MySQL

MySQL is an open source database, enabling the cost-effective delivery of reliable, high-performance and scalable Web-based and embedded database applications, including all five of the top five websites.

Benefits

• Minimises your database TCO
  
• Meets the requirements of highly demanding applications and offers fast installation, configuration, and integration
  
• Provides an integrated development, design, and administration environment to make developers and DBAs more productive

MySQL Editions

In addition to MySQL's ease of use, high performance and reliability you can benefit from advanced features, management tools and technical support to develop, deploy and manage your MySQL applications.

• MySQL Enterprise Edition: MySQL Enterprise Edition includes the most comprehensive set of advanced features, management tools and technical support to achieve the highest levels of MySQL scalability, security, reliability, and uptime.
• MySQL Standard Edition: MySQL Standard Edition enables you to deliver high performance and scalable Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) applications. It provides the ease of use that has made MySQL famous along with industrial-strength performance and reliability.
• MySQL Cluster Carrier Grade Edition: Web Scalability with Carrier Grade Availability: MySQL Cluster is a scalable, real-time, ACID-compliant database, combining 5 x 9s availability and open source technology. With a distributed, multi-master architecture and no single point of failure, MySQL Cluster scales horizontally on commodity hardware accessed via SQL and NoSQL APIs.
• MySQL Embedded (OEM/ISV): MySQL Database is a full-featured, zero-administration database that more than 3000 ISVs, OEMs, and VARs rely on to bring their products to market faster and make them more competitive.