IBM's Cloudscape Versus MySQL

IBM's Cloudscape Versus MySQL: "IBM's Cloudscape Versus MySQL
Both Cloudscape and MySQL open-source relational databases can be obtained at no cost for most users. But there are many differences that can strongly affect which you choose.

by Roger Smith June 28, 2005

The age of industrial-strength open-source databases has arrived. No longer collaborative science experiments, open-source database projects are growing up and going mainstream. In a recent survey, Evans Data Corp. found that two-thirds of database developers were currently using open-source databases, not just because of the cost-effectiveness of open-source software but also because they felt that the performance and scalability of open-source databases had increased to the point where they are acceptable for use in corporate enterprise environments.

Because of their self-managed features and extremely scalable modes of operation, several of the latest generation of open-source databases are also doing away with, or considerably reducing, the role of Database Administrators (DBAs).

Let's take the Cloudscape relational database management system (RDBMS that IBM recently contributed to the open-source community and compare it to the venerable open-source RDBMS workhorse, MySQL. How are they different, and if you are in the market for a no-cost fully relational database, how do those differences affect your choice?"