<?php
include 'head.php';
-/*
-<strong>Important Notice:</strong><p> This is a beta service and is not yet ready for use in data intensive applications.
-
-<hr />
-
-<br />
-*/
?>
-<h2>About</h2>
+<?/*
+<h3>About</h3>
+*/?>
<p>
-This service provides <a href="http://www.mysql.com/">MySQL</a> databases to <a href="http://ca.mit.edu/">Athena account</a> holders.
-You must choose a MySQL password (independent of your Athena account) when you <a href="signup">Signup</a> and then use this interface to create and drop databases.
-All subsequent SQL commands can be issued from any host, client, and/or script of your choosing.
+This service provides <a target="_blank" href="http://dev.mysql.com/doc">MySQL</a> databases to <a target="_blank" href="http://ca.mit.edu/">MIT certificate</a> holders.
+You must choose a MySQL password (which should be different from your Athena account password) when you <a href="do/signup">sign up</a>, and you can
+then use this interface to create and drop databases. All subsequent SQL commands can be issued from any host, client, and/or script of your choice;
+simply connect to the MySQL server at <b>sql.mit.edu</b> using your username and your new MySQL password.
+You may find it convenient to run scripts using the <a target="_blank" href="http://scripts.mit.edu/web">web script service</a> or
+<a target="_blank" href="http://scripts.mit.edu/cron">shortjobs service</a>.
</p>
-<h2>Backups</h2>
-
<p>
-<strong>We strongly recommend you keep backups of your SQL schema and data.</strong>
-As you work with your SQL data, it is automatically saved on an additional secondary SQL server for restoration in the event of a server failure.
-Although we continually put forth our best efforts, we can make no guarantees on the reliability of the service and access to the data.
+All uses of this service must comply with the <a target="_blank" href="http://web.mit.edu/olh/Welcome/rules.html">MITnet rules of use</a>.
</p>
<?/*
-<h2>Quotas</h2>
+<h3>Backups</h3>
+
+<p>
+<strong>We strongly recommend you keep your own backups of your SQL schema and data.</strong> Your MySQL data is not stored in AFS.
+Although we use various technical means to try to ensure the availability of your data (including hardware-level redundancy and real-time replication), we can make no guarantees about the reliability of the service and access to your data.
+</p>
+
+<h3>Quotas</h3>
<p>
-By default, new users can create up to <strong>5 databases</strong>, consuming a total of <strong>25 megabytes</strong> of SQL data.
+By default, new users can create up to <strong>5 databases</strong>, consuming a total of <strong>50 megabytes</strong> of SQL data.
The system will periodically check your database sizes and suspend creation of new data (INSERT statements) if your total usage exceeds your allotted quota.
</p>
<strong>Always use this interface to create and drop databases.</strong>
Although you can drop any of your databases outside this interface, doing so will not relinquish your rights to that database and will therefore still count against your quota.
</p>
-*/?>
-
-<h2>Disclaimer</h2>
-<p>
-We reserve the right to suspend or terminate your MySQL account at any time and for any or no reason.
-</p>
+<h3>Disclaimer</h3>
+*/?>
<p>
+Although this service has been designed with reliability in mind, the SIPB MySQL service should not be used to host critical applications that cannot tolerate downtime.
+<? /* We may, of course, suspend or terminate your MySQL account at any time, for any or no reason. */ ?>
We perform no query logging, schema or data backups, or any other backups otherwise generally available. You are solely responsible for performing backups of your data.
-</p>
-
-<p>
We maintain general usage statistics of this service by the MIT community at large.
</p>
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