MySQL
MySQL is an open source database management system, now owned by Sun Microsystems and Oracle. It’s free, and it’s extremely widely used—especially for Web databases. It’s among our favorite database management tools.
Advantages
- Free, fast, and flexible: MYSQL is free, fast, and runs on virtually any operating system.
Disadvantages
- Peak volume limitations: MySQL often doesn’t handle peak volume situations as ably as Oracle. With great care, it is possible to create a robust database in the 100GB – 1TB+ range with MySQL; however, using Oracle will make such a task easier.
Choosing MySQL
There are very few databases that would not work well with MySQL. We’ve used it for many projects with great success.
