In this Presentation i have given my thoughts about MySQL from my experience. It has a few insights about its past and future. I have taken this presentation @Oracle MySQL User camp.

1. MySQL FROM A DBA PRESPECTIVE
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2. Agenda
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About me
What a DBA expects ?
Current Status of MySQL
Opportunities in MySQL
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3. About me
• P.R.Karthik
• 3 Years experience in MySQL as a DBA.
• Worked for various e-commerce companies in INDIA.
• remotemysqldba.blogspot
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4. What a DBA expects ?
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Stable software
Performance matters
Features
Goes along with technologies
Easy to maintain and Monitor
Good Community
Technical Support
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5. What a DBA expects ?
• Stable software
History over 18 years
Proven & Used widely
• Performance matters
Scales well in all Hardware's
More parameters
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6. What a DBA expects ?
• Features
High Availability solutions
Backup and Recovery
• Goes along with technology
Optimized for SSD’s
No-SQL , Multi-core usage.
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7. What a DBA expects ?
• Easy to maintain and Monitor
Good defense is the best offence.
MySQL enterprise Monitor, Workbench
Numerous Open Source tools are also available
Nagios, Monyog, DBTuna, mytop and other third party tools.
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8. What a DBA expects ?
• Good Community
Large MySQL community
More Online resources and blogs are available
• Technical Support.
Support in case of emergencies and migrations.
Oracle MySQL support team , others and independent
MySQL consultants .
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9. Current Status of MySQL
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MySQL growth under Oracle seems promising.
MySQL 5.6 has numerous features.
MySQL now has different flavors.
Recent Conferences
MySQL open connect
Virtual developers
Percona Live MySQL Conference
SkySQL and MariaDB Road show
• Fractal tree index made as open source.
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10. Opportunities in MySQL
• MySQL DBA market is wide open.
• Rapid growth in MySQL deployment.
• High demand for MySQL experts.
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11. THANKS FOR
PARTICIPATION
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