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

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