mysql分支,选择哪个MySQL分支/版本？

As most of you know, Sun acquired MySQL (and later Oracle acquired Sun), and during these acquisitions, there were a lot of FUD in MySQL community which resulted in creation of various forks.

Today we have MySQL from MySQL, Percona (XtraDB) MySQL, OurDelta MySQL, MariaDB, Drizzle to name a few. Which brings us to the source of the problem.

We are in the process of upgrading our databases (hardware/software) and I would like to know which one of the forks should I go with. Each has their own set of pros/cons. We are currently using MySQL 5.0.x from MySQL/Linux on an 8-core machine. Our new hardware is a monster with 32 cores and 32GB of memory connecting to a fast NetApp Storage via FC.

I would like to stick with MySQL from MySQL but I have heard horror stories on how badly MySQL 5.1 performs on many cores. I have also heard that MySQL 5.4 performs better on multi-core machines but that's still not production ready. In addition, I have also heard a lot of good things about Percona builds.

This is what I know so far:

MySQL 5.1 from MySQL: Reliable choice, but doesn't scale well on a big machine

Percona: Scales well, good backing company. I don't have much experience with it

MariaDB: Don't know much about it besides that it was founded by Original MySQL developers (including Monty)

OurDelta: Don't know much

Drizzle: Mostly optimized for cloud computing

I would like to know what's the general notion about this problem. Which build/version should I go with? How are you guys picking your builds/versions?

Thanks!

解决方案

Just an update on this. We chose to go with Percona and we can't be happier. Percona guys definitely know their stuff and keep up with the new technologies. Just checkout http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/ Top notch software plus top notch people and great support, you can't go wrong.