Learn why MySQL was chosen as core database in mission critical system for fund managers of financial firms. In this mission critical financial system, in which database manages more than 1TB and handles over 200 concurrent transactions per second, all operations of front office team are managed including positions, executions and capital management.

MySQL is a great DBMS with a vast feature set. It is lightweight and easy to use "out of the box". What it lacks is a good High-Availability (HA) solution though. There are different approaches to create a HA environment - Depending on software setup and application preferences. This talk will cover everything from pros and cons of different solutions to real world experiences.

An updated overview of MySQL High Availability deployment options with DRBD. Covers DRBD for low-latency workloads (leveraging Dolphin Express interconnect technology), four-way replicated storage redundancy, end-to-end replication integrity checking, and more.

In the daily work of MySQL Support Engineers, alongside genuine problems, there are some that are plain mistakes. These mistakes can become forum questions, or bug reports, or finally Support issues. Even the most advanced users make terrible mistakes that become interesting support case stories. This presentation is a collection of those.

Amazon EC2 is a new platform on which to run MySQL. This session evaluates the performance possible on the variety of hardware configurations available with EC2.

Binlogs are essential for the MySQL Replication. MySQL Proxy can unleash the full power of binlogs: filtering, rewriting, splitting and merging.

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.