[Building Sakai] mysql transitions ..

[Earle Nietzel]

Other options include,

- should be able to use the mysql CE
- "mariaDB" https://mariadb.org/ which is from the original creator of
mysql. Its meant to serve as a drop in replacement of mysql.


On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 12:45 PM, Sam Ottenhoff <ottenhoff at longsight.com>wrote:

> I recommend checking out Percona (http://www.percona.com/).  They provide
> 24x7 support and also provide repackaged MySQL with a forked InnoDB plugin
> called XtraDB that performs very well.
>
>
> On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 1:35 PM, Kenwrick Chan <kchan at hawaii.edu> wrote:
>
>> Hi Mark,
>> Sorry to have missed this message.  We have an enterprise support
>> contract for MySQL that's going to lapse this August.  As you probably know
>> MySQL was purchased by a larger DB vendor.   I'm not the person that's
>> working with the current MySQL vendor, but he mentioned that they are
>> currently unwilling to set a price on how much it would cost to extend
>> enterprise support*.  We are not using the "hot" backup tool but we are
>> using the enterprise monitoring tool.  We've never contacted tech support
>> for assistance.  In fact, since we're currently still on 2.7.x our
>> installed version 5.1 is no longer supported.  So we are evaluating our
>> options [our instance of sakai is not the only MySQL database though].
>>
>> -kenwrick
>> ** I'm not sure if the technical term for this is "playing chicken".*
>>
>>
>> On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 2:16 AM, Mark J. Norton <
>> markjnorton at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>>>  >   it's become an issue for our us "license-wise"
>>>
>>> What do you mean by that, Kenwick?  MySQL is distributed under the GPL.
>>> As long as your institution downloads and installs it yourself, there
>>> shouldn't be a problem.  Can you share more details?
>>>
>>> - Mark
>>>
>>>
>>> On 5/29/2013 9:06 PM, Kenwrick Chan wrote:
>>>
>>> Folks,
>>> Just wondering if any campus had anecdotal info to share about migrating
>>> from mysql?  Apparently it's become and issue for our us "license-wise" so
>>> we're considering options.  Right now we're still on 2.7.x .. probably for
>>> the next 6 months or so.  I know some campuses have tried mariadb.
>>>
>>>  Thanks!
>>> -Kenwrick
>>>
>>>
>>>
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