MySQL database (http://www.mysql.com) was first introduced in 1995 and then became part of Sun Microsystem after the acquisition in February 2008. With Oracle acquired Sun in January 2010, MySQL database now is part of the Oracle products. MySQL database is known to be the database for the Web. Web applications use MySQL database as the back-end database.
MySQL is the most popular open source database. The wide adoption is mainly because of its low cost and the extensive features for enabling large scale Web applications. MySQL provides community (free) standard, enterprise, and cluster editions. MySQL Latest Release The current major versions are:
Starts with the MySQL database architecture and utilities, I will go through the basics of MySQL database and then discuss the MySQL database replication technologies and how to use tools like MySQL native replication and Oracle GoldenGate for MySQL to perform data replication. |