<s>
The	O
MySQL	B-Language
Datacontroller	I-Language
storage	B-General_Concept
engine	I-General_Concept
for	O
the	O
MySQL	B-Application
relational	B-Application
database	I-Application
management	I-Application
system	I-Application
is	O
a	O
storage	B-General_Concept
engine	I-General_Concept
which	O
allows	O
a	O
user	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
table	O
that	O
is	O
a	O
local	O
representation	O
of	O
a	O
foreign	O
(	O
remote	O
)	O
table	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
foreign	O
table	O
can	O
be	O
located	O
into	O
another	O
storage	B-General_Concept
engine	I-General_Concept
like	O
Oracle	O
or	O
Microsoft	O
SQL	O
Server	O
(	O
MSSQL	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
utilizes	O
the	O
MySQL	B-Application
client	O
library	O
API	O
,	O
Free-TDS	O
and	O
OCILIB	O
as	O
a	O
data	O
transport	O
,	O
treating	O
the	O
remote	O
data	O
source	O
the	O
same	O
way	O
other	O
storage	B-General_Concept
engines	I-General_Concept
treat	O
local	O
data	O
sources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
actual	O
data	O
can	O
exist	O
on	O
a	O
local	O
or	O
remote	O
Oracle	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
SQL	O
Server	O
(	O
MSSQL	O
)	O
,	O
or	O
MySQL	B-Application
instance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
DataController	O
Storage	B-General_Concept
engine	I-General_Concept
was	O
first	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
MySQL	B-Application
Federated	O
Storage	B-General_Concept
Engine	I-General_Concept
was	O
authored	O
by	O
Patrick	O
Galbraith	O
and	O
Brian	O
Aker	O
and	O
is	O
currently	O
being	O
maintained	O
by	O
Patrick	O
Galbraith	O
and	O
Antony	O
Curtis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
introduced	O
in	O
2005	O
with	O
MySQL	B-Application
5.0	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
DataController	O
Storage	B-General_Concept
engine	I-General_Concept
was	O
introduced	O
in	O
2010	O
by	O
Francis	O
Lavalliere	O
working	O
with	O
MySQL	B-Application
5.1	I-Application
,	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
facilitate	O
the	O
access	O
to	O
other	O
database	B-General_Concept
engines	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
plugin	O
can	O
also	O
help	O
in	O
case	O
of	O
data	O
migration	O
,	O
or	O
migrating	O
data	O
to	O
another	O
database	B-General_Concept
engine	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
