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What is MySQL Enterprise?

MySQL Enterprise Server software is the most reliable, secure and up-to-date version of MySQL for cost-effectively delivering E-commerce, Online Transaction Processing (OLTP), and multi-terabyte Data Warehousing applications. It is a fully integrated transaction-safe, ACID compliant database with full commit, rollback, crash recovery and row level locking capabilities. MySQL delivers the ease of use, scalability, and performance that has made it MySQL the world's most popular open source database.

MySQL Enterprise Server 5.0 delivers new enterprise features, including:

• ACID Transactions to build reliable and secure business critical applications
• Stored Procedures to improve developer productivity
• Triggers to enforce complex business rules at the database level
• Views to ensure sensitive information is not compromised
• Information Schema to provide easy access to metadata
• Distributed Transactions (XA) to support complex transactions across multiple databases
• Pluggable Storage Engine Architecture for maximum flexibility
• Archive Storage Engine for historical and audit data
• Federated Storage Engine to create a single logical database from many physical servers
• Enterprise Installer and Configuration Wizard
• Emergency Hot Fix Builds

Drivers
- MySQL Native C Library
- MySQL Drivers for ODBC, JDBC, .NET
- Community Drivers for PHP, Perl, Python, Ruby, etc
- MySQL Connector/MXJ for deployment as a JMX MBean

Graphical Tools
- MySQL Workbench
- MySQL Query Browser
- MySQL Administrator
- MySQL Migration Toolkit

MySQL Enterprise includes:
- MySQL Enterprise Server software, the most reliable, secure and up-to date version of the world's most popular open source database
- MySQL Network Monitoring and Advisory Service that continuously monitors your database and proactively advises you on how to implement MySQL best practices
- MySQL 24x7 Production Support with fast response times to assist you in the development, deployment and management of MySQL applications