Session
Choosing Hardware for MySQL
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
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.








