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The Silicon Valley SQL Server User Group July Meetup

Date
Wed, 22 Jul 2009, 01:30 - 03:30 (Add to calendar) GMT
Venue
(Exact location not available) , Mountain View, US
Cost
Free

Speaker: Christa Stelzmuller of MySpace

Get an “inside view” of the MySpace database infrastructure from the Chief Data Architect. You'll hear about the choices made by IT management, and the reasons behind their decisions.

You will learn about:[list]

  • Common challenges faced in scaling for a distributed data environment
  • Approaches to managing transactions across a highly distributed data infrastructure
  • How MySpace administers many databases with only a few DBAs
  • [/list] This session will be valuable for SQL Developers, Data/System Architects, and anyone working with SQL Server. Christa will also cover: [list]
  • Scaling the Database Tier
  • Infrastructure Segments
  • Horizontal Partitioning
  • Challenges with Scaling
  • Data Location
  • Awareness & Resiliency
  • Database Ecosystem In Context
  • Managing Growth
  • [/list] Christa Stelzmuller is Chief Data Architect at MySpace headquartered out of Beverly Hills. She came to MySpace in 2006 from Yahoo! in Santa Monica, CA where she spent five years as an Engineering Manager and Data Architect for the Yahoo! Music team. She has been working on Microsoft SQL Server products since version 7.0 and has over 10 years experience in data architecture and development, focusing on very large databases with high volumes of transactions.

    Need more information?[color=firebrick][/color] Email Mark Ginnebaugh at mark@designmind.com

    General Agenda
    6:30 to 7:00 pm - Introductions, food, networking
    7:00 to 8:30 pm - Presentation and Q&A

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