Cool new tools and tricks to guarantee high availability to your MySQL servers

Do you think that High Availability is all about MySQL Replication? Have you tried to alter your tables to NDB to drink at the holy grail of the shared-nothing architectures? High Availability is the #1 request for MySQL Servers, even more popular than scalability and performance. In this presentation we will talk about new tools as well as tried-and-true tools to provide HA, automatic failover and disaster recovery for MySQL - there is a solution for every need.

Ivan Zoratti, CTO of SkySQL, has 25 years of experience in computer science and IT. Ivan started his career at Digital Equipment Corporation, following his passion for the kernel of the PdP 11 machines, RSX and VMS Macro programming. Entrepreneur since 1988, he set up and managed several IT startups in Europe. He has been an independent journalist and author of technical books for 15 years. Since the early 90s, Ivan has been Chief Technical Architect and Chief Technical Officer for non IT companies in sectors like telco, manufacturing and retail.

Ivan Zoratti

CTO of SkySQL

Ivan joined MySQL in 2005 and led the European Pre-Sales team for the Software Infrastructure Group at Sun Microsystems. At SkySQL, he is responsible for the vision of the company and the evolution of new database solutions and services.

A native of Italy, Ivan has lived in Windsor, UK since 2000.