New Advanced Development & Performance Training

2ndQuadrant is pleased to announce a new PostgreSQL Performance course
aimed at existing PostgreSQL Developers, covering PostgreSQL 8.2/8.3.

ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT & PERFORMANCE
Written and taught by Simon Riggs, simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com, main author
and designer of many of the exciting new performance features in 8.3

Course topics
* Server Architecture & Tuning
* MVCC, VACUUM and HOT
* Locking & Concurrency
* Advanced Development Summary
* Reading EXPLAINs
* Workload Analysis & Profiling
* Join Planning
* SQL Performance Tips & Tricks
* What's New in 8.3 Performance

Advanced Development & Performance is a detailed course with extensive
colour diagrams, code insights and tips from the field. It has been
condensed into an intensive 1-day course for experts, though can be
taught over 2 days with practicals.

The course has been completely re-written over the last few months,
though has already been given to a number of clients with excellent
feedback. The course is dynamically maintained so that it always covers
the very latest information on bugs, tips and best practise.

UK course schedule has now been arranged and is accessible from the
PostgreSQL Training Event list, as well as from
http://www.2ndquadrant.com/training.html
Requests for on-site courses are welcome.

The course is integrated with 2ndQuadrant's review service for existing
PostgreSQL users covering both High Availability and performance tuning.

2ndQuadrant provides Advanced PostgreSQL Professional Services to a
growing number of worldwide clients. Services include architecture,
database design and development, performance tuning and replication
configuration, as well as custom PostgreSQL tools and internals
development. 2ndQuadrant works both direct and through PostgreSQL
community partners.

Enquiries from PostgreSQL community companies are also welcome.

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Simon Riggs
2ndQuadrant http://www.2ndQuadrant.com