Leveraging MySQL Features for Availability and Scalability

MySQL is a popular, open-source Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) designed to run on almost any hardware. Its popularity can be attributed to its ease of use as well as its speed, reliability, and scalability.

There are other databases out there in the world, so what makes MySQL unique when compared with other database management systems? How can you best leverage MySQL’s features for ensuring you have a database with high availability that is also scalable?

This Datavail white paper will examine the benefits of using MySQL, how to optimize it for high availability, how to configure it for scalability, and how to use diagnostic tools for measuring database performance. We’ll also look at some cool new features in MySQL 5.7.9.