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A Guide to Lower Database TCO How the Open Source Database MySQL® Reduces Costs by as Much as 90% ® A MySQL Business White Paper January 31, 2005 Copyright © 2005, MySQL AB Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 Driving Down Software Infrastructure Costs 4 Beyond Linux – Databases Go Open Source5 Why Over-Engineered Software Increases TCO 6 Major Companies Recognize Lower TCO7 Measuring the TCO Benefits of MySQL 8 1. Reducing Database License Fees 8 2. Better Reliability Avoids Expensive Downtime 9 3. Improved Performance Reduces Hardware Expenditure10 4. Reduced Administration, Engineering and Support Costs 10 MySQL Network11 Conclusion11 About MySQL 12 Copyright © 2005, MySQL AB Page 2 Executive Summary Not too long ago, Computerworld revealed how MySQL has become the world’s most popular open source database and why corporations intent on lowering their cost of operations are using it to further commoditize their IT infrastructure. In that same article, experts highlight what many believe is a new era of databases. Charlie Garry from the Meta Group is confident that: “the future of the database market will 1 be the standardization on MySQL.” After harvesting huge efficiencies from using open source software such as Linux and Apache, many companies are now targeting their database infrastructure for the next round of cost savings through co