Topologies Overview
MariaDB offers varied deployment topologies by workload and technology, each named and diagrammed with benefits listed. Custom configurations are also supported.
MariaDB products can be deployed in many different topologies. The topologies described in this section are representative of the overall structure. MariaDB products can be deployed to form other topologies, leverage advanced product capabilities, or combine the capabilities of multiple topologies.
Topologies are the arrangements of nodes and links to achieve a purpose. This documentation describes a few of the many topologies that can be deployed using MariaDB database products.
We group topologies by workload (transactional, analytical, or hybrid) and technologies (Enterprise Spider). Single-node topologies are listed separately.
To help you select the correct topology:
Each topology is named, and this name is used consistently throughout the documentation.
A thumbnail diagram provides a small-scale summary of the topology's architecture.
Finally, we provide a list of the benefits of the topology.
Although multiple topologies are listed on this page, the listed topologies are not the only options. MariaDB products are flexible, configurable, and extensible, so it is possible to deploy different topologies that combine the capabilities of multiple topologies listed on this page. The topologies listed on this page are primarily intended to be representative of the most commonly requested use cases.
Transactional (OLTP)
Primary/Replica Topology
MariaDB Replication
Highly available
Asynchronous or semi-synchronous replication
Automatic failover via MaxScale
Manual provisioning of new nodes from backup
Scales read via MaxScale.
Enterprise Server 10.3+, MaxScale 2.5+
Galera Cluster Topology
Galera Cluster Topology Multi-Primary Cluster Powered by Galera for Transactional/OLTP Workloads
InnoDB Storage Engine
Highly available
Virtually synchronous, certification-based replication
Automated provisioning of new nodes (IST/SST)
Scales reads via MaxScale Enterprise Server 10.3+, MariaDB Enterprise Cluster (powered by Galera), MaxScale 2.5+
Analytical (OLAP, Data Warehousing, DSS)
ColumnStore Shared Local Storage Topology
Columnar storage engine with shared local storage
Highly available
Automatic failover via MaxScale and CMAPI
Scales reads via MaxScale
Bulk data import
Enterprise Server, Enterprise ColumnStore, MaxScale
Optional Read Replica topology
ColumnStore Object Storage Topology
Columnar storage engine with S3-compatible object storage
Highly available
Automatic failover via MaxScale and CMAPI
Scales reads via MaxScale
Bulk data import
Enterprise Server, Enterprise ColumnStore, MaxScale
Hybrid Workloads
HTAP Topology
Single-stack hybrid transactional/analytical workloads
ColumnStore for analytics with scalable S3-compatible object storage
InnoDB for transactions• Cross-engine JOINs
Enterprise Server, Enterprise ColumnStore, MaxScale
Single Node Topologies
Deploy Single Node Topologies
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