Mysql 5.5
Mysql 5.5
Table of Contents
Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 3 InnoDB is the Default Storage Engine ...................................................................................... 3 Improved Performance and Scalability..................................................................................... 3 Performance and Scalability Benchmarks ............................................................................... 6 Improved Availability.................................................................................................................. 9 Improved Manageability and Efficiency.................................................................................. 13 Improved Usability.................................................................................................................... 13 Improved Instrumentation and Diagnostics ........................................................................... 17 MySQL 5.5: Production Ready Software and Support .......................................................... 18 Conclusion ................................................................................................................................ 18 Learn More................................................................................................................................. 19
Introduction
MySQL is the most trusted and depended-on open source database platform in use today. Many of the most popular and highly-trafficked websites in the world are built on MySQL because of its ubiquity across heterogeneous platforms and application stacks and for its well-known performance, reliability and ease of use. With MySQL Oracle now provides a complete LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP, Perl, Python, etc.) stack that allows users and customers of any size or ambition to build applications and products that leverage the best available technology solutions and support. MySQL 5.5 delivers a better MySQL by providing a feature set that greatly improves performance, scalability, and usability specifically on todays modern, multi-processing hardware, software, and middleware architectures. MySQL 5.5 combines the benefits of the MySQL database and InnoDB storage engine to provide a highpowered data management solution that includes: