Fastest Informix DBA Contest III at the IIUG Conference - Win an iPad
Folks, Advanced DataTools is pleased to announce our III Fastest Informix DBA contest at the 2010 IIUG Informix Conference, April 25-28. http://www.iiug.org/conf/2010/iiug/ One of the more fun events at the last Informix conference was this contest. Fastest Informix DBA Contest Advanced DataTools is sponsoring a contest at the International Informix User Conference in Kansas City, April 25-28, 2010, to find and honor the fastest Informix DBAs. This will be a new contest, with a new database and a new benchmark. Can you take an Informix server and optimize it in 40 minutes? There will be 10 winners in the following categories (Grand Prize will be a new Apple iPad ): CATEGORIES: Grand Prize - Fastest User DBA. To qualify for this prize, the user must be 1) a paid attendee at the conference (or conference speaker or volunteer, at discretion of the judges), 2) not a consultant, 3) not an IBM employee, and 4) employed by a company using Informix internally. Honorary Prize - Fastest Professional Consultant DBA Honorary Prize - Fastest IBM Developer (IBM employee) Honorary Prize - Fastest Senior DBA (over 50) Honorary Prize - Fastest Mid-Aged DBA (30-50) Honorary Prize - Fastest Youngest DBA (under 30) Honorary Prize - Fastest Newest DBA (shortest experience with Informix) Honorary Prize - Fastest Old-timer (longest experience with Informix) Honorary Prize - Fastest International DBA (Non USA resident) Honorary Prize - Fastest Domestic DBA (USA resident) The challenge will be to complete the following tasks in under 40 minutes: - Tune and optimize the ONCONFIG file - Tune the optimize dbspace/table layout/indexes - Run the benchmark The rules: - Must be in attendance at the IIUG Informix Conference - The row and data counts at the end of the SQL process must be correct. - Must make an appointment at the Advanced DataTools booth to enter in the contest. - All work must be done at the booth; no copies (usb, email) of the scripts will be allowed. - Each participant will have 40 minutes to review and optimize the server and SQL code on a machine provided. - Each participant will be monitored by an Advanced DataTools Consultant. - Each participant's configuration will be saved and the results must be reproducible by the judges. Judges: - Lester Knutsen - Art Kagel - Carlton Doe (The judges' role will be to review the results, arbitrate any disagreement(s), and have final say.) More information will be available on our web site soon! http://www.advancedatatools.com/Informix/index.html Twitter: http://twitter.com/FastInformixDBA -- ______________________________________________________________________ Lester Knutsen lester@advancedatatools.com Advanced DataTools Corporation Voice: 703-256-0267 x102 Visit our Web page: http://www.advancedatatools.com ______________________________________________________________________
"Lester Knutsen" <lester@advancedatatools.com> wrote in message news:mailman.121.1271272371.1071.informix-list@iiug.org... > Folks, > > Advanced DataTools is pleased to announce our III Fastest Informix DBA > contest at the 2010 IIUG Informix Conference, April 25-28. > http://www.iiug.org/conf/2010/iiug/ One of the more fun events at the last > Informix conference was this contest. > > Fastest Informix DBA Contest > > Advanced DataTools is sponsoring a contest at the International Informix > User Conference in Kansas City, April 25-28, 2010, to find and honor the > fastest Informix DBAs. This will be a new contest, with a new database > and a new benchmark. Can you take an Informix server and optimize it in > 40 minutes? > > There will be 10 winners in the following categories (Grand Prize will be > a new Apple iPad ): > > CATEGORIES: > Grand Prize - Fastest User DBA. To qualify for this prize, the user must > be 1) a paid attendee at the conference (or conference speaker or > volunteer, at discretion of the judges), 2) not a consultant, 3) not an > IBM employee, and 4) employed by a company using Informix internally. > > Honorary Prize - Fastest Professional Consultant DBA Honorary Prize - > Fastest IBM Developer (IBM employee) > Honorary Prize - Fastest Senior DBA (over 50) > Honorary Prize - Fastest Mid-Aged DBA (30-50) > Honorary Prize - Fastest Youngest DBA (under 30) > Honorary Prize - Fastest Newest DBA (shortest experience with Informix) > Honorary Prize - Fastest Old-timer (longest experience with Informix) > Honorary Prize - Fastest International DBA (Non USA resident) > Honorary Prize - Fastest Domestic DBA (USA resident) It's kind of ADT to sponsor the competition: it kindles some interest in Informix and seems an unremittingly Good Thing. Just for my own curiosity's sake - I wondered this last year too - what's the thinking behind having separate categories for US and non-US residents?
On 15 Apr, 00:59, "Captain Pedantic" <theharlequi...@hotmail.com> wrote: > "Lester Knutsen" <les...@advancedatatools.com> wrote in message > > news:mailman.121.1271272371.1071.informix-list@iiug.org... > > > > > Folks, > > > Advanced DataTools is pleased to announce our III Fastest Informix DBA > > contest at the 2010 IIUG Informix Conference, April 25-28. > >http://www.iiug.org/conf/2010/iiug/One of the more fun events at the last > > Informix conference was this contest. > > > Fastest Informix DBA Contest > > > Advanced DataTools is sponsoring a contest at the International Informix > > User Conference in Kansas City, April 25-28, 2010, to find and honor the > > fastest Informix DBAs. This will be a new contest, with a new database > > and a new benchmark. Can you take an Informix server and optimize it in > > 40 minutes? > > > There will be 10 winners in the following categories (Grand Prize will be > > a new Apple iPad ): > > > CATEGORIES: > > Grand Prize - Fastest User DBA. To qualify for this prize, the user must > > be 1) a paid attendee at the conference (or conference speaker or > > volunteer, at discretion of the judges), 2) not a consultant, 3) not an > > IBM employee, and 4) employed by a company using Informix internally. > > > Honorary Prize - Fastest Professional Consultant DBA Honorary Prize - > > Fastest IBM Developer (IBM employee) > > Honorary Prize - Fastest Senior DBA (over 50) > > Honorary Prize - Fastest Mid-Aged DBA (30-50) > > Honorary Prize - Fastest Youngest DBA (under 30) > > Honorary Prize - Fastest Newest DBA (shortest experience with Informix) > > Honorary Prize - Fastest Old-timer (longest experience with Informix) > > Honorary Prize - Fastest International DBA (Non USA resident) > > Honorary Prize - Fastest Domestic DBA (USA resident) > > It's kind of ADT to sponsor the competition: it kindles some interest in > Informix and seems an unremittingly Good Thing. > > Just for my own curiosity's sake - I wondered this last year too - what's > the thinking behind having separate categories for US and non-US residents? So I cannot win it all!
Captain, Thanks, this has been one of the most fun things I have done in a while. There is just one grand prize winner (The last one was Tatiana Saltykova from Russia). We would like to have a lot of winners so we created all these categories to give different folks a way to participate. Winners of the Fastest Informix DBA Contest II http://www.advancedatatools.com/Informix/FastestInformixDBAContestII.html Winners of the Fastest Informix DBA Contest I http://www.advancedatatools.com/Informix/FastestInformixDBAContest.html Regards - Lester Captain Pedantic wrote: > "Lester Knutsen" <lester@advancedatatools.com> wrote in message > news:mailman.121.1271272371.1071.informix-list@iiug.org... >> Folks, >> >> Advanced DataTools is pleased to announce our III Fastest Informix DBA >> contest at the 2010 IIUG Informix Conference, April 25-28. >> http://www.iiug.org/conf/2010/iiug/ One of the more fun events at the last >> Informix conference was this contest. >> >> Fastest Informix DBA Contest >> >> Advanced DataTools is sponsoring a contest at the International Informix >> User Conference in Kansas City, April 25-28, 2010, to find and honor the >> fastest Informix DBAs. This will be a new contest, with a new database >> and a new benchmark. Can you take an Informix server and optimize it in >> 40 minutes? >> >> There will be 10 winners in the following categories (Grand Prize will be >> a new Apple iPad ): >> >> CATEGORIES: >> Grand Prize - Fastest User DBA. To qualify for this prize, the user must >> be 1) a paid attendee at the conference (or conference speaker or >> volunteer, at discretion of the judges), 2) not a consultant, 3) not an >> IBM employee, and 4) employed by a company using Informix internally. >> >> Honorary Prize - Fastest Professional Consultant DBA Honorary Prize - >> Fastest IBM Developer (IBM employee) >> Honorary Prize - Fastest Senior DBA (over 50) >> Honorary Prize - Fastest Mid-Aged DBA (30-50) >> Honorary Prize - Fastest Youngest DBA (under 30) >> Honorary Prize - Fastest Newest DBA (shortest experience with Informix) >> Honorary Prize - Fastest Old-timer (longest experience with Informix) >> Honorary Prize - Fastest International DBA (Non USA resident) >> Honorary Prize - Fastest Domestic DBA (USA resident) > > It's kind of ADT to sponsor the competition: it kindles some interest in > Informix and seems an unremittingly Good Thing. > > Just for my own curiosity's sake - I wondered this last year too - what's > the thinking behind having separate categories for US and non-US residents? > > _______________________________________________ > Informix-list mailing list > Informix-list@iiug.org > http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list > > -- ______________________________________________________________________ Lester Knutsen lester@advancedatatools.com Advanced DataTools Corporation Voice: 703-256-0267 x102 Visit our Web page: http://www.advancedatatools.com ______________________________________________________________________