Planet MySQL HA Blog

The Planet MySQL HA Blog aggregates content from sources that cover topics related to high availability (HA) for MySQL databases.

MySQL & MySQL HeatWave: A Successful Journey Through Global AI Events in 2025 

In 2025, MySQL and MySQL HeatWave embarked on an ambitious journey across various global AI events, highlighting their dedication to advancing AI and cloud solutions in the ever-evolving tech landscape. Oracle has recognized the pivotal shift towards AI and cloud technologies as essential drivers of the 21st century, embracing this trend with a recent official […]

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mlrd: DynamoDB-Compatible API on MySQL

| Hack MySQL

Introducing mlrd (“mallard”) to the world: a DynamoDB-compatible API on MySQL. Crazy, but it works really well and I’m confident it will help a lot of businesses save a lot of money. Here’s why.

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MySQL Basics Blog Series: A Year in Review

This year, we dedicated our MySQL Basics blog series to those setting out on their first database journey. Designed especially for beginners, each post brought approachable lessons, meaningful analogies, and practical examples to help you develop a confident, hands-on understanding of MySQL fundamentals. Series Highlights Understanding the Building Blocks of DatabasesWe kicked things off by […]

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Deploying on OCI with the starter kit – part 4 (connecting to the database)

Let’s now see how we can connect to our MySQL HeatWave DB System, which was deployed with the OCI Hackathon Starter Kit in part 1. We have multiple possibilities to connect to the DB System, and we will use three of them: MySQL Shell in the command line MySQL Shell is already installed on the […]

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Oracle at KubeCon Atlanta: Revolutionizing Database Interaction with MySQL and AI 

The bustling city of Atlanta served as the backdrop for KubeCon from November 10-13, where more than 9,000 attendees gathered to explore the latest innovations in cloud-native computing. Among the esteemed participants, the Oracle team underscored its commitment to developing a secure and modern ecosystem for cloud-native applications, particularly through its database solutions including MySQL.  […]

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Recap of Geek Out Social at Oracle AI World 2025 

The Geek Out Social event, held during the Oracle AI World 2025 in Las Vegas on October 14, provided an essential platform for AI enthusiasts, developers, and industry leaders. The event was specifically for technical professionals attending AI World.  It played a critical role in fostering connections and discussions around the latest advancements in AI […]

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How ClusterControl Saved Christmas – Part 3

| Severalnines

The Real-Time Workshop Welcome to the 3rd of a 6 part holiday series called, How ClusterControl Saved Christmas! If you missed part one, start here: Part 1 Inside Santa’s Streaming Architecture for Naughty & Nice Events After the Great Vendor Lock-In Escape, the North Pole entered a golden age of technical optimism. The snow-capped server […]

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Building Applications with MySQL AI

We recently announced the availability of MySQL AI which enables predictive and generative AI workflows for on-premise MySQL customers. MySQL AI includes built-in LLMs and embedding models that run on CPUs, a vector store, semantic search functions, automated machine learning and a graphical console called MySQL studio. Since its release there has been considerable interest […]

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Introducing MySQL HeatWave Migration Assistant for Easy MySQL Database Migration to OCI

Announcing MySQL HeatWave Migration Assistant — the newest way to move MySQL workloads to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) with ease! Migrating critical databases to the cloud is often viewed as complex. That changes with the launch of the MySQL HeatWave Migration Assistant. This new tool is purpose-built to help organizations move their on-premises MySQL databases […]

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Deploying on OCI with the starter kit – part 3 (applications)

We saw in part 1 how to deploy our starter kit in OCI, and in part 2 how to connect to the compute instance. We will now check which development languages are available on the compute instance acting as the application server. After that, we will see how easy it is to install a new […]

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