MySQL gets the Solid engine
Solid and MySQL have struck a deal (and for some odd reason I had to find out about it from Slashdot and then here rather than from one one the companies). Apparently Solid will open source a version of its storage engine, to be used with the MySQL front-end.
Solid’s core technology is a lightweight, zero-administration OLTP RDBMS. And they really mean “zero-administration,” because as they like to point out, a typical deployment is embedded in a piece of telecom equipment that doesn’t even have a keyboard. Now, that doesn’t really mean the Solid engine would still be zero-administration in other applications, but sure aren’t talking about something as prickly as, say, Oracle.
That said, Solid’s technology has its limitations. It isn’t historically designed for the query load (volume or mix) of, say, an SAP installation. It certainly doesn’t have much in the way of data warehousing functionality. And it doesn’t have much in the way of administration tools itself (although presumably MySQL will fill that gap).
One very important aspect of the Solid technology is its hybrid memory-centric design. Much more on that soon. My white paper on memory-centric data management is finally close to publication, with Solid as a co-sponsor. At some point I’ll even do a webinar for them associated with the paper.
I don’t know whether that’s part of the MySQL relationship — it would be very cool if it were.
Comments
2 Responses to “MySQL gets the Solid engine”
Leave a Reply
[…] Memory-centric data mgt. […]
[…] In a stunningly self-defeating move, my friends at Solid have decided that anything about their already-leaked possible cooperation with MySQL is embargoed. […]