Deal will make DB2 a certified storage engine for MySQL apps on System i servers

Eric Lai writes: MySQL AB and IBM announced Wednesday that users of the latter’s System i hardware line will be able to run the MySQL open-source database on the midrange servers.

The System i version of IBM’s DB2 database, which is integrated with the midrange line’s operating system as a standard feature, will serve as a certified storage engine for MySQL, the two companies said at MySQL’s annual user conference here.

MySQL claims that its namesake database is being used in 11 million active installations worldwide. The software is based on a modular architecture that lets users swap in different storage engines tuned for different application scenarios.

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