MySQL is the fastest growing database in the world because of its lower total cost of ownership (TCO) and its flexibility. One powerful example of MySQL’s flexibility is the ability to select the storage engine that is ideally suited for your application. Considering your application’s requirements for availability, transactions, read and update performance, and more, you can select a storage engine that addresses your specific needs. In fact, we have created a storage engine selector that allows you to select the ideal MySQL storage engine for your application.
Why would you select the ScaleDB storage engine? ScaleDB for MySQL is ideal for applications that need increased performance, scalability and availability while handling transactions. More specifically, if your application has any of the following requirements, you should seriously consider ScaleDB for MySQL:
- Large data sets
- Large numbers of concurrent users
- Large numbers of tables with complex relationships (e.g. using joins, materialized views, etc.)
- ACID compliant transaction processing
- Load balancing (e.g. to address temporal shifts in usage patterns)
- High-availability with smooth fail-over
- An evolving application with changing data storage requirements
- Lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
ScaleDB for MySQL leverages two advances that combine to make it significantly better than alternatives for large scale applications. These two advances are shared-everything clustering and multi-table indexing. You can read more about these capabilities in the Technology page.