MySQL is an open-source database management system that is widely used for web applications. It is the backbone of many major websites and powers the LAMP stack. MySQL has a large global community that contributes to its development and helps new users. It aims to provide stability, performance, and ease of use for both individual and enterprise users.

1. MySQL
Open Database
Giuseppe Maxia
M y S Q L C o m m u n i t y Te a m L e a d
Sun Microsystems
datacharmer@sun.com
http://datacharmer.blogspot.com

2. about me
Giuseppe Maxia
a.k.a. The Data Charmer
Database hacker
Passionate community contributor
http://datacharmer.blogspot.com 2

3. From Sardinia, Italy
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4. MySQL
My - See - Quel
My - Ess - Kyu - Ell
We make databases
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5. What is MySQL?
A noun?
A verb?
An abstract concept?
It's a PHENOMENON !
Let's ask Google.
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6. “mysql” = 210,000,000
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7. The business competition
“mysql” = 210,000,000
“postgresql” = 19,700,000
“db2” = 19,800,000
“sql server” = 75,900,000
“oracle” = 102,000,000
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8. The show business
competition
“mysql” =
210,000,000
“madonna” =
98,000,000
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9. The political competition
“mysql” =
210,000,000
“berlusconi”
= 28,300,000
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10. The political competition
“mysql” =
210,000,000
“sarkozy” =
31,100,000
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11. The political competition
(november 2008)
“mysql” =
210,000,000
“obama” =
201,000,000
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12. a phenomenon!
MySQL is twice as popular
as Madonna and has
almost the same chance as
Obama for US President.
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13. OK.
But really, what is it?
A piece of database software
The backbone of the web economy
A community of millions of users
The employer that gives me a pay check
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14. or, more academically ...
a data base management
system
able to store data
persistently
on many operating
systems
working with several
programming languages
hmm...
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15. or we could use an example
What about Facebook?
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16. facebook
Facebook. Powered by MySQL 16

17. most popular
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18. the LAMP stack
L Linux
A Apache
M MySQL
P Perl/PHP/Python/
PostgreSQL
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19. MySQL, the online database
The world most visited web sites
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20. MySQL and the Web
according to Alexa - June 10, 2009
1 Google 11 MySpace
2 Yahoo 12 Google.co.in
3 Youtube 13 Google.de
4 Facebook 14 qq.com
5 live 15 Microsoft
6 MSN 16 rapidshare
7 Wikipedia 17 sina.con.cn
8 Blogger 18 Google.fr
9 Baidu 19 Wordpress
10 Yahoo.co.jp 20 Google.co.uk
...and many more: Flickr, Second Life, Craigslist, Slashdot,
LiveJournal, Digg, Del.icio.us, Pricegrabber.com, Weather.com etc.
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21. From ubiquity to business
Enterprise
customers
MySQL User Base
Who pays my salary?
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22. MySQL Enterprise
Full
control on
your
database
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23. MySQL Query Analyzer
Part of MySQL
Enterprise
Finds and solves
performance problems
on the spot
Find out more:
www.mysql.com
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24. people
Freedom
to work
anywhere
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25. people
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26. Community
MySQL
Forge
Projects
Tools
Code
Worklogs
Wiki
http://forge.mysql.com
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27. Downloads
Community Articles
Blogs
Bug reports
Forums
Events
University
http://dev.mysql.com 27

28. Community
http://planet.mysql.com
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29. Community
http://es.planet.mysql.com 29

30. Community
http://forums.mysql.com 30

31. friends - Operating Systems
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Mac OS X
*BSD
*NIX
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32. friends - Connectors
C library C/C++
Perl PHP
Java library Python
.NET library
ODBC
Java
VB
C#
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33. MySQL Core Values
Stability
Performance
Ease of use
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34. Stability
tested by millions
built to last
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35. Performance
designed to
be fast
The web
wants instant
responses
MySQL
provides
them
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36. Ease of use
the "15 minutes rule"
you should be up and
running with MySQL
within 15 minutes
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37. Scalability
slave
R
master
R/W
slave
R
REPLICATION
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38. R
Scalability
R/W
data node
R/W
data node
data node
data node
R/W
MySQL Cluster
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39. MySQL 5.1 GA
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40. MySQL 5.1 GA
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41. More performance
now even faster with 5.4 beta!
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42. Yes, we're
open
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43. Show me the code!
http://launchpad.net/mysql-server
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44. Give me the binaries!
http://dev.mysql.com/downloads
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45. We have changed all this
Release control system
Contributor agreement
Binary differentiation
Release model
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46. Let's work together
contributions are welcome
http://forge.mysql.com/Contributing
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47. MySQL Proxy
http://launchpad.net/mysql-proxy 47

48. MySQL Community
in Spanish
MySQL Community in Spanish
http://comunidadmysql.org/

49. Tomorrow
A competition at 16:30
No Sun employees!
A copy of this book to the first
one who:
Has a blog in Spanish that
mentions MySQL;
Reports on Open
Communities Forum;
Submits the blog to Planet
MySQL in Spanish;

50. More to come
Open SQL Camp
In St. Augustin (Bonn-Cologne), Germany
August 22-23, 2009
All open databases welcome
Call for papers is open!
http://opensqlcamp.org

51. Virtually yours
Facebook groups
Linkedin Groups
Twitter accounts (follow me!)
http://twitter.com/mysql_community
http://twitter.com/datacharmer

52. THANK YOU
Giuseppe Maxia
giuseppe.maxia@sun.com
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