On 03 Jan 2007, at 02:48, Khalid B wrote:
solidDB, via acquisition of the parent company that makes that database http://solutions.mysql.com/solutions/item.php?id=219 http://www.mysql.com/news-and-events/news/article_1206.html
And Falcon, which is build by Jim Starkey (ex-DEC, Firebird co- creator). http://www.mysql.org/doc/refman/5.1/en/se-falcon-features.html http://forge.mysql.com/wiki/Falcon
I've talked to some MySQL employees and it seems that Falcon is going to be the new InnoDB -- so to speak. ;-) It's developed internally at MySQL as a replacement for InnoDB. In general, it is expected that more and more storage engines will emerge. There are even plans (jokes?) to create a mail storage engine (with header parsing support) and/or an image storage engine (with EXIF support). Imagine being able to query images based on the embedded EXIF data -- sure sounds like fun. So yes, keep an eye out on solidDB and Falcon if you're into MySQL storage engines. :-) -- Dries Buytaert :: http://www.buytaert.net/