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Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 21:54:32 -0400 (EDT) From: Unigroup_of_NY <[email protected]> Subject: Reminder: UNIGROUP 20-SEP-2012 (Thu): Clustered PostgreSQL Databases Unigroup is this Thursday... Please RSVP if you will be attending (if you have not already done so). ====================================================================== UNIGROUP OF NEW YORK - UNIX USERS GROUP - SEPTEMBER 2012 ANNOUNCEMENTS ====================================================================== ---------------------------------------- 1. UNIGROUP'S SEPTEMBER 2012 MEETING NOTICE ---------------------------------------- When: Thursday, September 20th, 2012 (*** 3rd Thursday ***) Where: The Cooper Union <http://www.cooper.edu> School of Engineering (*** New Building ***) 41 Cooper Square (3rd Ave @ 7th St, bet. 6th & 7th Sts) East Village, Manhattan New York City Meeting Room: LL101_CS (LL=Lower Level) ** Please RSVP ** (Note: Room Changes Month-to-Month) Time: 6:15 PM - 6:30 PM Registration 6:30 PM - 6:45 PM Ask the Wizard, Questions, Answers and Current Events 6:45 PM - 7:00 PM Unigroup Business and Announcements 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM Main Presentation Cost: See the Meeting+Membership Fee Schedule Below. ------------------------------ Topic: Clustered PostgreSQL Databases ------------------------------ Speaker: Mason Sharp, Co-founder and CTO, StormDB <http://www.stormdb.com> ------------------------------------------------------------------- INTRODUCTION: ------------- Unigroup's September 2012 meeting will be a technical talk about the PostgreSQL Database and Database Clustering. It will make a nice followup to our previous talk on Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) Internals. Unigroup's Meeting Schedule: 20-SEP-2012: Clustered PostgreSQL Databases 18-OCT-2012: Tentative: To-be-announced. 15-NOV-2012: To-be-announced. ------------------------------------------------------------------- SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS: --------------------- Most Unigroup meetings are open to the public! To REGISTER for this event, please RSVP by using the Unigroup Registration Page: http://www.unigroup.org/unigroup-rsvp.html This will allow us to automate the registration process. (Registration will also add you to our mailing list.) Please avoid Emailed RSVPs. Please continue to check the Unigroup web site and meeting page, for any last minute updates concerning this meeting. If you registered for this meeting, please check your Email for any last minute announcements as the meeting approaches. Also make sure any anti-spam white-lists are updated to _ALLOW_ Unigroup traffic! If you block Unigroup Emails, your address will be dropped from our mailing list. Also, if you have an interest in Unigroup, be sure to receive Unigroup information DIRECTLY from Unigroup, via direct receipt of Emails and by visiting the Unigroup Web Site. NO OTHER SOURCE provides timely, accurate and complete Unigroup information. Please RSVP as soon as possible, preferably at least 2-3 days prior to the meeting date, so we can plan the food order. RSVP deadline is usually the night before the meeting day. Note: RSVP is requested for this location to make sure the guard will let you into the building. RSVP also helps us to properly plan the meeting (food, drinks, handouts, seating, etc.) and speed up your sign-in at the meeting. If you forget to RSVP prior to the meeting day, you may still be able to show up and attend our meeting, however, we cannot guarantee what building security will do if you are "not on the list". ------------------------------------------------------------------- MAIN PRESENTATION ----------------- Topic: Clustered PostgreSQL Databases Introduction & Description of Talk: ----------------------------------- This talk will provide a brief overview of PostgreSQL Clustering, but will primarily focus on Postgres-XC, an open-source write-scalable, clustered database project. Postgres-XC (eXtensible Cluster) is a multi-master write-scalable PostgreSQL cluster based on shared-nothing architecture, developed by Postgres-XC Development Group. Detailed Outline: ----------------- - Data scalability and background - Scaling PostgreSQL - Postgres-XC Overview - Postgres-XC Components and Architecture - Postgres-XC Details - StormDB Comparison References & Web Resources: --------------------------- Postgres-XC Project Page: http://postgres-xc.sourceforge.net/ Postgres-XC Wiki: http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Postgres-XC StormDB: http://www.stormdb.com Wikipedia Articles on Databases: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relational_database http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transaction_processing ------------------------------------------------------------------- Speaker Biography: ------------------ Mason Sharp is co-founder and CTO of StormDB. Mason has had a passion for RDBMS systems and data management since he was a university student. Mason developed a parallel distributed MPP database system targeted towards data warehousing called ExtenDB, which was folded into EnterpriseDB as GridSQL in 2007. He also recently helped architect Postgres-XC, a shared-nothing database system targeted for write scalability and which makes for one of the key technological underpinnings of StormDB. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Company Biography: ------------------ StormDB is a cloud services company based on the Jersey Shore in Red Bank, NJ. We are passionate about making powerful yet simple to use distributed databases. All too often developers need to make trade-offs to balance scalability, reliability and cost for their database needs, but we believe that they don't need to, they just haven't had the right solution yet. StormDB's unique cloud utility model around a large scale relational database cluster gives developers the solution they really need. Simplicity, reliability, scalability without busting your budget. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Giveaways: ---------- Addison-Wesley Professional/Prentice Hall PTR, and O'Reilly have been kind enough to provide us with review copies of some of their books, which we will continue to raffle off as giveaways at our meetings. The publishers always ask that the persons receiving the books provide a review and/or feedback about their books. Unigroup would like to thank both companies for the support provided by their User Group programs. As always, all of the books will be available for review at the start of the meeting. Note: Our supply of books is low right now, we hope to resolve that soon. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Fee Schedule: ------------- Unigroup is a Professional Technical Organization and User Group, and its members pay a yearly membership fee. For Unigroup members, there is usually no additional charges (ie. no meeting fees) during their membership year. Non-members who wish to attend Unigroup meetings are usually required to pay a "Single Meeting Fee". Yearly Membership (includes all meetings): $ 50.00 Student Yearly Membership (with current! ID): $ 25.00 Non-Member Single Meeting Fee: $ 20.00 Non-Member Student Single Meeting (with! ID): $ 5.00 * Payment Methods: Cash, Check, American Express. ! Students: We are looking for proof that you are currently enrolled in classes (rather than working full-time), and as such, your Student ID should show a CURRENT date. We have been presented Student IDs containing NO dates whatsoever, and in the current environment, perpetual/non-expiring access to university facilities just does not feel right. If your ID contains no date, please bring additional proof of current enrollment. Thanks, NOTE: Simply receiving Unigroup Email Announcements does NOT indicate membership in Unigroup. Members: Remember to bring your Unigroup membership card with you to the meeting, to confirm your yearly renewal date! ------------------------------------------------------------------- Food: ----- Complimentary Food and Refreshments will be served. This includes "wraps" such as turkey, roast beef, chicken, tuna and grilled vegetables as well as assorted salads (potato, tossed, pasta, etc), cookies, brownies, bottled water and assorted SOFT beverages. StormDB will be sponsoring the food service for this meeting! Thanks StormDB! ------------------------------------------------------------------- Directions: ----------- The Cooper Union <http://www.cooper.edu> School of Engineering (*** New Building ***) 41 Cooper Square (3rd Avenue @ 7th St, between 6th & 7th Streets) East Village, Manhattan New York City, 10003 Meeting Room: ** (See Above, Room Changes Month-to-Month) Located on the East side of Cooper Square. Look for the new building with the non-traditional appearance. Entrance is at the corner of 3rd Avenue and 7 Street. Building lobby sign-in is required at the guard's desk. Enter the building, check in with the guard at the lobby for directions to Unigroup (the room varies from month-to-month). Nearest mass transit stations are: '6' to Astor Place (stops right at The Cooper Union), then walk 1 block East and 1 block South. 'R' to 8th Street, then walk about 2 blocks East then 1 block South. '4/5/6/R/N/Q' to Union Square, then walk South and East. 'B/D/F/V' to Broadway-Lafayette, then walk North and East. Free street parking in the area becomes available at 6pm. There are also parking lots on Broadway, at (or just south of) Astor Place (8th Street). ----- Please mark this meeting on your calendar and join us! Please tell your friends about Unigroup! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- < ... /> -------------------- 5. UNIGROUP INFORMATION -------------------- Unigroup is one of the oldest and largest Unix User's Groups serving the Greater New York City Regional Area since the early 1980s. Unigroup is a not-for-profit, vendor-neutral and member funded volunteer organization. Unigroup holds regular and special event meetings throughout the year on technical topics relating to Unix and the Unix/Linux/BSD User Community. Unigroup holds regular meetings planned for (at a minimum) the Third THURSDAY of Odd Months. We generally try to hold Field Trip or Vendor Specific Meetings on the Even Months, although we do have the ability to hold monthly meetings at our regular meeting location. Planned regular meeting dates are (usually 3rd Thursdays): 9/20/2012, 10/18/2012 ??, 11/15/2012, 01/17/2013, 03/21/2013, ... Also watch for Special Event meetings and "Field Trips" to the facilities of local hardware and software vendors. ========================================================================= = For Unigroup Information, Events and Meeting Announcements be sure to = = visit our World Wide Web Home Page: = = http://www.unigroup.org = ========================================================================= For further information or to get on the Unigroup Electronic Mail Mailing List send an EMail message to: unilist (-a_t-) unigroup.org To contact the Board of Directors of Unigroup, send an EMail message to: uniboard (-a_t-) unigroup.org If you have recently attended a meeting and you are not receiving Email announcements, please send us an Email and we will make corrections to our lists. Please Email the Board with any suggestions, especially potential meeting topics and speakers. Unigroup welcomes contributions and content suggestions for our newsletter. Unigroup is a volunteer organization and we need your assistance! Please let us know if you can help! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Rob Weiner Unigroup Executive Director unilist (-a_t-) unigroup.org http://www.unigroup.org </blockquote> Distributed poC TINC: Jay Sulzberger <[email protected]> Corresponding Secretary LXNY LXNY is New York's Free Computing Organization. http://www.lxny.org _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
