On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Alexey Toptygin <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, 9 Feb 2009, Ed Kohlwey wrote: > >> Hi Everyone, >> We have a presentation confirmed for Mar. 11. I will send out a reminder >> that week as well. >> >> Padraig O'Sullivan will present drizzle, a scalable, lightweight fork of >> MySQL 6 which is targeted specifically towards cloud computing needs in >> mind. Although drizzle sheds many common MySQL features, it adds an >> abundance of new functionality including: microkernel architecture, a >> plugin framework, and optimization for multi-processor and multi-core >> systems. >> >> If you are planning to work in the computer industry after the next 2-5 >> years, this presentation is highly relevant, if not a must! Please don't >> miss out. > > Whoa! I plan to work in the computer industry, so I _have_ to know about > MySQL fork-of-the-month? I mean, distributed databases are cool and all, but > I think you're getting a little too excited there...
I don't know if I would call it a MySQL fork-of-the-month. I'll mention in the presentation what the Drizzle developers are planning on doing with it in the future. Its going to be used as the basis for a pretty cool project in the not too distant future. The main developers all work for Sun (since Sun bought MySQL) and work on Drizzle full time. In fact, the guy who originally proposed the fork is Brian Aker (former MySQL director of architecture), and I can tell you that they have big plans for Drizzle. Its no big deal if you're not interested but its hard not to get excited about something that you work on sometimes. So sorry for getting too excited... > > Also, how can something be lightweight, and at the same time have a > microkernel arhitecture? By the time your technology is complex enough that > you decide you need a microkernel, you are quite a ways from lightweight, > IMO. Now SQLite, that's lightweight. The idea is to remove the complexity from MySQL. Yes, at the moment, they are still a bit away from lightweight but they are getting there. A lot of complexity has been added to MySQL in the last few years - how much of those features are actually used by the average MySQL user? Its not a microkernel architecture yet. That is the eventual goal. And Drizzle is not attempting to be SQLite. SQLite is great for what it does - it would be pointless to try and compete with it. > > Alexey >
