MySQL Embedded Database

The MySQL Embedded Database is used by more than one hundred Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and Value Added Resellers (VARs) making it the most popular choice for those who want to cost-effectively embed or bundle a reliable and high-performance relational database.

The MySQL Embedded Database enables OEM/ISV/VARs to:

• Focus core engineering resources on their product rather than building and maintaining a proprietary database.
• Win competitive comparisons using a database that has earned respect for its superior performance and reliability.
• Keep a larger share of the customer's budget by eliminating the need for customers to purchase a separate database.
• Accelerate time to market and shorten sales cycles

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With more than 10 million active installations, MySQL is proven as a high-performance, easy to use, and affordable database that gives you more flexibility than proprietary solutions. The embedded server library makes MySQL Server ideally suited for your small footprint and embedded database needs. Leading OEM/ISV/VARs are using this library to transparently embed MySQL into software applications, turnkey hardware/software security appliances, network routers, public kiosks, high performance Internet servers, and more. In addition, MySQL provides a low/zero administration environment, lowering management costs both for the OEM/ISV/VARs and their customers. Combined with low-cost, flexible licensing terms, MySQL is the ideal database to distribute with your solutions.

You're in Good Company with MySQL

For over ten years, MySQL has been a popular choice among leading technology companies worldwide. Our reputation has been built on understanding the needs of OEM customers and delivering the software, support and services to make them successful. MySQL is embedded or bundled with leading companies including Adobe, Cisco, Motorola, NEC, Nortel, NetIQ, SAP, SAS, Siemens, Sony, Symantec and more than a hundred others.

MySQL provides OEM, ISV and VARs with the following benefits:

Performance

MySQL has always been recognized as a high-performance and efficient database, routinely posting top benchmark performance results for throughput and scalability. Powerful administration features enable users to fine-tune the server to optimize performance for the particular details of an embedded or bundled application. Plus, a pluggable storage engine architecture enables you to mix and match storage engines or just use what your need for an efficient optimized footprint.

Reliability

Leading organizations, ISVs, and VARs consistently turn to MySQL for their most demanding applications because of MySQL's superior reliability and dependability. This stability is to a large degree the result of open source development. With a huge and active user community MySQL continuously receives extensive feedback which is incorporated into the product in a timely manner. In a recent code inspection study Reasoning, inc. the leading provider of automated software inspection services concluded that the code quality of MySQL was six times better than that of comparable proprietary code.

Easy to Use, Administer, and Embed

MySQL was designed to be easy to install and configure. At the same time, MySQL provides comprehensive administration features to easily fine tune parameters and optimize the database to meet particular application requirements. Plus, the libmysqld embedded server library makes it possible to run a full-featured MySQL server inside an application increasing performance and simplifying the management of embedded applications. MySQL runs transparently to the end user, so your customers are unaware that a database is embedded within your application. So not only do you get faster time to market, you can also eliminate potential obstacles during the sales cycle.

Broad Platform Support

MySQL supports the most popular platforms giving you the flexibility to ship your applications on over 20 platforms that your customers demand, including Linux, Embedded Linux, Microsoft Windows, Sun Solaris, HP-UX, IBM AIX, Novell Netware, Mac OS X, QNX, and more.

Training, Consulting & Support Offerings

MySQL provides support and training from development to deployment through a variety of training, consulting and support offerings tailored to the needs of ISVs and OEMs. Whether you need help architecting your system, migrating from an existing solution, tuning performance or answering tough implementation questions, MySQL is there to help make you successful every step of the way.