MySQL 5.0 and 5.1 are now available for Solaris 11. A post on the Solaris and Systems Information for ISVs site all but performs the install (which it calls "as simple as typing) for you.
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Working from the assumption that there are DBAs with MySQL sitting idle on their corporate servers, Patrick Hurley was written "MySQL: An Introduction for Oracle DBAs," which employs a comprehensive approach that begins with connecting to MySQL and extends through such necessaries as determining which sessions are currently connected to MySQL; which users are defined and what is the scope of their authority; what are the techniques for backup and restore; and how does one install MySQL. This is truly introductory but nevertheless useful material, especially for DBAs who have not wet their feet in the mysterious MySQL waters.
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MySQL Enterprise Backup 3.7.0 (MEB 3.7.0) is available with several advanced features that include:
Redo Log only Incremental Backup
Incremental Backup without specifying LSN
Validation of Backup Image using checksums
Hot Backup of InnoDB .frm files
Performance Improvements and
Enhancements for Third-Party Media Managers
Users can download the MEB 3.7.0 package from the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud web site. MySQL Enterprise customers can deploy MEB 3.7.0 immediately, while users without a MySQL Enterprise license can evaluate MEB 3.7.0 free for 30 days with the request send feedback to mysql-backup_ww@oracle.com.
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Several important new features are included in the latest release of Oracle Database Firewsall. Among them is protection against data breaches extended to MySQL databases. In addition, there are now various reporting capabilities that include 10 new out-of-the-box reports to further help organizations comply with privacy and regulatory mandates, and a new reporting infrastructure for running and modifying the layout of existing reports. Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher customers will now be able to take advantage of all capabilities offered for authoring, managing, and delivering highly formatted documents that can be designed using familiar desktop products.
Using MySQL Enterprise Edition Globo.com improved the performance and scalability of its web portal while improving flexibility and reducing costs by 65%. Globo.com set up a copy of MySQL Workbench in DBA’s computers, ensuring autonomy for data modeling. The company also adopted a decentralized server architecture, freeing the IT team from its previous efforts at balancing network load. This structure enabled Globo.com to accommodate large traffic spikes without compromising site performance, such as 9.8 million Web visits and 31.5 million page views in one day during the 2010 World Cup.
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CRN has named MySQL 5.6 as among the 10 best open source products for 2011, Bertrand Matthelie reports on Oracle's MySQL Blog. He quotes the CRN announcement, which said, "MySQL 5.6, now in beta, includes significant advances in text-based search inside a database, as well as performance enhancements. With the growth of the world’s data set to explode like never before with the advent of data-capturing and data-creating mobile devices, MySQL 5.6 is firmly in place as the strongest open-source database.”
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