MySQL plans to announce a higher-end addition next month that will allow more than one instance of its open-source database to take over if another fails. The software, MySQL Cluster, is based on ...

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Oracle is adding new machine learning features to its data analytics cloud service MySQL HeatWave. MySQL HeatWave combines OLAP (online analytical processing), OLTP (online transaction processing), ...

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Oracle has announced a new strategy for the further development of MySQL. Under new leadership, numerous features from the Enterprise Edition are to be incorporated into the free Community Edition.

The popular open-source applications is set to get support for clustering, a feature that lets one or more databases take over if another fails. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...