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MySQL 8.0 – Announcing GA of the MySQL Document Store

MySQL

In this blog I’ll explain the big wins that come with the MySQL Document Store in the MySQL 8.0 GA.

Basically

SQL + NOSQL
= Winning Combination
= Relational + Document Store + Hybrid
= Big Win For Devs
= Big Win for DBAs
= Big Win for Data Analysts
= Big Win for LOB owners

First, let’s start by considering some modern software facts

  • Move faster, change rapidly
  • Time to market is critical
  • Rapid prototyping, iterate fast and frequently
  • Relational Models ask for schema up front
  • Potentially saving time later
  • Less variation, less code for edge cases
  • Easy to run in-depth analytics
  • Document Models do not ask for a schema
  • Saves time up front
  • Often adds operational costs in the long term
  • Getting Analytics from the data can be way more work
  • Most popular NoSQL database use similar data structures to relational databases (B+TREE)
  • No inherent scalability advantages
    Yet behind on key functionality
  • Standing up multiple database technologies adds complexity for operations teams

Customers continually tell us they want to simplify their data infrastructure.…