MySQL vs. NoSQL and NewSQL - survey results

Relevant reportsMySQL vs NoSQL and NewSQL: 2011-2015 Assessing the competitive dynamic Including market sizing of the three segments Survey of 200+ database users sales@the451group.com https://451research.com/report-long?icid=2289 http://blogs.the451group.com/information_management/?p=1740 © 2012 by The 451 Group. All rights reserved

What Ever Happened to MySQL? “MySQL was very much the crown jewel of the open source database world.” – May 2008 “there are relatively few choices for Oracles rivals to respond to its ownership of MySQL.”  May 2009 “the database market is awash with open source databases with lightweight architectures targeted at Web applications.”  April 2011 © 2012 by The 451 Group. All rights reserved

The MySQL ecosystem-as-a-Service• Amazon RDS•Rackspace MySQL Cloud• Google Cloud SQL MySQL supporters•ClearDB • Monty Program • Oracle• FathomDB •Open Query •Pythian• Xeround • Blue Gecko •Percona• Calpont •OpenLogic • SkySQL• Tokutek • Schooner SQLStorage engines •ScaleDB •ParElastic • ScaleBase• Infobright • MySQL Cluster •Continuent •ScaleArc • GenieDB •Galera • CodeFutures •Zimory Scale• Drizzle Clustering/shardingNew databases © 2012 by The 451 Group. All rights reserved

Oracle: it’s own worst enemy? 2009 survey Oracle keeps Dont MySQL know/other Oracle sells 17% 26% MySQL 4% More permissive Dont care license Oracle hands 12% 8% MySQL to a foundation 33% Survey conducted: December 2009 Sample: 347 open source software users. MySQL users: 285 © 2012 by The 451 Group. All rights reserved

MySQL usage (*predicted) 2009 survey 90.0 85.0 80.0 75.0 70.0 65.0 60.0 55.0 50.0 45.0 40.0 2009 2011* 2014* Survey conducted: December 2009 Sample: 347 open source software users. MySQL users: 285 © 2012 by The 451 Group. All rights reserved

Response to Oracle acquisition More likely to use MySQL Continue to use MySQL Less likely to use MySQL where appropriate 164 MySQL users 109 MySQL mainstays 55 MySQL abandoners70 70 7060 60 6050 50 50% % %40 40 4030 30 3020 20 2010 10 10 0 0 0 Survey conducted: Jan/Feb 2012 Total sample: 205 © 2012 by The 451 Group. All rights reserved

Rating Oracle’s MySQL ownership Very good Good Neither good nor bad Bad Very bad 164 MySQL users 109 MySQL mainstays 55 MySQL abandoners50 50 5045 45 4540 40 4035 35 35% % %30 30 3025 25 2520 20 2015 15 1510 10 10 5 5 5 0 0 0 Survey conducted: Jan/Feb 2012 Total sample: 205 © 2012 by The 451 Group. All rights reserved

The NoSQL Ecosystem Key Value Store Document Graph •Citrusleaf •RavenDB • InfiniteGraph • HandlerSocket* • Riak • MongoDB • Neo4j • DEX • Redis • Couchbase • CouchDB •OrientDB • Voldemort • Cloudant •NuvolaBase • Membrain • Iris Couch • Oracle NoSQL • Mongo Labs • Castle • Mongo HQ •RethinkDB •DynamoDB •LevelDB • Redis-to-go -as-a-Service • Cassandra • DataStax EE •Acunu • HBase • Hypertable Big Tables © 2012 by The 451 Group. All rights reserved

The NewSQL ecosystem-as-a-Service •MemSQL New databases • Drizzle • NuoDB• Xeround • VoltDB •SQLFire• Tokutek • Akiban • JustOne DB • Translattice • GenieDB • Clustrix • Schooner SQL •ScaleDB •ParElastic • ScaleBaseStorage engines • MySQL Cluster •Continuent •ScaleArc •Zimory Scale •Galera • CodeFutures Clustering/sharding © 2012 by The 451 Group. All rights reserved

Competitive dynamic  There is an assumption that NoSQL and NewSQL pose a direct, immediate threat to MySQL NoSQL MySQL NewSQL ecosystem  We believe the competitive dynamic is more complex © 2012 by The 451 Group. All rights reserved

Competitive dynamic  49% of survey respondents abandoning MySQL planned on retaining or adopting NoSQL databases MySQL ecosystem NoSQL NewSQL  only 12.7% said they had actually deployed NoSQL databases as a direct replacement for MySQL © 2012 by The 451 Group. All rights reserved

Competitive dynamic  33% of respondents retaining MySQL had considered, tested or deployed NewSQL database technologies MySQL ecosystem NoSQL NewSQL  Approximately 75% of the NewSQL revenue for 2011 is also part of MySQL ecosystem revenue © 2012 by The 451 Group. All rights reserved

Predicted usage swing 2012-2017 MariaDB 3.9Apache Cassandra/DataStax 3.4 Apache CouchDB 3.0 Apache HBase 2.9 Redis 2.5 PostgreSQL 2.4 DB2 -1.5 Oracle -5.9 SQL Server -9.3 MySQL -26.4 -30.0 -25.0 -20.0 -15.0 -10.0 -5.0 0.0 5.0 % Survey conducted: Jan/Feb 2012 Sample: 205 © 2012 by The 451 Group. All rights reserved

MySQL/MariaDB/Percona/Drizzle usage (*predicted) MySQL MariaDB+Percona+Drizzle 90.0 80.0 70.0 60.0 50.0% 40.0 30.0 20.0 10.0 0.0 2012 2014* 2017* Survey conducted: Jan/Feb 2012 Sample: 205 MySQL users: 165 © 2012 by The 451 Group. All rights reserved

MySQL alternatives (MySQL abandoners) PostgreSQL SQL Server Oracle MongoDB MariaDB Apache CouchDB Apache HBase PerconaApache Cassandra/DataStax Membase/Couchbase Redis 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 No of respondents Survey conducted: Jan/Feb 2012 Sample: 55 MySQL abandoners © 2012 by The 451 Group. All rights reserved

MySQL replacements (MySQL abandoners) Considered Tested Deployed PostgreSQL MariaDB MongoDB Apache CouchDB Apache HBase Amazon RDS Percona Server MySQL Cluster DrizzleApache Cassandra/DataStax EnterpriseDB 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 No of respondents Survey conducted: Jan/Feb 2012 Sample: 55 MySQL abandoners © 2012 by The 451 Group. All rights reserved

MySQL alternatives Considered/Tested/Deployed Other RDBMS Other MySQL ecosystem NewSQL NoSQL 0 10 20 % 30 40 50 60 Survey conducted: Jan/Feb 2012 Sample: 165 MySQL users © 2012 by The 451 Group. All rights reserved

NoSQL and MySQL (all MySQL users) Considered Tested Deployed MongoDB Apache CouchDB Apache HBaseApache Cassandra/DataStax Redis 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 No of respondents Survey conducted: Jan/Feb 2012 Sample: 165 MySQL users © 2012 by The 451 Group. All rights reserved

NewSQL and MySQL (all MySQL users) Considered Tested Deployed Continuent Tungsten MySQL Cluster Drizzle Galera Handlersocket ScaleBaseCodeFutures dbShards ScaleArc Clustrix ScaleDB 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 No of respondents Survey conducted: Jan/Feb 2012 Sample: 165 MySQL users © 2012 by The 451 Group. All rights reserved

MySQL ecosystem, including NewSQL (all MySQL users) MySQL ecosystem, including NewSQL (all MySQL users) Considered Tested Deployed MariaDB Continuent Tungsten Percona Server MySQL Cluster Amazon RDS Drizzle Galera Handlersocket ScaleBaseCodeFutures dbShards 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 No of respondents Survey conducted: Jan/Feb 2012 Sample: 165 MySQL users © 2012 by The 451 Group. All rights reserved

Incumbent RDBMS and other (all MySQL users) Considered Tested Deployed Memcached PostgreSQL VMware GemFire Microsoft SQL Server Oracle Database GigaSpacesEnterpriseDB Postgres Plus IBM DB2 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 No of respondents Survey conducted: Jan/Feb 2012 Sample: 165 MySQL users © 2012 by The 451 Group. All rights reserved

Survey sample Analyst LOB manager 3% 3% Director/mana VP level or ger IT above infrastructure 14% 18% Consultant Architect/engi 14% neer 18% Database/syste Developer/pro ms admin grammer 14% 16% Survey conducted: Jan/Feb 2012 Sample: 205 MySQL users: 165 © 2012 by The 451 Group. All rights reserved

Further detailsMySQL vs NoSQL and NewSQL: 2011-2015 Assessing the competitive dynamic Including market sizing of the three segments Survey of 200+ database users sales@the451group.com https://451research.com/report-long?icid=2289 http://blogs.the451group.com/information_management/?p=1740 © 2012 by The 451 Group. All rights reserved

http://www.smallake.kr	1024
http://trunk.cruisecontrol.epistema.local	815
http://smallake.kr	575
http://www.scoop.it	361
http://webunav.si.unav.es	316
http://elms2012v1.cruisecontrol.epistema.local	272
http://tests121.nightwish.epistema.local	229
http://blog.websourcing.fr	118
http://lmsdev2.cruisecontrol.epistema.local	104
http://tsn.bartholemy.com	100
http://lmsdev3.cruisecontrol.epistema.local	50
https://twitter.com	35
http://apps-webunav1.si.unav.es	33
http://us-w1.rockmelt.com	16
http://zeroaos.dothost.co.kr	15
http://smallake.hosting.paran.com	8
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com	6
https://si0.twimg.com	6
http://deped.virtualcampus.ph	5
http://www.netvibes.com	5
http://feeds.feedburner.com	5
http://twitter.com	4
http://127.0.0.1	4
http://tweetedtimes.com	3
http://www.sciencefriday.com	3
http://www.twylah.com	3
http://webunav2.si.unav.es	2
http://lmsdev1.cruisecontrol.epistema.local	2
http://webunav1.si.unav.es	2
http://apps-webunav2.si.unav.es	1
http://www.blogger.com	1
http://blocs.xtec.cat	1
http://reader.googleusercontent.com	1
http://www.heartstringspaperandpress.com	1
http://lomejordecoro.blogspot.com	1
http://tallerdelnuevoperiodismo.com	1
http://fjsummer2012.umwblogs.org	1

MySQL vs. NoSQL and NewSQL - survey results

by Matthew Aslett

Accessibility

Categories

Upload Details

Usage Rights

37 Embeds 4,129

Statistics