Features

MariaDB Enterprise Platform

The MariaDB Enterprise Platform is available on-premises and on the MariaDB SkySQL DBaaS (Cloud database platform). MariaDB Enterprise Platform consists of:

MariaDB Enterprise Server (MariaDB database server)

MariaDB Xpand (distributed database, scaling writes, former ClustrixDB)

MariaDB Enterprise ColumnStore (former InfiniDB used for data warehouse (DWH), BI, Reporting)

MariaDB MaxScale (Load Balancer)

MariaDB Connectors

• MariaDB Connector/C++
• MariaDB Connector/R2DBC (Reactive …

As you probably know MySQL is an Open Source product licensed under the GPL v2. The GPL grants you the right to not just read and understand the code of the product but also to use, modify AND redistribute the code as long as you follow the GPL rules.

This redistribution has happened in the past various times. But in the western hemisphere only 3 of these branches/forks of MySQL are of relevance for the majority of the MySQL users: Galera Cluster for MySQL, MariaDB (Server and Galera Cluster) and Percona …

MySQL 5.6

The focus of this release seems to be on Replication, Partitioning and InnoDB/Performance.

• New InnoDB-related INFORMATION_SCHEMA tables and more information in the PERFORMANCE_SCHEMA.
• Persistent Optimizer statistics for InnoDB tables.
• InnoDB table information can be limited when many tables are opened.
• Several internal performance enhancements for InnoDB.
• InnoDB deadlocks can be written to the error log.
• Delayed Replication
• ALTER TABLE ... EXCHANGE PARTITION.
• Binlog shipping with the mysqlbinlog …