3 ms·

tl;dr - paper by Andy Pavlo's team. Conclusion: > Most of the previous work in using ML for DBMS automation has focused on designing better ML models of DBMS b

tl;dr - paper by Andy Pavlo's team. Conclusion: > Most of the previous work in using ML for DBMS automation has focused on designing better ML models of DBMS behavior, but recent advances in ML have largely automated model design. The challenge now is to obtain good training data for building these models. This paper outlined the architecture of the database gym, an integrated environment that generates training data by using the DBMS to simulate itself at the highest possible fidelity.

CaveTech 3y ago
I had a feeling this was OtterTune's product through a reading of the abstract before I noticed the names. Really interesting and excited to see where they take it. ps. Brent you helped kickstart my career when I was exposed to your early contributions on StackOverflow and MetaStackOverflow. By far the largest accelerant I ever had on the DBMS front, really cool seeing you around so I wanted to send a friendly thank you.
- apavlo 3y ago
  > I had a feeling this was OtterTune's product through a reading of the abstract before I noticed the names. No, this project is separate from OtterTune. I keep our CMU research strictly firewalled from OtterTune for legal reasons. The Database Gym project rose up from the ashes of the NoisePage self-driving DBMS project. See my comment from last week about why it failed: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36355963 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36355963
  - Dopameaner 3y ago
    a random aside, I truly thank you for your course. You're the teacher I wish I had in my bachelor's 8 years back. Singlehandedly revived my interest in learning databases. :). Through your course, I reached a stage where I can help OSS projects and its features.
- BrentOzar 3y ago
  > so I wanted to send a friendly thank you. Awww, thanks! That's awesome to hear! My big goal is to make other peoples' journeys through data easier.
  - nickpeterson 3y ago
    I can second his appreciation, posts on your site helped me keep my sanity as a junior developer who stood to close to a database server.
zubiaur 3y ago
For context, Andy leads Ottertune, an AI powered database tuner.

CaveTech 3y ago

I had a feeling this was OtterTune's product through a reading of the abstract before I noticed the names. Really interesting and excited to see where they take it. ps. Brent you helped kickstart my career when I was exposed to your early contributions on StackOverflow and MetaStackOverflow. By far the largest accelerant I ever had on the DBMS front, really cool seeing you around so I wanted to send a friendly thank you.

apavlo 3y ago
> I had a feeling this was OtterTune's product through a reading of the abstract before I noticed the names. No, this project is separate from OtterTune. I keep our CMU research strictly firewalled from OtterTune for legal reasons. The Database Gym project rose up from the ashes of the NoisePage self-driving DBMS project. See my comment from last week about why it failed: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36355963 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36355963
- Dopameaner 3y ago
  a random aside, I truly thank you for your course. You're the teacher I wish I had in my bachelor's 8 years back. Singlehandedly revived my interest in learning databases. :). Through your course, I reached a stage where I can help OSS projects and its features.
BrentOzar 3y ago
> so I wanted to send a friendly thank you. Awww, thanks! That's awesome to hear! My big goal is to make other peoples' journeys through data easier.
- nickpeterson 3y ago
  I can second his appreciation, posts on your site helped me keep my sanity as a junior developer who stood to close to a database server.

zubiaur 3y ago

For context, Andy leads Ottertune, an AI powered database tuner.