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Introducing MariaDB Platform X5 – the any workload database, now at any scale
Posted on July 16, 2020 by Shane Johnson
MariaDB Platform X5 is the culmination of years of work and planning. Long before the initial release of MariaDB Platform,… Read more »
MariaDB Adds Xpand for Distributed SQL
Posted on July 16, 2020 by Max Mether
With the release of MariaDB Platform X5, we’re taking the versatility of MariaDB to another level by providing a distributed SQL solution for our customers. This is an entirely new…
Read MoreMariaDB MaxScale 2.5 Now GA
Posted on July 16, 2020 by Todd Stoffel
MariaDB MaxScale is an advanced database load balancer, proxy, firewall, and query router that extends the high availability, scalability, and security of MariaDB Enterprise Server. MaxScale abstracts away the complexity…
Read MoreMariaDB Enterprise Server 10.5 with Enterprise ColumnStore 1.5 Now GA
Posted on July 16, 2020 by Max Mether
MariaDB Enterprise Server is the key component of MariaDB Platform. The newest major release of MariaDB Enterprise Server 10.5 delivers increased performance and expanded capabilities including distributed SQL, improved analytics…
Read MoreIntroducing MariaDB Platform X5 – the any workload database, now at any scale
Posted on July 16, 2020 by Shane Johnson
MariaDB Platform X5 is the culmination of years of work and planning. Long before the initial release of MariaDB Platform, even before the first releases of its predecessors MariaDB TX…
Read MoreSee Columnar Storage for Analytics In Action and Get an Overview of MariaDB Community Server 10.5
Posted on July 7, 2020 by Rob Hedgpeth
One of the most notable changes in MariaDB Community Server 10.5 is the addition of ColumnStore as a pluggable storage engine. With this addition, analytics is available to millions of…
Read MoreMariaDB Names Mark Our Continued Differentiation
Posted on July 2, 2020 by Max Mether
With the release of MariaDB Community Server 10.5, we continue what we started with our first divergence from MySQL, adding important features while maintaining key points of compatibility. To reflect…
Read MoreUpdated MariaDB Images Available on Docker
Posted on June 30, 2020 by Rob Hedgpeth
The 10.5 release of MariaDB Community Server which includes ColumnStore columnar storage engine is now available as an image on Docker hub. Columnar data storage is designed for analytics workloads…
Read MoreFaster, Better, Stronger, InnoDB in MariaDB Server 10.5
Posted on June 25, 2020 by Marko Mäkelä
InnoDB is the default storage engine for MariaDB Enterprise Server and MariaDB Community Server. While originally based on the MySQL implementation of InnoDB, MariaDB has been diverging from the original…
Read MoreHow to connect Python programs to MariaDB
Posted on June 25, 2020 by Rob Hedgpeth
We previously blogged about using Python to connect to MariaDB servers using the MySQL Python package. In June 2020, MariaDB made the first generally available release of Connector/Python. We’ve refreshed…
Read MoreMariaDB ColumnStore 1.5 Now Available with MariaDB Community Server 10.5
Posted on June 24, 2020 by Todd Stoffel
MariaDB ColumnStore 1.5 brings a high-performance, open source, distributed, SQL-compatible analytics solution to the market. Included as a pluggable storage engine with MariaDB Community Server 10.5, MariaDB ColumnStore 1.5 is…
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