The document discusses innovations and new features in MySQL from versions 5.7 to 8.0. Key points include:
- MySQL 5.7 introduced performance improvements, security enhancements, and JSON support. MySQL InnoDB Cluster provided out-of-the-box high availability.
- MySQL 8.0 focuses on boosting developer productivity with features like common table expressions, window functions, and improved handling of hot rows. It also makes scaling easier through improved observability and parallel replication.
- The vision is to deliver a fully-integrated solution with relational and document storage, built-in high availability, and scale-out capabilities through sharding and replication. This will be achieved in steps, with Group Re