Tricks and Tradeoffs of Deploying MySQL Clusters in the Cloud Thorsten von Eicken (RightScale, Inc) The slides at http://assets.en.oreilly.com/1/event/21/Tricks%20and%20Tradeoffs%20of%20Deploying%20MySQL%20Clusters%20in%20the%20Cloud%20Presentation The official conference page is at http://www.mysqlconf.com/mysql2009/public/schedule/detail/6912 Unfortunately, this video was cutoff at the beginning, but most of the presentation is available.

I had so much to say in response to a recent post asking about virtualization from Jennifer Glore that I realized it was long enough to be a blog post.It really depends on what you're looking to do. Many companies don't have the money and staff to have an in-house data center with proper power and network redundancy; others don't want the depreciati

Brian Aker introduces EC2.

A list of three cautions when moving to cloud computing (Amazon EC2).

Launching MySQL databases in "The Cloud" can make a DBA's dreams come true. While it is relatively easy to set up special-purpose replicas or scale out on demand -- it is not as easy as it looks! RightScale, the leader in cloud computing management,has already launched thousands of MySQL clusters in the cloud and can help attendees understand the tradeoffs and tricks it takes to do it right.

This presentation explores what cloud computing means beyond being a buzz-word and touches upon the various scenarios where MySQL and Pentaho Data Integration (Kettle) can be deployed on a large number of hosts to process data in parallel.

the motivation for the cloud and its democratic technology

RightScale, the cloud tamer