What Risks Does MySQL 5.7 End‑of‑Life Pose and How to Migrate to Domestic Open‑Source Forks?
MySQL 5.7 reaches its official End‑of‑Life in October 2023, exposing users to security, compliance, performance, and support risks, and the article outlines four migration paths—continuing with 5.7, upgrading to MySQL 8.0, switching to domestic open‑source forks like GreatSQL, or adopting commercial Chinese databases—while providing a detailed case study of GreatSQL’s suitability for Chinese enterprises.
