New MaxDB 7.6 beta released

The new version 7.6 of MaxDB by MySQL has been released! This release is a beta version, preparing for the production version release, which will take place in Q2 2005.

The new MaxDB 7.6 delivers several good benefits:

• Simplified installation process, with the released version of the Installation Manager GUI
• Increased High Availability, as database parameters now can be changed in ONLINE operational mode
• Easier administration, through automatic update of statistics to ensure optimal optimizer performance
• Improved Storage management, as reduction and automatic extension of data volumes can be done in full operational state
• Better backup reliability, as log backup checks can be performed
• Performance improvements, through new parallel log writing and volume formatting, and through shared catalog cache and shared prepared SQL statement caches

For more details on the release, please see:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/maxdb/intro_76.html.
The software can be downloaded here:
http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/maxdb/7.6.00.html.

To get a good overview of the MaxDB product, please see the new MaxDB Whitepaper, http://dev.mysql.com/doc/maxdb/pdf/whitepaper.pdf.