NXTcomm: Sun Targets Telecom with MySQL Database

Sun Microsystems Inc. Chairman and Co-founder Scott McNealy today during his NXTcomm keynote speech will announce version 6.3 of the company’s MySQL Cluster product. This is the first major MySQL announcement targeted specifically at the telecom market for Sun, which completed the acquisition of open source database outfit MySQL AB earlier this year.

At NXTcomm this week, Sun is showing MySQL, which it says is a very fast database, running various applications, including VoIP.

MySQL Cluster 6.3 was designed and is certified for use in carrier grade telecom environments, such as Subscriber Data Management systems including HLRs and HSSs and service delivery platforms (SDPs). This new release enables service providers and other vendors to deploy larger database applications and ensure data availability across geographies in case of site-level failure. Based on technology initially developed by Ericsson, the technology is already embedded in subscriber databases for leading telecom vendors including Alcatel-Lucent and Nokia.

New features with this release are:

* Integrated Disk-based Data Support - The addition of this disk-based data capability allows for storage of both highly transactional as well as persistent data in a single database management program. This integrated approach provides simpler development and deployment of applications compared with using multiple database programs. Additionally, it removes the size constraints of an in-memory database.

* Geographical Replication - The addition of asynchronous replication between MySQL Cluster databases provides the ability to geographically distribute application workload, increasing resiliency and removing the risk of site-level failure.

* Online Schema Management - Schema changes can now be made online, further reinforcing MySQL Cluster's five nines availability in a real-time distributed database system.

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