Re: PDXPUG: January meeting in < 2 weeks

The quote I referred to yesterday comes from Werner Vogels, Amazon CTO:
"Everything fails, all the time."

... then take that as a design principle ... somewhat diametrically opposed
to the mind-frame many of us database folk come from. :-)

On Mon, Jan 4, 2016 at 5:22 PM, Gabrielle R <gorthx(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

>
> NOTE: This month's meeting is one week earlier than our usual schedule, so
> we don't conflict with SCALE (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/14x)
>
> When: 6-8pm Thursday January 14, 2016
> Where: Iovation
> Who: Gabrielle Roth
> What: RDS Postgres
>
> Amazon integrated Postgres into their general Relational Database Services
> (RDS) offerings July 1, 2014. RDS offers automatic failover, scalability,
> and easy configuration, plus Amazon handles all the patching and most of
> the upgrades for you! Their SDK supports many languages and includes a
> robust CLI, if you want to automate management of your deployments. They
> also support several popular Postgres extensions.
>
> Of course, since it's a managed service, you can't do everything you might
> expect or want to. We'll discuss the fun and quirky features I've
> discovered in a year and a half of working with production RDS
> deployments. Come find out what it's like to use RDS Postgres day-to-day.
>
> (This is an updated version of my talk from last year.
> https://pdxpug.wordpress.com/2015/01/08/pdxpug-january-meeting-next-week-2/
> )
>
> Gabrielle has been using Postgres since sometime in the version 7s and
> thinks that the best part of using Open Source software is the culture of
> sharing knowledge. She co-leads PDXPUG, the Portland PostgreSQL Users'
> Group. Gabrielle's current areas of interest are monitoring, benchmarking,
> and writing freaky SQL.
>
> --
> If you have a job posting or event you would like me to announce at the
> meeting, please send it along. The deadline for inclusion is 5pm the day
> before the meeting.
> --
>
> Our meeting will be held at Iovation, on the 32nd floor of the US Bancorp
> Tower at 111 SW 5th (5th & Oak). It's right on the Green & Yellow Max
> lines. Underground bike parking is available in the parking garage;
> outdoors all around the block in the usual spots. No bikes in the office,
> sorry!
>
> Elevators open at 5:45 and building security closes access to the floor at
> 6:30.
>
> When you arrive at the Iovation office, please sign in on the iPad at the
> reception desk.
>
> See you there!
>
>