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For DBAs: Restful Nights, Every Night – Introducing MariaDB Enterprise Server
Posted on June 11, 2019 by MariaDB
The open source community values participation and innovation – and so do we. There are inherent risks in community releases.… Read more »
MariaDB 10.4.7 and others now available
Posted on August 1, 2019 by Daniel Bartholomew
MariaDB is pleased to announce the immediate availability of MariaDB 10.4.7, MariaDB 10.3.17, MariaDB 10.2.26, MariaDB 10.1.41, and MariaDB 5.5.65. See the release notes and changelogs for details and visit…
Read MoreWhat Our Customers Deserve: Introducing MariaDB Enterprise Documentation
Posted on July 29, 2019 by Jacob Moorman
MariaDB Corporation recently announced the launch of MariaDB Enterprise Server, an enterprise build of MariaDB Community Server enhanced with enterprise-focused features, an enterprise-appropriate lifecycle, and defaults aligned to enterprise use…
Read MoreFour Things You Didn’t Know About Amazon Aurora
Posted on July 11, 2019 by Shane Johnson
We hear this question a lot: What’s up with Amazon Aurora? When determining the best managed database service for your organization, there are multiple factors to consider – and a…
Read MoreMariaDB Named Commands
Posted on July 10, 2019 by Rasmus Johansson
This year it will be 10 years since the first version of MariaDB Server was published. The first release was version 5.1.38, which happened in the fall of 2009. Since…
Read MoreMariaDB Enterprise Audit – The New Plugin
Posted on July 8, 2019 by Ralf Gebhardt
Compliance regulations, like the European Union’s GDPR, require a complete audit of access to sensitive data, and a database, the component used for persistent storage of this data, is the…
Read MoreJSON with MariaDB Platform: What Is JSON and Why Use It – With Examples
Posted on June 27, 2019 by Anders Karlsson
This is an update of the popular post on JSON with MariaDB 10.2. We’ve brought the details up-to-date with the latest MariaDB releases. What is JSON and why use it?…
Read MoreALTER TABLE Improvements in MariaDB Server 10.4
Posted on June 26, 2019 by Marko Mäkelä
MariaDB Server 10.4 includes new ALTER TABLE improvements. A year earlier, the first GA release of MariaDB Server 10.3 introduced support for ADD COLUMN with ALGORITHM=INSTANT. Now, MariaDB Server 10.4…
Read MoreOptimizer Trace in MariaDB Server 10.4
Posted on June 18, 2019 by Sergei Petrunia
One of the new features in MariaDB Server 10.4 is the Optimizer Trace. It provides diagnostics about the optimizer: you can switch the tracing on, run a statement, and then…
Read MoreNow GA: MariaDB Community Server 10.4
Posted on June 18, 2019 by Ralf Gebhardt
We are proud to announce the General Availability (GA) of MariaDB Community Server 10.4. Download it today! MariaDB Community Server 10.4.6 is the newest version of the fastest growing open source…
Read MoreMariaDB Server 10.2.25 and 10.3.16 now available
Posted on June 17, 2019 by Daniel Bartholomew
MariaDB is pleased to announce the immediate availability of MariaDB Server 10.3.16 and MariaDB Server 10.2.25. See the release notes and changelogs for details and visit mariadb.com/downloads to download. …
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