Oracle Subsidiary Innobase OY Releases InnoDB Plug-in for MySQL 5.1

    REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., April 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --

    -- Innobase OY, a subsidiary of Oracle, today announced the latest version
       of InnoDB, the leading transactional storage engine for the MySQL open
       source database.
    -- The InnoDB Plug-in 1.0 for MySQL 5.1 adds advanced capabilities to
       InnoDB, the popular, fast, reliable, and proven storage engine for
       MySQL including:
        * Fast index creation, which allows indexes to be added or dropped
          much more quickly than previously, without copying existing data;
        * Data compression, which can help significantly reduce storage and
          Input/Output (I/O) requirements, improving throughput at a modest
          cost in CPU processing;
        * A new row storage format, which can improve performance and
          efficiency of clustered indexes using "off-page" storage for long
          BLOB, TEXT, and VARCHAR columns;
        * File format management, which protects upward and downward
          compatibility of databases across versions of InnoDB.
    -- The new "Barracuda" file format introduced in this release, along with
       accompanying features, enables improved performance, reliability,
       flexibility and ease of use for InnoDB users.
    -- The InnoDB Plug-in can be installed ("plugged in") into an existing
       environment using the MySQL "pluggable storage architecture".
    -- The InnoDB Plug-in can be used with existing databases, and newly
       created databases can be used with the standard, built-in InnoDB as
       distributed by MySQL.
    -- MySQL 5.1 users can immediately move to the latest InnoDB release
       without waiting for the next release of MySQL.
    -- An early adopter version of InnoDB Plug-in for MySQL 5.1 is available
       under the GPL open source license and can be downloaded for free at
       http://www.innodb.com/support/downloads/.
    -- Innobase also announced the immediate availability of a new on-line
       forum at forums.innodb.com where users and developers can discuss
       InnoDB, obtain and provide support for using the InnoDB Plug-in as well
       as InnoDB Hot Backup.
    -- Innobase is a MySQL Enterprise Platinum partner, participant in the
       MySQL Certified Storage Engine Program and Gold Sponsor of the MySQL
       Conference and Expo, April 14-17 in Santa Clara.


    Supporting Quotes

    -- "Innobase is committed to InnoDB users and to the continued innovation
       of this advanced transactional storage engine for MySQL," said Heikki
       Tuuri, the founder of Innobase and chief architect of InnoDB.
       "Innobase is providing immediate access to the latest release of
       InnoDB, the most popular solution for MySQL, to allow users to quickly
       leverage the features and enhancements they have helped drive."
    -- "Oracle continues to actively contribute to, enhance, and support a
       wide range of open source software," said Monica Kumar, senior director
       Linux and Open Source Product Marketing, Oracle.  "The latest release
       of InnoDB further demonstrates Oracle's commitment to the open source
       community."


    Supporting Resources

    -- More about InnoDB: http://www.innodb.com, http://www.innodb.com/innodb/
    -- Oracle & Open Source:
       http://www.oracle.com/technologies/open-source/index.html


    Oracle's Additional Open Source Contributions

    -- Oracle continues to invest significant resources in open source
       projects and technologies.  Key Oracle contributions include:
        * Linux -- http://www.oracle.com/technologies/linux/index.html
        * Oracle Validated Configurations -- http://tinyurl.com/muthn.
        * Eclipse -- http://oss.oracle.com/oracle-eclipse-projects.html
        * PHP Development --
          http://www.oracle.com/technologies/php/index.html
        * Open Source Tooling --
          http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/developer-tools/index.html
        * Open Source Database --
          http://www.oracle.com/database/berkeley-db.html

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