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  • Committer: Lee Bieber
  • Date: 2010-11-07 19:30:38 UTC
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Merge Stewart - including adapting and expanding the "differences from mysql" page from the wiki.

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Drizzle supports SQL92, with custom extensions for advanced users.
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It has been designed for modern environments which are 64bit, have lots of
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cores, many gigs of memory, and where a database is needed that will fit into the infrastructure
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of the environment (compared to classic solutions where the database is a
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world unto itself).
 
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Historically, database servers have dictated infrastructure - you must use
 
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the inbuilt authentication system, the inbuilt logging system etc. Drizzle takes
 
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a different approach; it aims to integrate with your existing infrastructure,
 
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becoming a part of it instead of an island.
 
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Drizzle has been designed for modern environments which are 64bit, multi-core
 
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with gigabytes of memory.
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Drizzle is open source software, and is maintained by a number of
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individuals and companies for the better advancement of all who participate. 
 
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individuals and companies for the better advancement of all who participate.