Today before Ivan’s tutorial, he told me that in the 10.0.5 virtual machine images he created, he couldn’t find the Cassandra storage engine. I told him it had to be installed separately, and this is true – you have to install some engines separately!

When you do a yum install MariaDB-server MariaDB-client like the installation instructions tell you to do, you don’t get all storage engines (so running SHOW ENGINES might have you wondering what happened to a bunch of engines). This can easily be seen by doing a yum search MariaDB. On a CentOS 6.4 server with the MariaDB 10.0 repository configured, you should see the following:

MariaDB-cassandra-engine.x86_64 : MariaDB: a very fast and robust SQL database server
MariaDB-client.x86_64 : MariaDB: a very fast and robust SQL database server
MariaDB-common.x86_64 : MariaDB: a very fast and robust SQL …

The second edition of MySQL Connect took place just a few days ago, Sept 21-23, and was a great event. Thank you very much to all participants including speakers, sponsors, exhibitors and attendees! We hope you had a fantastic time and learned a lot.

The keynotes are now available for you to watch on demand (both highlights and full length), including:

The State of the Dolphin
Edward Screven, Chief Corporate Architect, Oracle
Tomas Ulin, Vice President of MySQL Engineering, Oracle

MySQL at Facebook
Harrison Fisk, Manager, Data Performance, Facebook

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We'll have 6 Birds-of-a-Feather sessions at the conference. They offer you the opportunity to engage in lively, passionate and insightful discussions, as well as to influence the MySQL roadmap.

They will take place on Saturday from 5.30pm to 6.30pm, you will therefore be able to continue some of the discussions during the following MySQL Connect reception starting at 6.30pm.

The BoFs this year include:

MySQL Sharding, Replication, and HA
Imperial Ballroom A …

It is our great pleasure to announce that Harrison Fisk will deliver a "MySQL at Facebook" keynote at MySQL Connect!

Our keynote lineup is now as follows:

Saturday, September 21, 9:00 a.m.–10:00 a.m.
The State of The Dolphin

Join Edward Screven, Oracle’s Chief Corporate Architect, and Tomas Ulin, Vice President of MySQL engineering, for the State of the Dolphin keynote address. Learn about Oracle’s MySQL strategy as well as the latest innovations and plans for MySQL.

10:00 a.m.–10:20 a.m.
MySQL At Facebook

MySQL has come a long way at Facebook, now hosting one of the world's largest online data set. Don't miss Harrison's exciting keynote about MySQL at …

Eight MySQL Connect Hands-on Labs will offer you the chance to get hands-on experience about various topics. They will all take place in room Franciscan A/B at the Hilton Union Square and here is the schedule:

MySQL’s EXPLAIN Command New Features - Evgeny Potemkin, Oracle
Saturday, 11.30am - 12.30pm

MySQL Replication Best Practices - Luis Soares, Oracle
Saturday, 1.00pm - 3.30pm

MySQL Cluster Monitoring: Availability and …

We recently looked at InnoDB, Real-World Experiences and Performance Tuning sessions at MySQL Connect. Let's now focus on the MySQL tutorials. You indeed have this year the opportunity to add a third day of tutorials to your MySQL Connect registration. They will be held on Monday September 23 at Moscone South. Whether you are getting started with MySQL or an experienced user, you will get the chance to acquire in-depth knowledge, directly from the source.

Tutorials and …

MySQL Connect is only slightly over 2 weeks away! Many sessions at the conference will offer you the chance to learn how to improve performance using the new features and enhancements of MySQL 5.6. You can see all sessions in our content catalog and pre-enroll in them with Schedule Builder. While the below list may not be exhaustive, performance tuning sessions include:

50 Tips for Boosting MySQL Performance - Arnaud Adant, Oracle
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Following my blog on InnoDB sessions, let's focus today on what you will have the opportunity to learn from MySQL users sharing their real-world experiences along with best practices they've developed.

You should obviously not miss our exciting panel on "Current MySQL Usage Models and Future Developments" featuring Davi Arnaut from LinkedIn, Daniel Austin from PayPal, Mark Callaghan from Facebook and Calvin Sun from Twitter.

The conference sessions will include:

MySQL at Twitter - Calvin Sun and Liang Guo, Twitter
Saturday, 11.30 am, Imperial Ballroom A

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Time flies and MySQL Connect is just around the corner...Schedule Builder was launched last week to help you build your own schedule, selecting and pre-enrolling in sessions you plan to attend.

You can check out the program in our content catalog as well as via a new Focus on MySQL Connect document listing all sessions with time and location. If you’d like to expand your InnoDB knowledge, below are the sessions specifically focused on InnoDB …

Schedule Builder allows you to effectively plan your conference and pre-enroll in MySQL Connect sessions you want to attend. Go ahead and start building your schedule!

With keynotes and over 85 conference sessions, Hands-on Labs, Birds-of-a-Feather sessions and tutorials, MySQL Connect offers you a unique opportunity to boost your MySQL skills and meet the Oracle engineers driving MySQL innovation. You’ll learn how to build next-generation applications with the leading Web and cloud …