With employment at Oracle Corporation and MySQL Inc and a proven track record in education and speaking on MySQL for the Oracle DBA, Ronald is an expert that can provide the translation necessary for success.
"When Sun Microsystems needed an industry specialist to talk to the Federal Government on the best practices for Migrating to MySQL from Oracle, they turned to MySQL expert Ronald Bradford, with a track record in public speaking, and extensive knowledge of MySQL and Oracle -- Feb 2009" Read more...MySQL for the Oracle DBA Resources
The following presentations are an example of the specialist skills available for Oracle DBA and Developer resources in the understanding and usage of MySQL. See below for copies of these presentations.
- 2010 - MySQLCamp for the Oracle DBA sessions IGNITION and LIFTOFF at 2010 MySQL Users Conference in Santa Clara, CA.
- 2009 - Best Practices for Migrating to MySQL from Oracle and SQL Server environments. 4 hour workshop for the Federal Government - Washington DC. Carahsoft Profile Page, www.mysql.com Press
Attendee Questions about MySQL and Oracle - 2008 - MySQL for the Oracle DBA Bootcamp. 1 day workshop for the Federal Government - Washington DC. www.mysql.com Press
- 2007 - MySQL for the Oracle DBA Bootcamp. 1 day workshop New York, NY & San Francisco, CA. www.mysql.com Press
- 2007 - MySQL for Oracle DBA's and Developers. 90 minute presentation at MySQL Conference and Expo, Santa Clara, CA. MySQL Conference session details
- 2006 - MySQL for Oracle Developers. 45 minute presentation at MySQL Users Conference, Santa Clara, CA. MySQL Conference session details
- 2006 - Know your Competitor. A MySQL developers guide to Oracle 10g express edition. 60 minutes presentation at MySQL Users Group, Brisbane, Australia
Blog Posts
- 04.2010 - My acceptance with Oracle as ACE Director
- 03.2010 - Don't Assume Series is a series of posts to help the Oracle DBA understand, use and appreciate the subtle differences and unique characteristics of the MySQL RDBMS in comparison to Oracle. These points as essential to operate MySQL effectively in a production environment and avoid any loss of data or availability.
- 03.2010 - MySQL migration and risk management (On O'Reilly Radar)
- 02.2010 - The Blue Pill or the Red Pill
- 04.2009 - One advantage of Oracle/Sun/MySQL
- 08.2007 - Learning MySQL as an Oracle DBA
MySQL Camp for the Oracle DBA
JUMPSTART
A hands on tutorial for the Oracle DBA where we install, configure, monitor, backup, break and recover a MySQL environment. No prior knowledge of MySQL is required.
We discuss:
- Getting MySQL
- Installation
- Basic Monitoring
- Configuration
- Replication
- Operational Monitoring
- Backup
- Recovery
- Breaking MySQL
- Production installation
IGNITION
IGNITION is the preparation necessary for a successful launch of a MySQL ecosystem for an Oracle DBA. This volume covers the preparation needed to be ready for ongoing production administration of MySQL.
We discuss:
- Translation – Understanding the MySQL terminology
- Installation – Knowing the options for MySQL distributions
- Protection Detail – Security of MySQL information
- The Dashboard – Understanding what to monitor in MySQL
- Mechanics – Understanding more of MySQL Internals including storage engines
- Redundancy – Maintaining multiple copies via MySQL replication
- Checklists – Double checking and cross referencing your ecosystem
IGNITION will be presented at the 2010 MySQL Users Conference.
LIFTOFF
Only after a successful preparation covered in IGNITION can you be ready for the implementation and management of a MySQL ecosystem and a successful launch of your product.
We Discuss:
- Escape Options – Before and after backup and recovery situations
- Good to Go – Knowing and confirming your MySQL environment is ready
- Full Throttle – Understanding and Improving MySQL database performance
- A Green Dashboard – Monitoring for Success
- The Human Factor – Nobody is perfect, dealing with the design changes
- Propellant – The murky mess of MySQL versions, patches and variants
- Best Practices – Proven techniques for consistency, automation and reproducibility
LIFTOFF will be presented at the 2010 MySQL Users Conference.
VELOCITY
Want to get up to speed with MySQL and the various MySQL specific RDBMS features or lack of, and interesting quirks? What to know the top mistakes Oracle DBA's make when using a MySQL database? VELOCITY is the list of the most essential items needed. We can't list them here because this is your competitive advantage over your other DBA's, but rest assured you don't want to miss what we have to say. As a sneak peak one of philosophies is "Don't Assume". What you assume to work because it does in Oracle, does not mean it will work in MySQL, or it may work in some situations but not others until it's too late.