There will be at least 3 MySQL events that you shouldn’t miss by the end of the year :

• MySQL Connect 2012 : September 29 & 30, 2012, San Francisco
• Percona live New York : October 1st & 2nd, 2012, New York
• Percona live London : December 3rd & 4th, 2012, London

I suggest you to register right now to gain a super saver registration discounts.
And it is also time to book your hotel/flight to take advantage of cheaper rates.

I don’t want to (re)write a detailled post about these great conferences, see my last post about Percona Live London 2011 : http://www.mysqlplus.net/2011/09/22/percona-live/

However, let me introduce my favorite sessions (those that appear to be relevant and interesting) :

• MySQL Connect :
  • Debug and Fix Replication Issues Like a Pro
  • Demystified MySQL/InnoDB Performance Tuning
  • How to Protect Your Data from Corruption
  • Evaluating MySQL High-Availability Alternatives
  • Eliminating Downtime with MySQL Replication
  • In-Depth Query Optimization for MySQL
  • InnoDB Compression for OLTP
  • MySQL 5.6 Replication: Taking Scalability and High Availability to the Next Level
  • MySQL and Solid-State Drives: Usage and Tuning
  • Lessons from Managing 500+ MySQL Instances
  • MySQL Enterprise Backup: Best Practices
  • MySQL Optimizer Overview
  • MySQL Partitioning Internals
  • And these 3 “special guest” conferences :
    • Database Scaling at Mozilla
    • Google-Hacking MySQL
    • MySQL at Twitter: Development and Deployment
• Percona Live New York :
  • Choosing Hardware for MySQL
  • Galera Cluster – Best Practices
  • Managing MySQL with Percona Toolkit
  • Managing large sharded topologies with Jetpants
  • MySQL and SSD: usage and tuning
  • MySQL Backup and Recovery Essentials
  • Replication can be enough for heavy traffic
  • Percona XtraDB Cluster: HA solution for MySQL
  • Solving the Challenges of Big Databases with MySQL
  • Synchronous Replication Use Cases
  • Upgrading from MySQL 5.0 to 5.5
  • Using a Logging Replica for Point-in-time Recovery
  • Zero-downtime Schema Changes
  • And “special guest” conference :
    • Vitess – Scaling MySQL at YouTube
• Percona Live London :
  • Not yet released but you can register as speaker : http://www.percona.com/live/london-2012/user/register

These choices are my own and are often difficult, give us yours !
I’ll be at Percona Live London and I look forward to meeting you.