This software shortcut is designed to enable more efficient and lower-cost deployments of virtualized MySQL environments by eliminating almost all of the standard manual configuration it requires.
Preconfiguration, prepackaging and
automation of many IT functions are key attributes of the new unified computing
systems, and this is a trend that is gaining serious traction on a global
scale. Spending hours configuring a server or storage array for a virtualized
system is fast becoming drudgery of the past.
Oracle made a major contribution to
this trend June 27 by announcing its first Oracle Virtual Machine Template for
MySQL Enterprise Edition. This software shortcut is designed to enable more
efficient and lower-cost deployments of virtualized MySQL environments by
eliminating almost all of the standard manual configuration it requires.
If the instructions are followed
correctly, Oracle said, this new template will provide a preinstalled,
preconfigured and certified software stack that includes Oracle VM Server for
x86, Oracle Linux with its branded "Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel"
(either Red Hat compatible or Oracle's own Linux v2.6 version) and MySQL
Enterprise Edition.
Oracle claims the template offers the
following user benefits:
- Faster deployments: Users can reduce installation and
configuration cycles both for initial deployments and to provision
replicated scale-out environments.
- Better reliability: Using a preinstalled and preconfigured software
stack, one that has already undergone extensive integration and quality
testing and is certified for production use, helps ensure a reliable and
trusted environment.
- Higher uptime: With MySQL's replication capabilities plus Oracle
VM's built-in high availability features, both planned and unplanned
downtime can be reduced.
The new template also provides users
with access to the comprehensive suite of MySQL management tools, including
MySQL Enterprise Monitor, MySQL Query Analyzer, MySQL Workbench and MySQL
Enterprise Backup.
Oracle said that similar VM templates
are also available for Oracle Applications, Oracle Fusion Middleware, Oracle
Database, Oracle Linux and Oracle Solaris.
Oracle
Has Kept Its MySQL Promise Thus Far
It wasn't all that long ago that the
MySQL community was wary about how much support Oracle was
planning to give the open-source database after the acquisition of
Sun Microsystems in January 2010. After all, MySQL often competed for the same
business as Oracle's standard database.
However, the world's second-largest
software company has indicated its commitment to the open-source database
numerous times during the past 18 months. The new VM template is the latest
example.
CEO and co-founder
Larry Ellison was steadfast from the beginning-in
fact, even before the merger was concluded-in contending that MySQL largely
served a different market than Oracle DB and that the open-source database
community had nothing to worry about: Oracle wasn't about to shutter MySQL.
In fact, he said, Oracle would invest more
into MySQL than Sun had been able to afford. Industry sources have told eWEEK
that this, too, has been borne out.
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Chris Preimesberger was named Editor-in-Chief of Features & Analysis at eWEEK in November 2011. Previously he served eWEEK as Senior Writer, covering a range of IT sectors that include data center systems, cloud computing, storage, virtualization, green IT, e-discovery and IT governance. His blog, Storage Station, is considered a go-to information source. Chris won a national Folio Award for magazine writing in November 2011 for a cover story on Salesforce.com and CEO-founder Marc Benioff, and he has served as a judge for the SIIA Codie Awards since 2005. In previous IT journalism, Chris was a founding editor of both IT Manager's Journal and DevX.com and was managing editor of Software Development magazine. His diverse resume also includes: sportswriter for the Los Angeles Daily News, covering NCAA and NBA basketball, television critic for the Palo Alto Times Tribune, and Sports Information Director at Stanford University. He has served as a correspondent for The Associated Press, covering Stanford and NCAA tournament basketball, since 1983. He has covered a number of major events, including the 1984 Democratic National Convention, a Presidential press conference at the White House in 1993, the Emmy Awards (three times), two Rose Bowls, the Fiesta Bowl, several NCAA men's and women's basketball tournaments, a Formula One Grand Prix auto race, a heavyweight boxing championship bout (Ali vs. Spinks, 1978), and the 1985 Super Bowl. A 1975 graduate of Pepperdine University in Malibu, Calif., Chris has won more than a dozen regional and national awards for his work. He and his wife, Rebecca, have four children and reside in Redwood City, Calif.Follow on Twitter: editingwhiz
