Open Source Database Provider MySQL Upgrades Enterprise Edition
Open-source database provider MySQL AB on Wednesday said it is injecting features into its paid subscription support service, which is aimed at simplifying management for large companies with tens or hundreds of servers running the database.
They include replication monitoring and advisory tools for database administrators that help them manage multi-server “scaled-out” architectures, where a database runs on multiple servers at a time. That is a popular architecture for Web 2.0 companies and other firms using MySQL and other open-source software in so-called LAMP stacks on generic PC servers, as it is considered cheaper than rolling out a few, expensive servers with many processorss in the same box.
One new tool, for instance, automatically detects a company’s replication architecture and advises clients of best practices, according to Zack Urlocker, vice-president of marketing for the Cupertino, Calif. firm.
The new tools build upon MySQL’s Network Monitoring and Advisory Service, which the company unveiled last fall.
MySQL is also offering 30-day free trial subscriptions to MySQL Enterprise, its paid commercial service.
MySQL has acknowledged it is actively seeking a public offering of its stock. Urlocker declined to comment on the timing of its IPO.
