All settings, users, data are stored in the database underneath Drupal. So it is mandatory to make the right choices for the database to achieve the best possible performance and availability of your Drupal environment. MySQL is probably the most commonly used database for Drupal. A lot of innovation is taking place in MySQL and that is offering new features and options (new features in MySQL 5.6 and 5.7, high availability with MySQL Fabric or Oracle Clusterware, how to make fast/online backup, NDB Cluster, ...).
In this session we are going to discover the options that oracle MySQL gives you, from totally free of charge to supported by Oracle.