How to Turbo-charge your MySQL Performance using Flash Storage

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Wednesday, March 21, 2012 Baron Schwartz, Shirish Jamthe, Shridar Subramanian, Vadim Tkachenko

How to Turbo-charge your MySQL Performance using Flash Storage

Today many organizations are moving their MySQL deployments from traditional spindle-based storage to flash-based solid-state storage for improved performance and scalability. The promise of database server consolidation, improved space/energy efficiency, and decreased system and operational costs is driving this migration. But IT professionals are cautious about this transition because the best way to configure and manage MySQL on flash-based storage is not widely known. Join Virident Systems and Percona for a free webinar to find out how to succeed with MySQL on flash storage.

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About the Authors

Baron Schwartz

CEO - VividCortex

Shirish Jamthe

Shridar Subramanian

Mr. Subramanian has over 18 years of experience in senior level marketing and engineering positions with high-technology/high growth companies. Mr. Subramanian received his undergraduate degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Bombay, Master's in Computer Science from Penn State University and MBA from the University of Chicago.

Vadim Tkachenko

Vadim Tkachenko co-founded Percona in 2006 and serves as its Chief Technology Officer. Vadim leads Percona Labs, which focuses on technology research and performance evaluations of Percona’s and third-party products. Percona Labs designs no-gimmick tests of hardware, filesystems, storage engines, and databases that surpass the standard performance and functionality scenario benchmarks. Vadim’s expertise in LAMP performance and multi-threaded programming help optimize MySQL and InnoDB internals to take full advantage of modern hardware. Oracle Corporation and its predecessors have incorporated Vadim’s source code patches into the mainstream MySQL and InnoDB products. He also co-authored the book High Performance MySQL: Optimization, Backups, and Replication 3rd Edition. Previously, he founded a web development company in his native Ukraine and spent two years in the High Performance Group within the official MySQL support team. Vadim received a BS in Economics and an MS in computer science from the National Technical University of Ukraine. He now lives in California with his wife and two children.