# Analytics

## MariaDB ColumnStore

For fast, ad hoc analytics at scale, MariaDB ColumnStore is a powerful columnar database that can be deployed as a standalone analytics solution or integrated with MariaDB Enterprise Server to act as a powerful query accelerator. It stores data in a columnar format and can be distributed across a cluster of servers, allowing it to execute complex queries in parallel on petabytes of data.

This integration allows you to access your InnoDB data in near-real time, processing it directly in the ColumnStore engine to run fast, parallel OLAP queries straight from your transactional data. This eliminates the need to maintain a separate pipeline or use delayed batch inserts to analyze your live data.

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## MariaDB Exa

For the ultimate in analytical performance, the joint solution between MariaDB and Exasol connects your mission-critical transactional data to the world’s fastest analytics engine. Available on-premise or in the cloud on platforms like AWS and Microsoft Azure, this solution brings high-speed analytics to any environment.

MariaDB Exa erases the barrier between live operational data and high-speed analytics, leveraging Exasol’s massively parallel processing (MPP) and in-memory engine. It is the ideal solution for powering your most demanding analytics and AI/ML workloads with unmatched speed and efficiency.

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