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Enterprise Server Lifecycle

MariaDB Enterprise Server enables a predictable development and operations experience through an enterprise lifecycle — incorporating optimized builds, predictable release behavior, and vendor support

Enterprise Server Builds

MariaDB Enterprise Server incorporates enhancements that are not present in MariaDB Community Server, including

  • Premium features meet enterprise scaling and operations requirements.

  • Priority bug fixes are available first to enterprise customers.

  • Increased the code stability through restricted release of new functionality.

  • Risk reduction from untested or incompatible features through the inclusion of only features with level 3 support (engineering code-level support) from MariaDB Corporation.

  • Optimized the configuration defaults.

For details on features added to enhance, harden, and secure MariaDB Enterprise Server, see the following pages:

Enterprise Server Releases

Releases of MariaDB Enterprise Server are predictable because,

  • Major releases are delivered on a schedule.

  • The minor releases are focused on small, incremental defect remediation.

  • Critical fixes from newer release series are selectively backported.

  • Enterprise-grade testing drives a low defect rate.

Additional information on the release cycle for MariaDB Enterprise Server can be found in .

Upcoming Minor and Maintenance Releases

Planned releases of MariaDB Enterprise Server are .

Obtaining MariaDB Enterprise Server

MariaDB Enterprise Server is available to MariaDB subscription customers via the .

If you are not yet a MariaDB subscription customer, for more information.

MariaDB Enterprise Server binary and source code is delivered over secure protocols from MariaDB Corporation-maintained infrastructure as detailed in the .

Enterprise Server Release Identifiers

Releases of MariaDB Enterprise Server are given an identifier such as 'MariaDB Enterprise Server 10.5.8-5,' whose components are,

  • The product name (MariaDB Enterprise Server).

  • Release series (10.5, spoken "ten-five").

  • The point release of MariaDB Community Server used as the base of this Enterprise Server release (.8, spoken "ten-five-eight").

  • The release postfix of MariaDB Enterprise Server starts with '-1' and is incremented for subsequent releases in that release series (-5, spoken "ten-five-eight-dash-five").

Additional information on the release numbering for MariaDB Enterprise Server can be found in .

Enterprise Server Support

MariaDB Corporation offers vendor support for MariaDB Enterprise Server, including,

  • Customer support as detailed in the

  • , including migration services, remote DBA services, and consulting

  • Customer communications, managed via the

Specific changes present in each release are communicated.

On the Debian and Ubuntu platforms, the release postfix contains a period instead of a dash, such that release postfixes start with .1 and increment for subsequent releases in that release series (.5, spoken "ten-five-eight-dot-five").

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