There should be nothing more important to a database administrator than backups, restoration and disaster recovery planning. Unfortunately it is an often neglected area of database administration. This session will cover the importance of these vital areas and practical information about the ways to perform backups and recovery with currently available technology.

Tutorial about MySQL partitions at the MySQL conference 2009. How to create them, what they are about, use cases, benchmarks tips, and tricks.

Insightful presentation giving an overview over MySQL HA Solutions.

Tomas Ulin, MySQL Server Director, explains the new MySQL release model which has just recently been announced.

A quick demo of MySQL Sandbox

Introduction to MySQL, as given to the Open Communities Forum in Madrid, on June 17, 2009