Overall Satisfaction with MySQL
Many of our internal web applications use MySQL to store their data. It is a great relational database engine and works great for storing all kinds of relational data. It runs well on our Ubuntu servers and works great from PHP. And we can use it without paying huge amounts for licensing.
- Storing relational data
- Querying relational data
- Programmability from PHP
- Finetuning for memory consumption can be tricky
- Some improvement in diagnostics could be helpful
- MySQL makes it possible that we can store data
- No licensing cost so doesn't break the bank
I would say that in a Linux environment MySQL works great compared to both PostgreSQL and MS SQL. The added benefit compared to MS SQL is the low or absent licensing cost. As we use it mainly from PHP the programming interface is great for MySQL. PostgreSQL has many of the benefits, but is a bit less used.
Do you think MySQL delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with MySQL's feature set?
Yes
Did MySQL live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of MySQL go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy MySQL again?
Yes