MySQL been rock solid for us, handling a million+ queries per hour on a fairly large database, running continually for over 10 years (other than occasional upda

MySQL been rock solid for us, handling a million+ queries per hour on a fairly large database, running continually for over 10 years (other than occasional updates), but we're not using any advanced features, just run of the mill relational db with some full text searching. The tooling (phpmyadmin, percona xtrabackup) and knowledge available online are also a big plus.