Recommended Versions¶
The fifth step in deploying MariaDB Platform is to select a version to deploy.
Software product versions are often dictated by business requirements for testing, product maturity, and feature availability.
Considerations when selecting a product version include:
The MariaDB Corporation Engineering Policy, which details products and versions supported.
The MariaDB Corporation Subscription Services Policy, which details support methods.
For production environments, MariaDB Corporation generally recommends that customers use the newest possible release on a supported release series.
The latest features are available in the most recent Generally Available (GA) release series.
Testing should occur before production deployment.
Product |
Newest GA Release Series |
MariaDB Enterprise Server |
10.4 |
MariaDB MaxScale |
2.4 |
MariaDB ColumnStore |
1.4 |
Summary of Selected Features by Release Series¶
Feature |
ES10.4 |
ES10.3 |
ES10.2 |
Enterprise lifecycle |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
InnoDB storage engine (read-write) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
InnoDB data-at-rest encryption |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
ColumnStore storage engine (columnar) |
Yes |
No |
No |
Aria storage engine (read-heavy) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Spider storage engine (sharding) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
MyRocks storage engine (write-heavy) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Asynchronous replication |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Semi-synchronous replication |
Yes |
Yes |
Plugin |
Virtually synchronous replication |
Galera 4 |
Galera 3 |
Galera 3 |
GCache data-at-rest encryption |
Yes |
No |
No |
Data-in-transit encryption |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Dynamic SSL/TLS certificate reload |
Yes |
No |
No |
Enterprise Audit |
Yes |
No |
No |
MariaDB Audit Plugin |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Hot online backups |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Optimizer Trace |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
128 indexes per table |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
The next step in deploying MariaDB Platform is to install, configure, start, and test.