Deployment

You can deploy MariaDB Exa in one of the following ways.

Proof of Concept via Docker or Community Exasol

For testing or proof-of-concept environments, Exasol can be deployed (via Docker or Virtual Box with an OVA file).

This mode simplifies setup, but does not provide MPP benefits, high availability or real performance testing. These options are limited to using 2 VCPUs and 200G of data, and come with MariaDB's CDC solution and MaxScale integration.

Clustered MPP Deployment

In production, MariaDB Exa is deployed as a cluster of nodes.

• Minimum 3 node deployments of 16 VCPUs, 256 GB RAM nodes.

• Optional standby nodes for High Availability.

Data is automatically distributed across nodes, using MariaDB Exa internal partitioning and replication for fault tolerance.

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