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title: VMware Tanzu for MySQL
url: https://www.vmware.com/products/app-platform/tanzu-data-intelligence/mysql
description: Enterprise-ready Postgres from a trusted provider.
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# VMware Tanzu for MySQL

Tanzu for MySQL enables platform engineers and database admins to support application developers’ data needs through a multi-cloud, easy-to-use, on-demand MySQL offering that is secure by default, easy to setup and manage.

## Why Choose Tanzu for MySQL?

### Embrace MySQL
Provide your developers with the database they love, from a vendor you trust; enable a variety of mission-critical use cases across multiple business domains like e-commerce, financial services, telecommunications and healthcare.

### Deploy your way
Deploy and manage instances concurrently across multiple supported environments—Kubernetes, virtual machines, the public cloud—in the same way, without worrying about underlying infrastructure.

### Support Entire Enterprises
Take advantage of significant automation for platform engineer and developer lifecycles. Install, manage, monitor and update MySQL at scale. Ensure deployments meet enterprise requirements. Get 24x7 support from experts and secure packaging for the enterprise.

### Work With Tanzu Platform
Create and manage MySQL instances on Tanzu Platform deployments on vSphere, any supported cloud or both. Trivially manage instance lifecycle concerns such as patching, upgrades and backups for your entire MySQL fleet.

## Tanzu for MySQL Features

### Works With Any Supported Kubernetes
Create and manage MySQL instances on Kubernetes clusters with a centralized MySQL operator. Routine database management intelligence such as deployment, failover and scaling are built into the operator.

### Multi-Version Support
Navigate varied application needs with simultaneous support for multiple MySQL versions. Extend your possibilities with an upgrade plan that allows workload testing with different database versions simultaneously before moving to the latest version.

### Quick and Easy to Use
Instantly provision or delete database instances; streamline setup processes using sensible defaults that are thoughtfully chosen for evolving workloads.

### Secure and Resilient by Default
Prioritize enterprise security, TLS everywhere and get timely patches to protect sensitive data from potential threats and vulnerabilities. Get robust disaster recovery capabilities, empowering platform engineers and DBAs with tools to facilitate business continuity in a seamless manner.

### Simplified Upgrades
Empower your application developer customers to easily upgrade to the latest MySQL major version without requiring specialized database administration expertise.

### Extended Upgrade Timelines
Keep your business stakeholders happy by allowing more time for upgrades through our enterprise-grade support, including an extended MySQL 5.7 support timeline.

## Solve Your Toughest Challenges

- Handle Enterprise-Level Transactions
- Store and Analyze Large Volumes of Data
- Build High-Performance Applications

MySQL is extensively used for online transaction processing (OLTP) systems, where several thousands of transactions occur concurrently and immediate responses are needed for thousands of user requests.

MySQL is widely used in data warehousing solutions which involves storing and analyzing large volumes of data. MySQL supports data aggregation, querying and reporting, making it indispensable for businesses dealing with extensive datasets.

MySQL is an integral part of the LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP/Python/Perl) which is often the preferred platform for dynamic websites and high-performance web apps.

## Ready to Get Started?

- [CONTACT SALES](https://go-vmware.broadcom.com/contact-us)

## Also of Interest

- [VMware Tanzu for Postgres](https://www.vmware.com/products/app-platform/tanzu-data-intelligence/postgres)
- [VMware Tanzu Platform](https://www.vmware.com/products/app-platform/tanzu)
- [VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Integrated - Enterprise Kubernetes...](https://www.vmware.com/products/app-platform/tanzu-kubernetes-grid)