Please join us for an afternoon of networking and educational opportunities as the IOUG hosts Matt Yonkovit, MySQL expert, for his presentation: MySQL: What you may or may not know.

Snacks and beverages will be provided.
You must register to attend this event.

Tuesday, September 28^th, 2010
1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
West Loop, Chicago, IL

Abstract
Many people are new to MySQL or simply just deal with it for a few minutes at a time each day. These people cross the spectrum from Oracle DBA's to Ruby developers, they become MySQL Experts in there company out of necessity. Let's face it finding a dedicated superstar MySQL DBA can be challenging in todays environment. My goal is to help those not classically defined as a MySQL expert or DBA build the foundation to grow and build their MySQL skill base.

We will cover the following topics:

• The 5 minute DBA: A crash course to MySQL DBA troubleshooting and Optimizations

• The MySQL Sandtraps: The top developer and dba mistakes I see over and over again at client sites

• MySQL Scalability and High Availability: Discuss options for scaling and hardening your MySQL database environment, how are they different or similar to Oracle or SQL Server?
• OpenSource Projects and releases you need to be aware of: What tools are available to help you manage your environment. What's the deal with all these storage engines? What's a MySQL fork? And why should you pay attention to all these things...  

Matt Yonkovit has over 14 years experience in database architecture, design, and infrastructure. He has worked with all the major RDBMS on the market including 10+ years experience in MySQL, Oracle, and SQL Server. He has worked as a consultant to several fortune 500 and Alexa top 1000 websites helping them build scalable and tested solutions. Over the last few years Matt has worked for MySQL AB, Sun Microsystems, and Percona helping large deployments overcome a multitude of challenges.