ARCHIVED: Completed project: MySQL Enterprise Database services

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Primary UITS contact: Peg Lindenlaub

Completed: December 2, 2008

Description: MySQL Enterprise Database services will be made available on the High Performance Systems (HPS) Research Database Cluster (RDC) in fall 2008.

Milestones and status:

February 1, 2008: MySQL installed on Libra45/46 and NVGL migration completed
May 9, 2008: Finalize purchase of MySQL Enterprise
June 16, 2008: Complete installation of MySQL client on Libra51 test environment
June 23, 2008: Complete installation of MySQL client on Libra01/02
July 31, 2008: Knowledge Base and RDC web page updates complete
October 6, 2008: Update RDC account request form
October 6, 2008: Complete installation of Enterprise MySQL server on Libra45/46
October 6, 2008: Complete installation of phpMyAdmin on discern.uits.iu.edu
October 13, 2008: Request update to itaccounts Libra/RDC account information; include MySQL in text description
October 15, 2008: Complete testing of "mysql_instance" user command script (allows users to stop, restart, restart, check status of their MySQL database)
October 27, 2008: Begin customer notification (e.g., MOTD, Monitor, CI Newsletter, Research Technologies round table presentation)
November 3, 2008: MySQL available on Libra/RDC
November 14, 2008: Knowledge Base and RDC web page updates completed, completing the project

Benefits: A popular database service will be made available to research database customers.

Primary clients: IU students, faculty, and staff, and IU affiliates

Comment process: Send email to High Performance Systems.

Project team:

Stephanie Burks
Collin Gayde
Dave Hancock
Peg Lindenlaub
Nancy Long
Joe Rinkovsky

Governance: Craig Stewart, Associate Dean for Research Technologies