Facebook, Google, Twitter, and Linkedin launched WebScaleSQL

The name looks terrible: Web Scale. It is actually based on the Community version of Oracle MySQL 5.6, and some tools and patches are added. Let's take a look at this news:

Http://www.informationweek.com/big-data/software-platforms/facebook-debuts-web-scale-variant-of-mysql-/d/d-id/1141521

The following section describes what has been developed.
The WebScaleSQL community has already developed components, including:

• Features that make operating at Web scale easier, such as a super read-only feature and the ability to specify sub-second client timeouts.

• Changes to improve the performance of WebScaleSQL, including buffer pool flushing improvements, optimizations to certain query types, and support for Non-Uniform Memory Architecture (NUMA) interleave policy.

• An automated framework that will run and publish the results of MySQL's built-in test system for each proposed change.

• A suite of stress tests and a prototype automatic performance testing system.

The following section is ongoing.

WebScaleSQL will welcome other scale-oriented members of the MySQL community to contriunity, according to Greene. The group is currently working on:

• Developing an asynchronous MySQL client that won't have to wait to connect, send, or retrieve while querying. this non-blocking client developed and in production use at Facebook is being code-reviewed by the other WebScaleSQL teams.

• Adding Facebook production-tested compression and versions of table, user, and compression statistics.

• Adding Facebook's Logical Read-Ahead mechanic for "up to 10x" speed improvements in full table scans, such as nightly logical backups.

At present, it seems that the main idea is to work together to bring together things you have done for your business needs. It is also clear that it will not be an official fork, but will only exist as branch. This also shows that the current Oracle version is still reliable, and MariaDB still needs to work hard. For every improvement, you need to take a look.

Website: http://webscalesql.org/

GitHub: https://github.com/webscalesql/webscalesql-5.6