I am seriously thinking about migrating from SQL Server to Mysql in our
environment to keep costs low.

I know a lot of big shops use it...Wonder why im hesitant...

So having said that, how reliable, scalable is it for some mission critical
24/7 environments ? Kinda stupid question .. but please try and convince me

Hassan wrote:
> I am seriously thinking about migrating from SQL Server to Mysql in our
> environment to keep costs low.
>
> I know a lot of big shops use it...Wonder why im hesitant...
>
> So having said that, how reliable, scalable is it for some mission
> critical 24/7 environments ? Kinda stupid question .. but please try and
> convince me
>

I'm not going to try to convince you. If you don't trust it, nothing
some person you don't know should convince you (especially on a biased
newsgroup :-) ). And if you do trust it, nothing some person you don't
know should convince you otherwise.

Look at the big shops you know are using it.

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On Jan 28, 11:49 pm, "Hassan" <has...@test.com> wrote:
> I am seriously thinking about migrating from SQL Server to Mysql in our
> environment to keep costs low.

Don't forget to ditch Windows while you're at it.

>
> I know a lot of big shops use it...
> Wonder why im hesitant...

Perhaps because MS has a huge FUD budget?

>
> So having said that, how reliable, scalable is it for some mission critical
> 24/7 environments ?


Another starting point:
http://mysql.com/why-mysql/case-studies/

And perhaps you noticed that Sun paid $1 billion for MySQL recently -
and Sun has always been about "mission critical"... just coincidence?
More @ http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?s...80116110733421

> Kinda stupid question .. but please try and convince me
>

In article <fnmeph$9du$1@registered.motzarella.org>, Hassan says...
>
>I am seriously thinking about migrating from SQL Server to Mysql in our
>environment to keep costs low.
>
>I know a lot of big shops use it...Wonder why im hesitant...
>
>So having said that, how reliable, scalable is it for some mission critical
>24/7 environments ? Kinda stupid question .. but please try and convince me
>
>

You might want to read this.

http://groups.google.com/group/comp....ba66c368942a3#

The poster has real life experience with MySQL.