Pluggable Storage Engine Architecture
Multiple Storage Engines:
InnoDB
MyISAM
NDB (MySQL Cluster)
Memory
Merge
Archive
CSV
and more
MySQL Replication to improve application performance and scalability
MySQL Partitioning to improve performance and management of large database applications
Stored Procedures to improve developer productivity
Triggers to enforce complex business rules at the database level
Views to ensure sensitive information is not compromised
Performance Schema for user/application level monitoring of resource consumption
Information Schema to provide easy access to metadata
MySQL Connectors (ODBC, JDBC, .NET, etc) for building applications in multiple languages
MySQL Workbench for visual modeling, SQL development and administration
Available on over 20 platforms and operating systems including Linux, Unix, Mac and Windows.