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Learn how open source database software is managing much of the world's data and information today.

Learn more about distributed databases with ShardingSphere

Apache ShardingSphere is an open source distributed database, plus an ecosystem users and developers need for their database to provide a customized and cloud-native experience.

Trista Pan 07 Dec 2021 52 votes

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Build a data sharding service with DistSQL

Database sharding demonstrates the additional functionality of DistSQL.

Meng Haoran 15 Sep 2021 70 votes

A guide to database replication with open source

Why choose log-based Change Data Capture (CDC) replication for databases. Learn about the open source options available to you.

John Lafleur 18 Aug 2021 45 votes

Tune your MySQL queries like a pro

Optimizing your queries isn't a dark art; it's just simple engineering.

Dave Stokes 08 Jun 2021 55 votes

A hands-on tutorial of SQLite3

Get started with this incredibly powerful and common database. Download the SQLite cheat sheet.

Klaatu 04 Feb 2021 70 votes 2 comments

Improve your database knowledge with this MariaDB and MySQL cheat sheet

Read this article and download our free cheat sheet to get started using an open source database.

Seth Kenlon (Red Hat) 29 Oct 2020 63 votes

Install MariaDB or MySQL on Linux

Get started using an open source SQL database on your Linux system.

Seth Kenlon (Red Hat) 13 Oct 2020 52 votes

5 MySQL features you need to know

Don't forget to take advantage of these useful updates in the latest version—MySQL 8.0.

Dave Stokes 03 Mar 2020 106 votes

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