MySQL 8.0 – Announcing GA of the MySQL Document Store
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.…
Source: MySQL 8.0 – Announcing GA of the MySQL Document Store
