To properly evaluate the strengths of PostgreSQL and MySQL, the two leading open-source databases, one must look at the history and pedigree of each, and their feature functionality and performance.

Along with new clustering capabilities, the company plans to add support for stored procedures in Version 5.0 of MySQL, said the firm's Urlocker. The ability to store executable code within a database ...

Teerikorpi added that upgrades to P/cluster for PostgreSQL will follow early next year, and upgrades for Continuent's Microsoft SQL Server and Sybase products will arrive before next summer.

PostgreSQL supports various authentication methods including password-based methods (e.g., MD5 and SCRAM-SHA-256), Kerberos, GSSAPI, LDAP and certificate-based authentication. Role-based access ...

At its user conference, MySQL announced clustering technology that's designed to give users of the company's open-source database a way to boost uptime and data availability by spreading the ...

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — MySQL plans improvements in areas such as tables, replication, and partitioning with upcoming versions of the its database clustering product, a company consultant said at ...

I'd like to hear some best practices / advice regarding MySQL clustering and replication.<BR><BR>We've looked into the mysql clustering engine and while it seems nice, everything is stored in RAM ...

Looking to boost the reliability and availability of its open-source database, MySQL AB this week is unveiling clustering capabilities. At its user conference in Orlando, Swedish firm MySQL is ...

MySQL, a longtime database favorite of the open-source crowd, is growing up. MySQL Trots Out VAR Program, ... With the addition of clustering, MySQL is starting to shift its message.

MySQL Buys Alzato, Clustering Technology MySQL, based in Uppsala, Sweden, made its name offering databases under both the open-source General Public License and commercially.