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SFPUG April: PostgreSQL on the Cloud

April 8, 2009 · 7:00 PM
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[b]PostgreSQL on the Cloud[/b] GoGrid's Paul Lancaster will explain their cloud hosting platform for PostgreSQL applications, followed by a tour of one of the GoGrid data centers. Will be at GoGrid's offices in San Francisco, directions TBA. Food will be supplied by GoGrid. Due to space considerations, the venue is strictly limited to 30 people. So we will be checking RSVPs for this one if we run out of space ... please RSVP if you intend to be there, and please *cancel* if you have to change your plans. This meeting will also be streamed live on the web at . Remote people can ask questions there or in

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A former member

The first presenter (for GoGrid) didn't really know his audience and didn't tailor his presentation for us. His slides seemed very elementary and only at the very end of his presentation did we get an idea of how they are different from their competition. Interesting stuff! Too bad so much of it was boilerplate "why is the cloud interesting" marketing.
The second presenter was more PostgreSQL relevant but failed to retain control of the session, which devolved into an extended (>30 minutes on one slide) group discussion. It was an interesting discussion but I'm not sure I know what the current pitch is since apparently they are not ready to support PostgreSQL yet.
The data center tour was not particularly interesting; one data center looks pretty much like another. Trying to speak to a large group in a very noisy room doesn't work. It would have been better to talk in the hall first.
Nevertheless I am still interested in GoGrid and might become a customer.

0 · April 11, 2009
Dirk Jagdmann

not enough tech-talk this time.

0 · April 10, 2009
Samuel Valdez

The second speaker was very knowledgeable and a pretty good speaker. The first speaker didn't have much content to present that was compelling, maybe because he was more marketing/sales and the second speaker was more engineering, and this was an engineering audience. The food and drinks were good, the venue (a medium-sized conference room) was crowded.

0 · April 9, 2009
A former member

I thought it was a little strange that we had a meeting about postgres on the cloud only for the general consensus to be "it sucks". Did we need a meeting for that? Still, quite informative.

0 · April 9, 2009
Ragi Burhum

Excellent place to learn from very knowledgeable people

0 · April 9, 2009
A former member

Great meeting! I liked the fast pace -- lots of new information and leads to dig into later... and on that note, please post links and background info for the second talk.

0 · April 8, 2009
Cim

Both presenters (Paul and Robert) were good but fitting both presentations in one meeting left insufficient time for either to go into significant technical detail. I think it would have been better to have had two separate meetings.

0 · April 8, 2009
Hari Bhaskaran

impressive streaming

0 · April 8, 2009