BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ScaleBase, the MySQL scalability company, today released the results of a survey conducted at the spring Percona Live MySQL Conference. The survey revealed that even after trying numerous MySQL scalability approaches, 59 percent of the respondents are currently experiencing MySQL scalability problems or expect to within 6-12 months.
In addition, ScaleBase found that of those surveyed:
- 46 percent have tried to solve their scalability problems with upgraded hardware
- 43 percent have tried to solve their scalability problems with read/write splitting
- 60 percent are either currently evaluating scalability solutions or gathering information about them
- 32 percent said their scalability projects will start in six months or less
- 20 percent already have approved budget for scalability projects
“MySQL became the default database of choice for web applications. However, in many cases, it has been stretched beyond its capacity, especially for applications with growing transaction rates and growing numbers of concurrent users,” said Matt Aslett, research director, data management and analytics at 451 Research. “As these results indicate, DBAs and programmers have workarounds for their scalability challenges - such as buying bigger hardware and do-it-yourself sharding. However, our research indicates that manual, homegrown efforts can result in DBAs being stretched beyond their normal capacity. So, picking the best, long-term solution is crucial.”
“This research validates that scalability is a significant and growing concern – and one that companies need to address well in advance of databases nearing their limits,” said Paul Campaniello, Vice President, global marketing at ScaleBase. “ScaleBase gives DBAs and programmers easy access to the powerful MySQL scalability techniques used by Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr, without requiring them to make any changes to their existing MySQL ecosystems, or applications.”
Download the full report of ScaleBase’s findings at Percona Live here: http://tinyurl.com/mysqlresearch.
About ScaleBase
ScaleBase software enables applications to cost-effectively leverage multiple MySQL instances – to scale out to an unlimited number of users, transactions and data – all with no disruption to the existing code or infrastructure.
The ScaleBase Data Traffic Manager dynamically scales databases to meet changing business demands. ScaleBase virtualizes complex database environments, providing a unified point of management while delivering real-time scalability. ScaleBase is an authorized Amazon and Oracle Partner and its customers span a wide range of industries including online gaming companies, digital media providers, social networks and enterprises. The company is venture-backed and based in Newton, MA. For more information, visit www.scalebase.com.
