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 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 ______________________________________________________________________