MARIADB – MOST POPULAR DATABASE SERVER

MARIADB – MOST POPULAR DATABASE SERVER

MariaDB Server is one of the most popular database servers in the world. It’s made by the original developers of MySQL and guaranteed to stay open source. The Main users of Mariya DB include Wikipedia, WordPress and Google. MariaDB is developed as open source software and as a relational database. It provides an SQL interface for accessing data. The latest versions of MariaDB also include GIS and JSON features. The main good features of MariaDB are Better Testing, Fewer warnings, bugs and Truly Open Source, High availability, Risk mitigation and Essential functionality. MariaDB gives you the development platform, enterprise database management system and services you need to support your enterprise on premise or in the cloud.  MariaDB turns data into structured information in a wide array of applications, ranging from banking to websites. It is an enhanced, drop-in replacement for MySQL. MariaDB is used because it is fast, scalable and robust, with a rich ecosystem of storage engines, plugins and many other tools make it very versatile for a wide variety of use cases.

Pros

• High scalability with easy integration
• Real-time access
• Core functionality of MySQL
  • (MariaDB is a MySQL alternative)
• Alternate storage engines, server optimizations, and patches

Cons

• Missing password complexity plugin
• No memcached interface
• No optimizer trace