MySQL Review
November 06, 2018
MySQL Review
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with MySQL
We use MySQL in AWS as a replacement for DynamoDB. We feel MySQL is pretty simple, lightweight and is suitable for our need. It is being used by several teams in the organization. It depends on the teams themselves to decide which database is best to use. It has been great so far.
- Simple to develop
- Powerful enough
- Perfromance Scaling
- Cheaper
It's a cheaper product
Using MySQL
10 - They represent the IT function to support building a software for selling products for our end customers.
15 - We have a team of database engineers in-house that provides in-house support for MySQL on an on-going basis.
- Store persistent data for our product
- Source of truth
- Data that other team can access
- We replaced DynamoDB with MySQL and has seen some good performance if not better for MySQL.
- As main database. Right now we have a mix of Oracle and MySQL database.
Evaluating MySQL and Competitors
Yes - DynamoDB. We wanted to replace them because it's very difficult to get the query that we want to do.
- Price
- Product Features
- Product Usability
- Product Reputation
- Prior Experience with the Product
- Vendor Reputation
MySQL is very simple to use but yet powerful.
It's also very compatible with our choise of programming language which is Java.
It's also very compatible with our choise of programming language which is Java.
We might change our selection process by testing estimated sets of data that we're going to process first before we're doing anything.
MySQL Implementation
- Implemented in-house
Not sure - Work together with all stakeholders will make the implementations go smoother.
- Testing sets of data
MySQL Support
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
Quick Resolution Knowledgeable team Kept well informed Immediate help available Support cares about my success | Poor followup Problems left unsolved Escalation required Need to explain problems multiple times Slow Initial Response |
One time we were evaluation dynamodb vs mysql. Oracle support helped us by giving us the benefit and the disadvantage of choosing one product over another.
Using MySQL
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
Like to use Easy to use Well integrated Quick to learn Feel confident using | Unnecessarily complex Requires technical support Inconsistent Cumbersome Lots to learn |
- Querying data between tables is very easy to do.
- Maybe during the initial setup.