An overview of MySQL forks and alternative Storage Engines

Ronald Bradford

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An overview of MySQL forks and alternative Storage Engines

Note: Registration will open on May 30, 2013 Thursday 6:30pm

Over the past few years, the MySQL open source ecosystem has seen a growing number of MySQL forks and alternative storage engines gain attention. These technologies aim to solve problems and optimize solutions that may not be fully addressed by the main MySQL project. Ronald will help educate us on what these options are, some historical perspective, their state of maturity/stability and when and why one might want to use them. A list of some of the technologies covered includes the MySQL software including Oracle MySQL, MariaDB, Percona Server, Drizzle and Galera. Storage engines including XtraDB, TokuDB, Aria, PBXT, Infobright, and additional supporting options like tungsten replicator. These solutions all aim to provide some additional benefit, whether these are to enhance performance for various use cases, improve replication and clustering, or add features to native MySQL.

Links:

MySQL: http://www.mysql.com/

Ronald Bradford's homepage: http://ronaldbradford.com/

About Ronald Bradford:
Ronald Bradford is a recognized MySQL expert, author and speaker.He provides consulting in system and database architecture specializing in cloud deployments and MYSQL consulting in performance analysis and tuning, improving scalability and high availability. He is the author of four books, Effective MySQL: Replication Techniques in Depth (2012), Effective MySQL: Backup and Recovery (2012), Effective MySQL: Optimizing SQL Statements (2011) and Expert MySQL and PHP (2010).

Stammtisch - After the meeting ... Join us around 9:00 PM or so at McKenna's Pub at 250 West 14th Street for some additional conversation and drinks.