Presentation accepted for OpenStack Spring 2012 Conference

Posted on Wed 28 March 2012 in blog • Tagged with Conference, OpenStack • 1 min read

I just learned that my presentation is going ahead at the OpenStack Spring 2012 Conference.

My presentation, Reliable, Redundant: High Availability in OpenStack, has been accepted for the main conference track. The official schedule isn’t yet up pending confirmation from all speakers, but I’ve been tentatively informed that …


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The Zen of Pacemaker

Posted on Tue 13 March 2012 in presentations • Tagged with Conference, Pacemaker • 1 min read

I team up with Tim Serong and Andrew Beekhof for a tutorial at linux.conf.au 2012.


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Speaking at the 2012 Percona Live MySQL Conference

Posted on Mon 27 February 2012 in blog • Tagged with Conference, MySQL • 2 min read

This year, I have the pleasure of returning to the MySQL Conference & Expo as a speaker. Percona have picked up the torch that O’Reilly had held as the conference organizers, and they’re putting together a 3-day conference this year. I am co-presenting a tutorial with Yves Trudeau from …


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Fencing and Maintaining Sanity in High-Availability Clusters

Posted on Tue 01 November 2011 in presentations • Tagged with Conference • 1 min read

A 45-minute talk I co-presented with Madison Kelly at Linuxcon Europe 2011 in Prague. We explain the purpose of fencing, options for implementing fencing, and common pitfalls.

This presentation rounded out a series of high-availability talks at Linuxcon Europe 2011, the first Linuxcon event hosted by the Linux Foundation in …


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MySQL High Availability Sprint: Launch the Pacemaker!

Posted on Tue 01 November 2011 in presentations • Tagged with Conference, MySQL, Pacemaker • 1 min read

This is a very dense tutorial given at Percona Live UK 2011 in London, England. In three hours, I covered the MySQL HA Stack with Pacemaker and DRBD, front to back.


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