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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    MySQL

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AMySQL is a popular open-source relational and embedded database, now owned by Oracle.N/A

    Oracle SPARC Servers

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AOracle offers their SPARC line of rack servers designed, as described by the vendor, as optimal for scale-out and Cloud infrastructure.N/A
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    MySQLOracle SPARC Servers
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    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    MySQLOracle SPARC Servers
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    Oracle
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    94%
    Would buy again
    49 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    51 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    36 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    46 Answers
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    Best Alternatives
    MySQLOracle SPARC Servers
    Small Businesses
    MariaDB Platform
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Dell PowerEdge
    Score7.6 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    PostgreSQL
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Dell PowerEdge
    Score7.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
    SQLite
    Score8 out of 10
    IBM Power
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    MySQLOracle SPARC Servers
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (146 ratings)
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    7.9
    (18 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Product Scalability
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    MySQLOracle SPARC Servers
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Oracle
    MySQL is best suited for applications on platform like high-traffic content-driven websites, small-scale web apps, data warehouses which regards light analytical workloads. However its less suited for areas like enterprise data warehouse, OLAP cubes, large-scale reporting, applications requiring flexible or semi-structured data like event logging systems, product configurations, dynamic forms.
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    Oracle
    Excellent to consolidate workload using the LDom Virtualization (which is included free of charge). Good integration into Oracle Support with Automated Service Requests (ASR). Easy to migrate workloads from older servers to newer generations, such as SPARC S7 or T8. After migrating workloads from older SPARC T4 to S7, applications are approximately 2x faster.
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    Pros
    Oracle
    • Stable - it just runs, with minimal downtime or errors
    • Fast - well-structured data is quickly written and read
    • Secure - MySQL is easy to keep data secure from people and applications that shouldn't see it
    • Easy to use - SQL is industry standard so no problems with adding, editing and reading data stored in MySQL
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    Oracle
    • encryption
    • masking
    • redaction
    • subsetting
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    Cons
    Oracle
    • Learning curve: is big. Newbies will face problems in understanding the platform initially. However, with plenty of online resources, one can easily find solutions to problems and learn on the go.
    • Backup and restore: MySQL is not very seamless. Although the data is never ruptured or missed, the process involved is not very much user-friendly. Maybe, a new command-line interface for only the backup-restore functionality shall be set up again to make this very important step much easier to perform and maintain.
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    Oracle
    • We didn't have any problems whatsoever with integration
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Oracle
    For teaching Databases and SQL, I would definitely continue to use MySQL. It provides a good, solid foundation to learn about databases. Also to learn about the SQL language and how it works with the creation, insertion, deletion, updating, and manipulation of data, tables, and databases. This SQL language is a foundation and can be used to learn many other database related concepts.
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    Oracle
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    Usability
    Oracle
    I give MySQL a 9/10 overall because I really like it but I feel like there are a lot of tech people who would hate it if I gave it a 10/10. I've never had any problems with it or reached any of its limitations but I know a few people who have so I can't give it a 10/10 based on those complaints.
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    Oracle
    Extreme long lifetime (10+ years). High performance. SPARC S7 CPU has 4.2GhZ and SPARC T8 has 5GhZ. Virtualization is included for free. Very easy to use because it runs Oracle Solaris. The SPARC Servers scale very well. Oracle SPARC Servers have positively impacted our organization by improving our budget, as we can use the system for many years without having to purchase new systems.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Oracle
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    Oracle
    No unplanned downtime over many years.
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    Performance
    Oracle
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    Oracle
    Very high CPU speed with 4-5 GhZ
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    Support Rating
    Oracle
    We have never contacted MySQL enterprise support team for any issues related to MySQL. This is because we have been using primarily the MySQL Server community edition and have been using the MySQL support forums for any questions and practical guidance that we needed before and during the technical implementations. Overall, the support community has been very helpful and allowed us to make the most out of the community edition.
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    Oracle
    Support requests are opened automatically.
    Component replacements are very fast.
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    Implementation Rating
    Oracle
    1. Estimate your data size. 2. Test, test, and test.
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    Oracle
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Oracle
    MongoDB has a dynamic schema for how data is stored in 'documents' whereas MySQL is more structured with tables, columns, and rows. MongoDB was built for high availability whereas MySQL can be a challenge when it comes to replication of the data and making everything redundant in the event of a DR or outage.
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    Oracle
    In terms of the Power ecosystem, the use cases of IBM Power System S914 is very limited. Resources required for properly working PowerVM and VIOS are very difficult. In Oracle SPARC Servers setup, it is pretty easy with very limited steps to be performed. This helped our Return of Investment become positive very quickly.
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    Scalability
    Oracle
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    Oracle
    The servers scale very well with lots of CPU cores.
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    Return on Investment
    Oracle
    • As it is an open source solution through community solution, we can use it in a multitude of projects without cost license
    • The acquisition by Oracle makes you need to contract support for the enterprise version
    • If you have knowledge about oracle databases, you can get more out of the enterprise version
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    Oracle
    • Does Not Support Domain Migration
    • Migration Fails When the Target Machine Has Insufficient Free LDCs
    • Limit the Maximum Number of Virtual Functions That Can Be Assigned to a Domain
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