Advantages
- Open-source
- Cross-platform
- Very good performance
- Manages memory very well and occupies low disk space
- Multiple GUI tools to choose from
- It 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
