The addition of virtualization into the datacenter changed everything and gave birth to the cloud, but what is really going on under the hood?

Virtualization and cloud IaaS have a lot of similarities, and in this session we will explore the various layers, such as storage, interconnects, operating systems, the VM construction, all from the standpoint of performance and availability.

Maintaining a working understanding of these layers will make you a stronger database professional. Both on-premises virtualization and cloud will be compared and contrasted.

Bring your questions and learn more about what’s actually under the database!