Here's the previous set-up:server 1 - runs a website and a few webapps on Tomcat.server 2 - hosts a mySQL DB using InnoDB tables.The webapps on server 1 connect to the DB on server 2 using JDBC ...

I would like to know whether a MySQL database can be copied from one machine to another using the mysqldump command instead of taking a snapshot by copying the data directory.

NitroSecurity and MySQL plan to work together to develop a storage engine for the open-source MySQL database that is optimized for high-performance databases.

An upgraded version of MySQL, 5.7, has been released with next generation hardware in mind, and greater interoperability with Oracle and NoSQL database technologies.