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Database and Scripting Language Options

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Microsoft SQL Server

An enterprise-level database management system from Microsoft.

Cost: $150/year, additional storage space $7/year per GB

  • Students
  • Faculty
  • Staff
  • Technical Staff
  • Enterprise level database management system from Microsoft
  • 1 GB disk space
  • One hour of ITS consultant time per month
  • Recommended for databases larger than 20 MB with very high hit rates

MySQL

A popular database management system that is often combined with PHP scripting.

Cost: $150/year

  • Faculty
  • Staff
  • Technical Staff
  • Departments
  • Fully Managed

    In the fully managed infrastructure, ITS owns, manages, and supports the MySQL hardware and software resources.

    Fully managed MySQL is recommended for departments, colleges, or other groups that require MySQL service but who do not have the appropriate hardware, software, or staff resources to run it themselves.
  • Self-Managed with Commercial Support

    In the self-managed infrastructure with commercial support, the customer purchases access to the campus-wide MySQL Enterprise Platinum support agreement. This allows the customer to interact directly with the MySQL support staff at MySQL AB for all support requests.

    The Self-Managed MySQL with Commercial Support is recommended for departments that have existing MySQL services requiring commercial support, features of MySQL Enterprise, or have existing staff that focus on MySQL administration.

PHP

A general purpose scripting language that is frequently used with MySQL.

Cost: No cost

  • Students
  • Faculty
  • Staff
  • Technical Staff
  • Departments
  • Allows you to build templates to ease site maintenance
  • Serve different content to users based on their browser, IP address, date and time, or numerous other characteristics
  • Enables connections with databases such as MySQL
  • Build discussion forums or Web-based e-mail programs
  • Read and process XML