Session
Choosing Hardware for MySQL

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January 11th, 2012 @ 10:55AM

Abstract

In this session you'll learn how to choose hardware that helps MySQL execute queries the most quickly, while providing the best price-to-performance ratio. This includes choosing and configuring CPUs, RAM, network, and storage systems. We'll also discuss what performance you can expect from various Amazon EC2 instance sizes, including EBS volumes and Amazon's RDS service for MySQL.

Tracks: DBA, Manager

Level: Intermediate

Slides

Speaker

Kenny Gryp

Kenny Gryp

Principal Consultant, Percona

Kenny joined Percona in July 2010. He came from the online social network NetLog, where he was the MySQL DBA. He started using open source long before the Millenium and has been involved in system administration for more than 7 years. Kenny loves cooking for his girlfriend, traveling, learning new things, and meeting new people. He lives in Belgium.

 

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