High Availability with MariaDB
Clustering, replication and automatic failover
MariaDB database solutions, including MariaDB Enterprise Server, ColumnStore and Xpand are the first and only database portfolio (enterprise open source or proprietary) with advanced high availability features comparable to Oracle Database Enterprise Edition, and capable of supporting the development and operation of mission-critical applications. MariaDB SkySQL deploys any one of or all MariaDB databases running in Kubernetes and MariaDB MaxScale to maintain availability across instance/zone failures and ensure all database deployments are restored to full capacity, regardless of whether the failures affected primaries or replicas.
The definitive guide to high availability with MariaDB Enterprise Server
This white paper provides a detailed and comprehensive overview of the enterprise high availability (HA) features in MariaDB Enterprise Server, and explains the trade-offs and considerations when choosing an HA strategy.
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Clustering and replication
MariaDB database solutions (MariaDB Enterprise Server, Xpand and ColumnStore) have multi-primary node clustering similar to Oracle RAC (but without the need for an expensive SAN, a single point of failure) as well as semi-synchronous replication and active standby databases like Oracle Active Data Guard or Microsoft SQL Server Availability Groups.
Automatic failover
MariaDB database solutions support automatic failover through the advanced database proxy, MariaDB MaxScale. If the primary database fails or is otherwise unavailable/unreachable, MariaDB MaxScale will promote one of the secondary databases and begin routing queries to it.
Connection and session failover
MariaDB database solutions go beyond automatic failover, with MariaDB MaxScale, the advanced database proxy, capable of failing over both database connections and active sessions to ensure mission-critical applications are not interrupted if an automatic failover occurs.
Transaction replay
All MariaDB database solutions, like Oracle Database with Oracle Application Continuity, can restore in-flight transactions after an automatic failover using MariaDB MaxScale, its advanced database proxy, so applications do not have to restart incomplete transactions from the beginning.
Transparent topology changes
All MariaDB database solutions hide all topology changes from applications so developers do not have to write code to handle database and/or server failures. Applications are neither aware of nor interrupted by database or server failures, everything is handled by MariaDB MaxScale.
Denial of service protection
All MariaDB database solutions not only ensure availability in the event of a database or server failure, they can prevent denial of service attacks by blocking or stopping malicious queries intended to reduce database availability with MariaDB MaxScale, its advanced database proxy.
High availability with multi-Primary clustering and adaptive routing
In the example topology below, MariaDB database solutions (Enterprise Server, ColumnStore, Xpand) are deployed as multi-primary node clusters with three database instances/nodes and use read/write splitting to scale reads by routing writes to the primary database and load balancing reads across the secondary databases.
How MariaDB Enterprise Server meets high availability requirements
In this webinar, we'll provide an in-depth overview of the high availability features in MariaDB Enterprise Server and a first look at the advanced options introduced in MariaDB Enterprise Server (e.g., transaction replay).
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