Grant McAlister (Amazon Web Services) delivers the talk, "Aurora PostgreSQL Deep Dive", on DAY 2 of the Percona Live Open Source Database Conference 2018, 4/25, at Santa Clara, CA.

In this session, we will dive deep into the unique features and changes that make up Aurora PostgreSQL - including understanding the architectural differences that contribute to improved scalability, availability, and durability. Some of the items that...

Guido Iaquinti (Slack) delivers the talk, "Designing and launching the next-generation database system @ Slack: from whiteboard to production", on DAY 2 of the Percona Live Open Source Database Conference 2018, 4/25, at Santa Clara, CA.

Slack is a messaging platform for teams that brings all communication together, creating a single unified archive accessible through powerful search.

MySQL is the primary storage for all...

Vicentiu Ciorbaru (MariaDB Foundation) delivers the talk, "Meet MariaDB 10.3", on DAY 2 of the Percona Live Open Source Database Conference 2018, 4/25, at Santa Clara, CA.

MariaDB 10.3 is rapidly approaching GA status. This talk will go through all new features coming in MariaDB 10.3. Highlights are:
* Oracle Compatibility Layer
* System Versioned Tables
* Custom Aggregate Functions

Jonah Berquist (GitHub), Tom Krouper (GitHub) delivers the talk, "MySQL Infrastructure Testing Automation at GitHub", on DAY 2 of the Percona Live Open Source Database Conference 2018, 4/25, at Santa Clara, CA.

The database team at GitHub is tasked with keeping the data available and with maintaining its integrity. Our infrastructure automates away much of our operation, but automation requires trust, and trust is gained by...