You are a busy Linux Admin and have dozen of things to take care of as part of your regular work PLUS you have MySQL databases but no DBA training! And the database is a major pain in the butt and a major time consumer. So come to this session and learn how to properly care and maintain your MySQL instances. Topics covered are where to spend your heardware upgrand money for the best return of investment, backups plus restoration strategies that will work, replication tips to make sure you have what you need where you need it, security (paranoia is a system admins friend), configuration settings to make a big difference in operations, and several other 'secrets' from the DBA toolbox that will make life easier for you.