MySQL has become the ideal choice of database for projects within new companies or new projects within existing companies. Most of these companies are choosing LAMP architecture for multitude of advantages that it offers.
The main criteria for choosing a database comes down to four factor namely: Reliability, Performance, Scalablity and Ease of deployment and maintenance.
A lot of times I hear people asking this question : “Based on my requirements , do you think MySQL is good enough for me?“. Thus, I thought maybe it will be a good idea to find out some instances where MySQL is being used and then let the clients do the comparison themselves.
Here are a few places where MySQL is being used:
Some other places where MySQL was used:
Some mission critical deployments:
So, let me ask that again – “Is MySQL good enough for you?”
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