MySQL

GlassFish & MySQL

Combined, GlassFish and MySQL are a perfect combination that can cut total cost of ownership, enable you to accelerate your open source initiative and gain control of your software budget by significantly reducing the cost of deploying and managing application platform and database software. The GlassFish & MySQL Unlimited product ensures customers can get greater ROI by allowing enterprises to purchase the rights of unlimited GlassFish Enterprise Server use and unlimited MySQL Enterprise use for a flat fee based on the number of employees in the organization.

At a Glance

• Unlimited server deployments of GlassFish Enterprise Server and MySQL Enterprise
• Reliable, extensible, record-setting application server
• The world's most popular open source database—the defacto standard for massive scale in the network economy
• 90% lower total cost of ownership than traditional database and application server solutions, same enterprise-class support
• Global mission-critical support & services from 1000s of trained field services personnel
• No counting sockets or cores
• No counting support incidents
• No counting servers
• No auditing or true-ups

Podcasts

GlassFish and MySQL
Listen as Mark Herring, Sun's Vice President of Software Infrastructure, talks about the GlassFish and MySQL offering.

Perspectives

"With a GlassFish and MySQL Unlimited subscription, customers can leverage Sun's expertise in providing enterprise-grade support for open source software. GlassFish Enterprise Edition and MySQL Enterprise are the leading database and application server for the web economy and we are confident that customers comparing the proven track record of these products, along with Sun's active participation in driving and supporting open source software, will choose this open platform for the flexibility of the solution and the rock-solid business case for cost savings," Rich Green, Executive Vice President of Software, Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Enterprise Features at Open Source Pricing

Unlimited GlassFish and MySQL pricing starts at $65,000* for an unlimited number of servers across your entire organization.

Price savings that can be achieved by using the GlassFish & MySQL Enterprise Unlimited offering are measured in the millions of dollars. A typical customer with under a 1,000 employees, running on 20 dual-CPU, dual-core x86 servers for the application server and 10 dual-CPU, dual-core x86 servers for the database server will expect to pay upwards of $3 million for a 3 year contract using proprietary products. The pricing for the open Sun offering is just $240,000, a savings of over $2.8 million. For details on the comparison see here .

GlassFish Enterprise Server Unlimited includes a comprehensive set of products and services to easily and safely deploy GlassFish Servers across your entire organization. You get the following benefits:

• Unlimited server deployments of GlassFish Enterprise Server
• Unlimited problem resolution support
• Interoperability assistance
• Developer expert assistance

• Unlimited server deployments of MySQL Enterprise Pro
• Unlimited deployments of MySQL Enterprise Monitor (MySQL Enterprise Gold)
• Unlimited 24x7 Problem Resolution Support
• 100 Hours of 24x7 Consultative Support (MySQL Enterprise Gold)
• 20 Support Contacts
• Monthly Rapid Updates and Quarterly Service Packs for MySQL Enterprise Server

Terms:

• GlassFish Enterprise Server Unlimited is based on GlassFish Enterprise Standard
• MySQL Enterprise Unlimited is based on MySQL Enterprise Gold
• Promotional Offer valid for 1 year only
• Contact your Sun Sales Representative for eligibility, renewals, multi-year purchases and discounts.

Now you have a simple financial justification for choosing GlassFish Enterprise and MySQL Enterprise. For a fixed price, which can result in huge savings, your entire organization gets unlimited GlassFish Enterprise Server and MySQL Enterprise Gold.