Re: March Meeting 2/19/2009 - eXtreme Database Makeover ep. 2 - PORTAL

and FYI - we're having a special guest from Seattle come visit.

Everyone, be especially good. :)

Also, I'll bring a projector to avoid any unpleasantness. Would appreciate
people reminding me to bring it. :)

On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 7:05 PM, Mark Wong <markwkm(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> Kristin Tufte will be speaking at the next PDXPUG meeting at FreeGeek
> (at 7:00pm -
> 1731 SE 10th Avenue, Portland, OR).
>
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>
> PORTAL is a 900 GB PostgreSQL archive of transportation-related data.
> Data in portal includes: freeway speed and volume data (received in
> real-time from the Oregon Department of Transportation), weather data,
> bus data, accident data, and more. The PORTAL schema was developed
> years ago and needs to be revamped. Further, PORTAL has performance
> problems likely caused partly by the fact that it lives on a shared
> SAN. For this meeting, I.ll show the PORTAL schema as it is now and
> then we can have some fun tearing it apart and figuring out how it
> could be
>
> Looking forward to seeing everyone there....and of course, drinks at
> the Lucky Lab (http://www.luckylab.com/ ) at 915 SE Hawthorne Blvd.
> afterwards.
>
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