Just like previous years, the ‘MySQL And Friends’ community is gathering to have a dinner on the Saturdaynight of FOSDEM. This time it is on February 2nd, 2013. This year, it will not be an Italian restaurant, but more a Belgian style restaurant, about 10 minutes walk from the FOSDEM event. Mirabelle: http://www.mirabelle.be/index.php?lang=en Chaussée de Boondael, [...]
About Kenny Gryp
Kenny is currently Senior Technical Account Manager at Percona. Bitten somewhere in the late 90s by the open-source bug, most of his spare time was spent working with Linux & OpenBSD servers.
Eventually, after school ended, Kenny turned into a linux system administrator and performed that role at various companies.
Before joining Percona, he worked at a large social networking company in Europe as DBA & Puppeteer.
A closer look at Percona XtraDB Cluster for MySQL
December 4, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The Web And PHP Magazine just published an article describing Percona XtraDB Cluster written by Liz van Dijk and Kenny Gryp. It is a pretty high-level introduction to the technology, so definitely give it a read if you’ve been wanting to give it a closer look. Go to their website http://www.webandphp.com and download Issue number 9 for free! [...]
Speaking at Percona Live London 2012: Choosing Hardware for MySQL
November 19, 2012 By 4 Comments
Another Percona Live event is coming up, this time in London on the 3rd and 4th of December. I’m sure it is going to be as awesome as it was last year. This year, I will talk about ‘Choosing Hardware For MySQL‘. Of course, the most important hardware components will be covered: CPU, Memory, Network, [...]
Percona is Speaking At Open Source Data Center Conference in Nuremberg, Germany
April 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Percona has 2 talks lined up at OSDC in Nuremberg, Germany: – Taking hot backups with XtraBackup by Alexey Kopytov – Expert Troubleshooting: Resolving MySQL Problems Quickly by Kenny Gryp Feel free to come and say Hi! On April 25 & 26, 2012 the Open Source Data Center Conference will invite experienced administrators and architects [...]
Free Percona Live London Reception at Revolution Bar
October 25, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Even if you didn’t make it to Percona Live London, you can get the chance to hang out with us. We’re giving a reception at the Revolution Bar America Square just a few meters walk from the Tower Hill Underground between 17:30 and 19:30 today (Tuesday 25 October 2011). All friends of Percona are welcome. See you [...]
MySQL & Friends Meetup @ FOSDEM
January 31, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Kris Buytaert organized a MySQL Meetup at FOSDEM last year, and because of the success we’ll be doing it again this year, in the same restaurant: Sogno d’Italia. Everybody is invited to come to the dinner. Just register on http://mysqlandfriendsfosdem2011.eventbrite.com/ so we have an idea how many reservations we should make. The maximum capacity is about 40 people. We’ll plan [...]
