MySQL 5.5 Now Generally Available

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Oracle has announced a new release of MySQL. Version 5.5 has debuted and with it come some decent enhancements.

Some of the enhanced capabilities of this new release include:

Improved performance and scalability: MySQL Database and InnoDB storage engine have been enhanced to provide optimum performance and scalability when running on the latest multi-CPU and multi-core hardware and operating systems. In addition, with release 5.5, InnoDB is now the default storage engine for the MySQL Database, delivering ACID transactions, referential integrity and crash recovery.

Higher availability: New semi-synchronous replication and Replication Heart Beat improve failover speed and reliability.

Improved usability: Improved index and table partitioning, SIGNAL/RESIGNAL support and enhanced diagnostics, including a new PERFORMANCE_SCHEMA, improve the manageability of MySQL 5.5.

Oracle also claims that this release has some significant performance improvements such as:

On Windows: Up to 1,500 percent performance gains for Read/Write operations and up to 500 percent gain for Read Only.(1)
On Linux: Up to 360 percent performance gain in Read/Write operations and up to 200 percent improvement in Read Only.(2)