MySQL
MySQL is the most popular and used open-source relational database management system. MySQL is an important part of LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP/Perl/Python), a widely used open source web application software package.
Advantages
- Open Source
- Cross-platform
- Very good performance
- Manages memory very well and ocupies low disk space
- Many tutorials on the internet
- Multiple GUI tools to choose from
- Can be installed from source code, allowing extra customization
Disadvantages
- MySQL doesn't provide good debugging tools
- Doesn't ship with a GUI tool
Features
- Multilayered design with independent modules
- Fully multi-threaded using Kernel Threads
- Provides Transactional and Non-transactional storage engines
GUI Tools
- MySQL Workbench
- phpMyAdmin
- HeidiSQL
- Navicat
Versions
- MySQL 3.23
- MySQL 4.0
- MySQL 4.1
- MySQL 5.0
- MySQL 5.1
- MySQL 5.5
- MySQL 5.6
- MySQL 5.7