MySQL is an RDBMS. It will be good if first, you will start learning database concepts. After that, you can do many good things for the database using MySQl. Here is one book DataBase Book Please learn the following. 1. What is RDBMS 2. Why Normalization requires. 3. Normal Forms 4. What is SQL and what is PLSql. 5. Do some practice with MySqL

The other protocol SCTP is not rare. In Telecom, for Sigtran, SCTP is used.