Team APAC

Hello,

I am pleased to announce that we run an informative webinar during Australia and New Zealand business hours!  In this webinar, we will explain about MySQL 5.1 and other new features which can improve your database performance.  So check it out!

【Webinar Summary】

• Title:

Boost Performance with 5.1 and Query Analyzer (ANZ)

• Date:

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009
10:00 am in Sydney time
12:00 pm in Wellington

• Presenter:

Robin Schumacher, Director of Product Management, Sun MySQL
Rob Young, Senior Manager of Product Management, Sun MySQL

• Register:

http://www.mysql.com/news-and-events/web-seminars/display-293.html

Join this webinar to learn how MySQL Enterprise now delivers higher performance for large-scale enterprise applications through Partitioning and Row-Based Replication - as well as the ability to further optimize database performance and manage scale with Query Analyzer; a must-have tool for DBAs and developers to identify and analyze problem SQL code causing performance issues and slow downs.

Best Regards,

Kazumi

Hello,

A couple of days after the MySQL User Conference Japan, there was a MySQL event in Delhi on November 3rd and in Mumbai on November 4th.
Although it was right after the national holiday in India, lots of people attended these events.  We very much appreciate those who took time to come over the venue!

During the event, David Axmark (MySQL Co-Founder), Brian Aker (Director of Technology), Jimmy Guerrero (Sr. Product Marketing Manager) and Hiromasa Yazaki (Director of Asia Pacific MySQL Business) delivered technical presentations for wide range of topics including:

- State of MySQL,
- Licensing and Introduction to MySQL products
- Solving Common MySQL DBA Challenges
- Everything you need to know about MySQL5.1
- MySQL Enterprise Tools: Workbench, Query Analyzer and Proxy
- Application Clustering

We hope we will have a next chance soon to visit India again !

Kazumi

Hello,

MySQL User Conference Japan 2008 will take place on October 30 & 31 at the Tokyo Station Conference (5th floor), which is just one week to go.  Staffs have been working very hard to prepare for it so that everyone will be able to enjoy the event.
So visit the conference site below to register now!

“MySQL User Conference Japan 2008 ~ Harness the Power of MySQL ~”

• Details & Pre-registration Site: http://jp.sun.com/company/events/mysql/

• Date　　: 10/30/2008 – 10/31/2008
• Location : Tokyo Station Conference 5th Floor (http://www.tstc.jp/access/index.html)
• Fee    : Free for those pre-registered in advance (5,000 JPY for non-registered)
• Hosted by : Sun Microsystems K.K.
• Details   : http://jp.sun.com/company/events/mysql/

This is the first User Conference after MySQL has been acquired by Sun Microsystems.  On the theme of “Harness the Power of MySQL”, we will present variable advantages and capabilities of MySQL products for example latest news of new products, scaling, optimization, internal architecture and business trends. With the cooperation of MySQL developers, partners and users, MySQL User Conference Japan 2008 will provide you with a chance to feel and enjoy the MySQL world!

Participate Sessions, Exhibitions and Reception for free!
If you register via the event registration page in advance, you can enter the venue and participate sessions, exhibition hole and reception for free.

Even if a session you would like to participate is already full, please use the “Exhibitions only” option and come to the venue.  If there is a seat available of the session during the event, you can still attend it.

So visit the link and register now!
http://jp.sun.com/company/events/mysql/

Please note that pre-registration does not guarantee your seat.  Since there are limited numbers of seats available, we would recommend to come to the session hole ahead of the time.

We are looking forward to seeing at the venue,

Kazumi

Hello,

It is pleasure for me to inform that the MySQL User Conference Japan 2008 web site is now open and you can register for sessions!

Registration Site:　http://jp.sun.com/company/events/mysql/
Date: 10/30/2008 – 10/31/2008
Location: Tokyo Station Conference (http://www.tstc.jp/access/index.html)
Fee: Free for those who get registered in advance, 5000 JP Yen for non-registered attendees
Hosted by: Sun Microsystems K.K.

We will have great speakers from Sun Microsystems Inc. such as Kaj Arno (VP Community Relations), Brian Aker (Technology Director) and Jimmy Guerrero (Senior Product Marketing Manager).

Sessions will cover a wide range of topics including Memchached, performance tuning, MySQL Cluster Carrier Grade Edition introduction, Web 2.0, mission critical application, latest case studies, hints & tips by MySQL engineers and many more!
And there will be BOF (Birds Of a Feather) sessions and freely exchange everyone’s opinion.

In addition, we will have exhibition booths and you can directly talk with partner companies.  Stamp rally and reception are planned as well.

Please visit http://jp.sun.com/company/events/mysql/ and register yourself now!

We are very much looking forward to seeing you at the venue!

Kazumi

Hi,

The technical webinar titled “Scalable MySQL High Availability Architectures” has been scheduled on September 12.

Here is general information:

- Title: MySQL Live Webinar: Scalable MySQL High Availability Architectures (Australia time)
- Date: Friday, September 12, 2008, 9:00 Sydney time, 11:00 am Wellington time, September 11 at 6:00 pm CDT
- Presenter: Jimmy Guerrero, Sr Product Marketing Manager, Sun Microsystems - Database Group
- Registration URL: http://www.mysql.com/news-and-events/web-seminars/display-200.html

This webinar will explore various MySQL high availability technologies and architectures. We will explore the uses cases for when to implement MySQL Replication, MySQL Cluster, Distributed Replicated Block Device (DRBD) and other high-availability technologies.  Also, covered will be the fundamentals of how these technologies work and how they can be combined to create a more scalable and highly available database infrastructure. Several case studies will be presented to show how these technologies have been implemented in the real world.

Looking forward to your registration,

Kazumi

Hi,

We are planning a series of live webinars for the time slot which is convenient for APAC regions.

Have you concerned scalability or performance of MySQL in a production environment at a fast-growing company? Then, this is a chance to learn MySQL more! This series of webinars consists of four webinars which will explain MySQL features and resolve such concerns. Each webinar will introduce actual case studies and best practices to drive your understandings on MySQL. Also we will include descriptions on relative MySQL Enterprise purchase options at the end.

Planned Webinar Topics

1. High Availability/Scalability
2. Clustering
3. Monitoring/Backup/Recovery
4. Performance

*The above topics are subject to change.

1^st Webinar Schedule

“MySQL High Availability/Scalability Solutions”

For the enterprise mission critical system, sometimes a downtime can cause a huge impact on both business and social activities as well. Therefore, the mission critical system is required to continuously operate at high availability level 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Then how is it possible to achieve it? This webinar focuses on high availability solutions and scalability technologies with MySQL such as DRBD (Distributed Replicated Block Device) and replication to ensure the availability for a mission critical system at a fast-growing company.

- Presenter: Ryusuke Kajiyama, MySQL Senior Evangelist, Sun Microsystems K.K.
- Date: Tuesday, September 9, 2008: 2:00 pm Japan time, 1:00 pm in Beijing and Singapore, 3:00 pm in Sydney
- Registe: http://www.mysql.com/news-and-events/web-seminars/display-201.html

We will look forward to your participation!

Kazumi

Hi!

On August12th, we will host a live webinar which introduces MySQL products. Here is general information:

• Title: Introducting MySQL Products

• Date: Tuesday, August 12 at 2:00 pm JPT,at 3:00 pm in Sydney, at 1:00 pm in Singapore, Beijing and Manila Philippine, at 2:00 pm in Seoul, at 10:30 am in Mumbai (the presentation will be approximately 45 minutes long followed by Q&A)

• Presenter: Ryusuke Kajiyama,MySQL Senior Technical Evangelist

• Registration URL: http://www.mysql.com/news-and-events/web-seminars/display-183.html

Join us for this informative webinar which will deliver a comprehensive introduction of MySQL products and services such as MySQL Enterprise,  MySQL Cluster, MySQL Embedded, consulting service, along with examples of how MySQL is used in an organization and what enterprise has chosen MySQL.  Are you considering to use MySQL or wondering what you can do with MySQL?  Then this is a good start to learn about MySQL and what benefits MySQL offers.  This webinar will help you find a solution which matches requirements of your system.

For more information, please visit our web site: http://www.mysql.com/news-and-events/web-seminars/

We will be looking forward to your participation!

Thank you,

Kazumi

Hi!
It has been very hot recently.  Please take good care of yourself.

Today, I would like to deliver a tip for “MySQL Storage Engine”, which was written by Mikiya Okuno, MySQL Senior Technical Support Engineer.  Are you familiar with storage engine?  Let’s learn about the storage engine together!

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MySQL is so popular and used for various applications.  One of the reasons is its flexibility which is achieved by a technology called the “Storage Engine”.  The storage engine is an essential concept to MySQL.

MySQL utilizes virtualized and abstracted layers which can be switched per table.  These layers are the storage engine.  MySQL brings out high performance by switching depending on application’s requirements and data access pattern.  The storage engine is one of the most important elements and attracting a lot of attention of engineers.

MySQL has the following storage engines available:

== MyISAM ==
MyISAM is MySQL’s default storage engine.  MyISAM is light, but is not suitable for an application which writes a lot.  Non-transactional storage engine.

== InnoDB ==
InnoDB is a transactional storage engine developed by Innobase OY with high flexibility which accommodates various applications.  Therefore, InnoDB is the most popular storage engine for MySQL users.

== MEMORY ==
MEMORY is a storage engine which stores all data in a memory.  It operates at high speed but clears all data at a restart of MySQL.  MEMORY is often used as temporary data space.

== CSV ==
CSV stores data in CSV (Comma Separated Value) file.

== FEDERATED ==
FEDERATED makes it look like as if tables in other MySQL servers are located locally.

== MySQL Cluster ==
MySQL Cluster is characterized as a “parallel”, “load distribution” and “high available” storage engine.  It stores data distributing into many host machines.  MySQL Cluster supports transaction and adopts the shared-nothing architecture.
*You can find detailed information in the article I wrote for ThinkIT this month. 
ThinkIT　Article written by Mikiya Okuno: http://www.thinkit.co.jp/article/95/

There are more storage engines available from MySQL as well as from third-party storage engines (NitroDB, SolidDB, PBXT and etc).

Please refer to the manual below for storage engine details.
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/ja/pluggable-storage-overview.html

–
Mikiya Okuno, MySQL Support Engineer
Sun Microsystems KK, Tokyo, Japan
http://www-jp.mysql.com/

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I will introduce MySQL more from technical standpoint for future.  Please look forward to it!
Thank you,
Kazumi

Hi,

Today’s MySQL Weekly Seminar is third one, which theme was “MySQL Storage Engines”.  It seems that almost 80% of attendees are using InnoDB for their system.  However, there are actually more storage engines available for MySQL.  This time, Kajiyama; MySQL Technical Evangelist presented variable storage engines along with tips and examples for how to use them.

First, the seminar started with the introduction of popular MySQL storage engines such as MyISAM, InnoDB and Falcon.  He described architectures and features for each storage engine and what storage engine is appropriate for each application.

Then, it went deeper into storage engines details.  Each engine has specific features.  And third-party storage engines’ unique functions and next-generation transactional storage engine (”Maria”) under development were also introduced.  You can check the MySQL Forge Wiki (http://forge.mysql.com/wiki/Category:StorageEngines) for the status of development of Maria.  Please keep an eye on future MySQL storage engines too!

I hope you got a hint to effectively find a proper storage engine for your system.  Please make the maximum use of MySQL storage engines!

Thank you very much for taking your time to come to the seminar.  The next seminar is the last that MySQL K.K. hosts.  So, we all will look forward to seeing you at the next Weekly Seminar too!

Kazumi

Hi !

The 2^nd Weekly Seminar was held on June 6 in MySQL Seminar Room.  The seminar was divided into two parts and focused on MySQL products in terms of both technical and business.

Introduction of MySQL Enterprise products

In the first half of the seminar, Kajiyama, MySQL Technical Evangelist, introduced “MySQL Enterprise” of one-year subscription which includes “MySQL Enterprise Server” that has been improved by many additional tests, “MySQL Enterprise Monitor” that enables to monitor multiple MySQL servers from a single console, and technical support and knowledge base of more than 2000 technical articles.

Also, demonstrating the Enterprise Monitor, Kajiyama explained how to use and customize advisor functions which help you handle in the event of a trouble.

MySQL Product Line Road Map

The last half of the seminar was to introduce future direction of MySQL, new functions and releases after MySQL 5.1, new storage engines and others.

The seminar covered both technical and business topics.  Thank you very much for coming to the seminar!

Kazumi