Features and Services¶

Immediate Availability¶

MariaDB SkySQL is available for immediate use.

A guided walkthrough is provided.

Users may alternately sign up, launch a service, connect, and import their data.

Workload-Optimized Services¶

MariaDB SkySQL is a DBaaS (Database as a Service) delivering:

• MariaDB Platform for Transactions built on MariaDB Enterprise Server and the InnoDB storage engine on Zonal SSD Persistent Disk storage, to deliver transactional processing. Configurations include: single-server Transactional Standalone and the multi-node topologies: HA (Primary/Replica) and Galera replication configurations for High Availability.

• MariaDB Platform for Analytics built on MariaDB Enterprise Server and the MariaDB ColumnStore storage engine, to deliver analytical processing backed by scalable object storage.

• MariaDB Platform for Smart Transactions (HTAP) built on MariaDB Enterprise Server and the InnoDB and MariaDB ColumnStore storage engines, to deliver HTAP (Hybrid Transactional/Analytical Processing).

• MariaDB Platform for Distributed SQL, now in Technical Preview, built on MariaDB Enterprise Server and the Xpand storage engine for distributed SQL with High Availability (HA) and fault tolerance.

MariaDB Enterprise Server¶

SkySQL delivers MariaDB Enterprise Server 10.5 (the latest) and 10.4 to enable a production-ready operations experience.

Features include:

• Enterprise-optimized builds, predictable release behavior, and vendor support

• InnoDB storage engine with instant ALTER TABLE and enterprise enhancements for transactional workloads

• MariaDB Enterprise ColumnStore storage engine for analytical and HTAP workloads, backed by scalable object storage

• MariaDB Xpand storage engine for distributed SQL with fault tolerance

• MariaDB Enterprise Audit to support enterprise compliance requirements

• MariaDB Enterprise Backup for hot online backups

Fully Managed and Right-Sized¶

• MariaDB Corporation builds and delivers SkySQL with a team of world-class DBAs, SREs, and MariaDB Enterprise Server engineers.

• MariaDB SkySQL is multi-cloud, available today on Amazon AWS and Google GCP in regions worldwide and in a range of instance sizes.

• Services are managed through the SkySQL Portal and tunable with Configuration Manager.

• Monitoring, nightly automated backups, and standard support are included.

• Premium support, SLA, SkyDBA, and SkySQL Power Tier options are available.

GRC + Infosec + DR/BCP¶

MariaDB SkySQL is designed with isolation, firewall protection, data-at-rest and data-in-transit encryption features, and includes MariaDB Enterprise Audit.

Also available: Cross-region replicas for Disaster Recovery, SkyDBA for proactive and reactive support, BAA for HIPAA (healthcare), and DPA for GDPR (privacy).

Operationally Aware¶

SkySQL Monitoring provides real-time status and metrics on your SkySQL services and servers.

SkySQL Workload Analysis extends monitoring capabilities with advanced graphical representations of workload patterns and how they change over time.