Now that the thanksgiving holiday is over, it seems like the perfect time to have another #DBHangOps. If you’re interested, check this twitter search or check back on my blog here for a link to the google hangout.

Items currently on our agenda for today:
* Data corruption!
* Monitoring — what do you monitor, why, etc.
* Query killing — do you kill queries in production regularly, or in emergencies?
* Fun or useful configurations

Looking forward to chatting about MySQL stuff today!
Fun time hitting these topics this week. Check out the recording:

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First 10 to register this week will benefit from a 40% discount

The Percona Live MySQL Conference: London 2012 is just around the corner and we’ll be present both with talks as well as in the exhibition hall alongside other sponsors of the conference.

Talks & Hot Topics

Our very own Ivan Zoratti has the following two talks on Tuesday December 4th:

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Ashisuto greatly expands support services for Enterprise users of MySQL & MariaDB open source database software

So, this is exciting news and something that my colleague Daniel Saito had been working on for years: enterprise-ready, 24/365 Japanese support for the MySQL and MariaDB databases!

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Une soirée de conférence et networking intitulée: "MySQL, le Cloud et MariaDB" Invitation - Meetup SkySQL

Mercredi 12 décembre 2012 de 19h à 22h30

SkySQL Ab vous invite à une soirée de conférence et networking intitulée :

« MySQL, le Cloud et MariaDB »

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SkySQL’s live in the UK – come and check us out at Oxford University - devfest

There will be a nice contrast in the air as the ancient institution of Oxford University plays home to the latest trends in open source software at the All Your Base conference, taking place at the Said Business School on the 23rd November. And we are prepared to show off our new Cloud and Enterprise products, allowing developers to get hands-on with the solutions.

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If you're planning to attend UKOUG in Birmingham on Dec 3-5, here's your guide to know more about Oracle's MySQL.

There's a MySQL stream on Monday 5th and we've a great list of sessions, including:

• Rich Mason's keynote on how to Deploy, Scale and Save with Linux, Virtualization and MySQL
• Keith Hollman on stage to discuss how to Embrace Database Diversity
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SkySQL™ Cloud Data Suite now comes with 4 nodes system on AWS Plus: AWS tips & tricks, updated administration console, new video tour & more

As with all new open source software products, updates are a continuous process and we’ve been busy since the launch of the SkySQL™ Cloud Data Suitelast September! Here is a snapshot of the latest developments with our Cloud Data Suite, a collection of software components that provides a highly available database solution in a cloud environment, based on MySQL & MariaDB, deployable in the Amazon Cloud, i.e. AWS.

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Congratulations to the co-founder of MySQL AB & SkySQL Board Member We’re proud to have David on our team

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Woooo, just wrapped up another night of #DBHangOps, check out the video:

For those of you who aren’t familiar with this awesome series of videos, it’s a bi-weekly meeting of MySQL DBAs via a Google Hangout to simply talk about databases (specifically MySQL). The discussions range anywhere from silly stories to awesome learnings and even little gotchas to know about when working with MySQL operationally. If you’re interested in catching when the next #DBHangops will happen, check MySQL planet for a blog post about it, or check this twitter search.

We look forward to talking with you!