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Escape MySQL 5.6 on Azure End of Life with a 5.7 Upgrade

MySQL on Azure 5.6 reached End of Life (EoL) in February 2021. It’s past time to upgrade to MySQL on Azure 5.7.

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It’s the End of the Road for MySQL 5.6

As MySQL 5.6 reaches its EoL, newer versions 5.7 and 8.0 – continue to make the work of MySQL users more manageable, learn your options for next steps post 5.6.

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Exploring MariaDB’s Storage Engine Options

All of MariaDB’s storage engines have their place, and you can pick and choose the combinations that work best for your workload.

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Keeping Your Data Secure and Resilient with MariaDB

Workloads in MariaDB can be protected with many options, from encryption to user authentication.

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Making Your SQL Server to MySQL Migration as Smooth as Possible

If you need to migrate from SQL Server to MySQL, you can improve your chances of a successful migration by going through a few preparation steps.

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DBAs, the Cloud, & the Future

Some think that cloud providers are taking over the role of the DBA. However, the industry is seeing a concurrent evolution, not reduction, in the DBA’s role.

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Read Replicas for MySQL and MariaDB on AWS RDS

Read Replicas may or may not get stored in the same region as the source DB instance in AWS. Read Replicas are supported by several database engines.

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The Advantages of MariaDB Platform for Analytics

MariaDB Platform offers a columnar database solution that is designed to better support real-time analytics that’s cost-effective and high-performing.

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MySQL 8.0 Features Galore: DevOps

MySQL 8.0 comes with prime functionalities for DevOps that ease the development, testing, deployment and administration of your database infrastructure.

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MySQL 8.0 Features Galore: For the Developer

As a developer, you will find features in MySQL 8.0 that improves your commanding and programming abilities but foster the overall management of all transactions.

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MySQL 8.0 Features Galore: For Manageability & Performance

MySQL 8.0 offers impeccable performance with its automated upgrades to optimizer functions, we will dive into the latest features that optimize performance.

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Is “Free” Good Enough for Your MySQL Environment?

Join us for a webinar titled, Is Free Good Enough for Your MySQL Environment. Datavail will be presenting this September 24 webinar with our partner Continuent.