Latest Developer News from MySQL AB

Introduction to MySQL 5.5

Tue, 13 Apr 2010 01:00:23 +0000

It's been a busy year for MySQL. Perhaps you've heard. Here are some recent improvements to the speed, scalability, and user-friendliness of the MySQL database and the InnoDB storage engine that we think deserve their own headlines. Now is a great time to beta test the 5.5 release and give feedback to the MySQL engineering team.

Why Should I Check Out a MySQL-Based Column Database ?

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:00:23 +0000

Some technologies come on the information technology landscape and stay, providing long-lasting benefits, whereas others are more of a short term fad and ultimately end up disappearing because the value they supplied was too niche oriented and/or they were quickly supplanted by another technology that is better. Recently, articles, blogs, analyst reports, and other media outlets have been noting the rise and usage of column-oriented databases in the areas of data warehousing, analytics, and other business intelligence/read-intensive situations. And on the MySQL front, there are a couple of column DB’s that are now available for you to use.

Are column-oriented databases a technology that is destined to stay and provide long-term benefits or will it be relegated to the forgotten pile of other software that came on the scene quickly and then disappeared?

A deep look at MySQL 5.5 partitioning enhancements

Thu, 24 Dec 2009 01:00:23 +0000

The release of MySQL 5.5 has brought several enhancements. While most of the coverage went, understandably, to the semi-synchronous replication, the enhancements of partitioning were neglected, and sometimes there was some degree of misunderstanding on their true meaning. With this article, we want to explain these cool enhancements, especially the parts that were not fully understood.

Sun "Tech Days" Conference World Tour Kicks Off in Brazil

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:00:23 +0000

Sun Microsystems, Inc. today announced the details of the Sun Tech Days worldwide developer conference for 2009-10 at http://developers.sun.com/events/techdays/index.jsp. Sun Tech Days is a multi-city world tour designed to showcase how the developer community can leverage Sun technologies, services and products to drive the next generation of industry innovation. Since 1998, the Sun Tech Days worldwide conference has brought together hundreds of thousands of developers and students to learn about technology from industry experts.

Tino Rachui: Using MySQL Cluster in Sun's Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:00:23 +0000

Sun Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI3) is a desktop virtualization technology that provides virtual desktop access, brokering, and hosting, enabling Windows, OpenSolaris, or Linux virtual desktops. These desktops can be accessed by using existing PCs, Macs or thin clients such as Sun Ray.

MySQL Database Analytics with InfiniDB from Calpont – Part 2

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:00:23 +0000

In Part 1 of this article, I took you through some of the reasons why a column-oriented database based on MySQL can be compelling. We also examined the architecture of InfiniDB, which is an open source analytic, reporting, and read-intensive database, and how its modular design helps you scale both up and out. Now let’s kick the tires of the database so you can see these things in action.

MySQL Database Analytics with InfiniDB from Calpont – Part 1

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:00:23 +0000

Let’s be honest: working with big databases is a lot of fun. There’s something cool about dealing with tables that have hundreds of millions or billions of rows in them, loading huge amounts of data, building star and snowflake schemas for data warehouses/marts, optimizing query performance, and all that jazz. Yes, working with big databases is a lot of fun. On the other hand, let’s be honest: working with big databases is not a lot of fun. There’s a lot of pain in dealing with tables that have hundreds of millions or billions of rows in them, waiting for huge amounts of data to be loaded only to have the load job toss its cookies and fail when it’s 99% done, building special schemas that you wonder whether make any difference at all, and trying to figure out why just a simple two-way join query has been hanging for over an hour. Yes, working with big databases is not a lot of fun.

What's New in the MySQL Enterprise Fall 2009 Release? - Interview with Mark Matthews and Andy Bang

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 01:00:23 +0000

We talked to Mark Matthews and Andy Bang, two core developers in the MySQL Enterprise Monitor team, to give us some insight into the new features in the latest MySQL Enterprise Release. You can find more about the MySQL Query Analyzer in our previous interview with Mark Matthews.

Introducing the MySQL Librarian

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:00:23 +0000

The MySQL Librarian is a collection of community-generated and cross referenced content related to MySQL. It's a place where the community, collaboratively, builds and maintains MySQL content.

The New MySQL Server Release Model

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:00:23 +0000

When I joined MySQL back in June of 2005, one of the first “MySQL Truths” I learned and repeated often when discussing MySQL with others was “release early, release often.” If you’ve been using MySQL for any length of time, you know what that statement means – it meant that MySQL was: (1) dedicated to getting new features and enhancements into the hands of its community so the software’s quality could be validated; (2) eager to take early feedback on those features so the input could rapidly be incorporated back into the product allowing everyone to benefit; (3) committed to very frequent releases of the software so helpful new features and/or external contributions that were ready for action could quickly be put into play and not sit idle on the shelf. And if you’ve been around Open Source for a while now, you know this is the spirit in which most providers of Open Source software operate.