Hi...I was pleased to see MySQL 5.0.22 and PHP5 in CentOS 5.0 and as much as I need these updates I think I should be safe and not upgrade until CentOS 5.1 is released. But for now I am running CentOS 4.4 with stock MySQL and PHP rpm packages. I need to upgrade MySQL to 5.0 and I noticed there is a mysql-server- 5.0.22-1.centos.1.i386.rpm package in the centosplus directory. There is also a mysql-server-5.0.27-1.el4.centos.i386.rpm package but I think I should stick to .22 so that the eventual upgrade to CentOS 5.1 will be easier. I have two questions for any of the MySQL administrators running CentOS 4.4...
1. What has been your experience like with the mysql-server-5.0.22- 1.centos.1.i386.rpm centosplus package on high load sites?
2. Is it better to just use the official RPM from MySQL instead? http://mysql.org/get/Downloads/MySQL-5.0/MySQL-server-community-5.0.37- 0.rhel4.i386.rpm/from/pick
My concern with the official MySQL rpm is that it's version 5.0.37 and will be different from the one in CentOS 5.1 So for now I think I would like to use 5.0.22 with stock PHP 4.3.9 then later upgrade PHP to version 5.1 also from centosplus. Any performance or stability reason not to? Please share your experience and opinions. TIA!