MySQL has always been a great database option for companies in their infancy. It’s cheap and contains the basic functionality most organizations need. It is the simplest way to provide access to multiple databases for multiple users looking to sift through basic company structured data.
Of course, as companies hit the big time and see incredible growth in the number of concurrent transactions on their websites, they suddenly find that their affordable MySQL solution can’t handle this volume reliably—at least not without some complex, expensive and risky technical workarounds.
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