynote
 Location: Oregon Ballroom 203/204
Brian Aker (HP)
Average rating: ***..
(3.50, 8 ratings)
We love data, and today we generate data in astronomical amounts. When we hit save on a document, snap a photo, or fill out a form online, we want to know that this data will persist, and we want to know that we can share, access, or reference it in the future. For any meaningful use, we need to how data relates to other data. Read more.
2:20pm Tuesday, 07/26/2011
Drizzle, Virtualizing and Scaling MySQL for the Future
Data: Relational
 Location: C121/122
Tags: cloud, mysql, drizzle, data, dba_dude
Brian Aker (HP)
Average rating: ****.
(4.00, 2 ratings)
Ever wondered what would happen if you could rethink a decade worth of design changes? Drizzle is a redesign of the MySQL server targeted at web development and cloud infrastructure. Update yourself on the latest features, and use cases for Drizzle7 and what is in store for the near future. Read more.