MySQL presentations slides

This page contains the presentation slides for various talks I gave about MySQL.

Performing MySQL Backups using LVM Snapshots

I performed this talk on 2008-04-16 at the MySQL Conference & Expo 2008 in Santa Clara, CA. It gives an introduction to the Linux Volume Management Subsystem "LVM" and explains how to utilize it for performing backups of a MySQL Server using Volume Snapshots.

Opening the doors (and windows) of the Cathedral - Enabling an architecture of participation around the MySQL Server (August 2007)

A presentation about the various projects inside of MySQL to better involve the community in the development process of the MySQL Server and related products. It was first held on 2007-08-25 at the FrOSCon in St. Augustin, Germany.

What's new at MySQL AB (February 2007)

A quick update about some product news and other highlights of what has happened at MySQL in the past few months. I gave this talk at our fifth MySQL Hamburg Meetup as a rehearsal for my lighning talk at the FOSDEM conference.

Hochverfügbarkeitslösungen mit MySQL

A session about how to achieve High Availability (HA) with MySQL using Replication and MySQL Cluster, presented at the Fachhochschule Wilhelmshaven on 2006-11-02.

Was gibt es Neues bei MySQL? (September 2006)

A short presentation about the highlights of what has happened at MySQL AB since the last time we met, presented at the third Hamburg MySQL User Group meeting on September, 4th 2006.

Was gibt es Neues bei MySQL? (July 2006)

A short presentation about the highlights of what has happened at MySQL AB since the last time we met, presented at the second Hamburg MySQL User Group meeting on July, 3rd 2006.

MySQL AB - Firmenübersicht

A short presentation (in German) about MySQL AB (the company behind MySQL) for the first meeting of the Hamburg MySQL User Group.

MySQL Administration: Backup and Security Strategies on Linux

This is a talk about how to secure and backup MySQL on a Linux system. It was given at the Open Source Database Conference 05 in Frankfurt, Germany on November, 9th 2005.

Spatial Extensions in MySQL 4.1

Early on November 2003 I was giving a talk about "Spatial Extensions in MySQL 4.1" at the International PHP Conference 2003 in Frankfurt, Germany.

If you want to learn more about this feature, please read the chapter about Spatial Extensions in the MySQL manual

Other people's slides

These are slides of MySQL-related talks I collected when I organized or attended the event myself:

Ruby on Rails/Active Record

This talk was held by Stefan Saasen at our fourth MySQL User Group Meetup on 2006-11-06.

Primebase XT Storage Engine for MySQL

At the 3rd Hamburg MySQL User Group Meeting in September 2006, Paul McCullagh also gave a presentation about the Primebase XT Storage engine for MySQL.

MySQL Cluster

Kai Voigt gave a presentation about MySQL Cluster at our first MySQL User Group Meeting.

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