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The original was posted on /r/mysql by /u/Nic3up on 2023-08-11 16:17:27+00:00.

The contractor responsible for the development of a webapp in my company is claiming that our community license of mysql can only utilize 4GB ram and 1 Core of the CPU. Their webapp is having performance issues (mysql spikes to a %100 CPU usage every now and then, freezing the webapp, and the issue is “fixed” by restarting the process) and they claim that the hardcap might be the reason for the spike, and the solution will be to buy a license that costs something like $25k. He says that this license will enable us to use 5 cores of the server.

Now, i know that that’s bs because i was a developer before i joined this company. But management is going through with it. And i have a dilemma, should i tell my manager that the license thing is bs? Or should i just pretend to hear nothing?

For context, the contractor is definitely experienced, and i would be surprised if they believe their own story. This contactor has a very long relationship with my company too, they know everyone long before i joined. And they even invited the managers to a wedding one time. I’m also responsible for QAing their webapp, so i do have a role in their development process. But not for licencing and such things.

Man the corporate life is so weird. Or is that just how sales meetings go in large companies?