Oracle announces general availability of MySQL 5.7 at GITEX

New version of the world’s most popular open source database is up to 3x faster than MySQL 5.6 in benchmark tests

GITEX, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - October 20, 2015 - At GITEX today Oracle announced the general availability of MySQL 5.7, the latest version of the world’s most popular open source database. The new version delivers greater performance, scalability manageability and security, and makes it easier to connect applications to multiple MySQL databases.

“Booking.com’s initial testing of the Development Milestone Releases has shown promising improvements that will enable us to perform online configuration and schema changes with less downtime,” said Nicolai Plum, senior systems architect, Booking.com. “The multi-source and parallel replication improvements in MySQL 5.7 GA will help us to continue scaling our global e-commerce business with ease and we look forward to deploying it soon.”

Speaking at GITEX, Abdulrahman Al Thehaiban, VP Middle East and Africa, Oracle commented:
“MySQL 5.7 delivers a wide range of innovations allowing developers, database administrators and DevOps teams to build and manage next-generation Web and cloud-based applications capable of processing ever increasing volumes of data. MySQL 5.7 builds upon Development Milestone Releases that have enabled users to preview, test and provide feedback during the development process - and as a result, this release has been a collaborative process involving many members of the MySQL community.

“We’ve also included requests from customers and partners such as Expanded Geographic Information System (GIS) Support for Mobile Applications, which includes spatial index support in InnoDB, GeoJSON, and GeoHash support.”

Key enhancements in MySQL 5.7, which deliver greater performance and scalability, include: Enhanced Speed: In benchmark tests using SysBench Read-only Point-Selects, at 1,024 connections, MySQL 5.7 delivered 1,600,000 queries per second (QPS) --  3x faster than MySQL 5.6.

Improved Security: The new version has additional firewalls and delivers easier and safer instance initialization, setup and management.

There will be more robust Replication: Enhancements to MySQL’s replication features include multi-source replication, enhanced Global Transaction Identifiers (GTIDs), and improved multi-threaded slaves for better scalability and availability.