Distance between free and commercial MySQL grows

Distance between free and commercial MySQL grows 

In his blog MySQL Oracle announces five extensions to the SQL database that the paid Enterprise Edition are reserved. You improve speed and reliability and bring new authentication method.


The new thread pool will have improved MySQL OLTP performance dramatically. He remains in the Enterprise edition reserved. 

More speed for enterprise applications, Oracle promises by a thread pool. It provide a "highly scalable" process, reducing the overhead in managing database connections and query threads. In an internal OLTP benchmark, the company is planning to have the throughput to increase three-to twentyfold. 

The certification for Windows Server Failover Clustering and a template of the database for in-house VM virtualization technology to bring greater availability. 

For a better integrated with Windows and Unix log onto the database using the Enterprise Edition now with MySQL 5.5 introduced by authentication plug-in. PAM stands for Unix-ready plug-in that supports the usual methods such as LDAP and Kerberos. The Windows plug-in allows the use of standard Windows token, so that Windows users have not logged in log back in to the database. 

Oracle's decision not to integrate the extensions into the free community edition met with both approval and criticism.