MariaDB Community Server is the open source relational database loved by developers all over the world. Created by MySQL’s original developers, MariaDB is compatible with MySQL and guaranteed to stay open source forever. MariaDB powers some of the world’s most popular websites such as Wikipedia and WordPress.com. It is also the core engine behind banking, social media, mobile and e-commerce sites worldwide.
Support for modern SQL features such as common table expressions (CTEs), Window functions, temporal data tables and JSON functions. MariaDB’s SQL dialect is compatible with MySQL but extends it with columnar storage and other functionality.
InnoDB, Aria, ColumnStore, MyRocks, and countless third-party engines allow the MariaDB frontend to extend beyond pure transaction processing.
MariaDB ColumnStore plugs into MariaDB Community Server for columnar analytics (MPP) or hybrid smart transactions (HTAP).
Galera Cluster engine for replication and state transfer.
MariaDB MaxScale provides a database proxy capable of failover and transaction replay.
MariaDB Community Server is released under the GNU Public License v2. Throughout its history, MariaDB has shown its commitment to open source and the open source community. MariaDB Community Server is guaranteed open source, forever and free. In addition, commercially developed components such as MariaDB Corporation’s MaxScale are released under the Business Software License. The source code is always available, after some time the license converts to GPL assuring the software is forever available to the community.
MariaDB sports a vibrant community with countless resources to learn and get involved. You can fork MariaDB on GitHub, join the mailing lists or read the documentation.
Teaches the essentials of DBA tasks, and extends administration skills. Besides concepts, essential tools, and optimal use of resources, you’ll thoroughly review core administrative tasks: backups and restoration, monitoring and maintaining databases, and user security.
Course Fact SheetCovers everything you need to set up and run a highly available, multi-master cluster using MariaDB Cluster. We’ll train you in the basics of MariaDB Cluster architecture and functionality, as well as more advanced techniques for configuring and administering a MariaDB Cluster.
Course Fact SheetTeaches DBAs how to set up and use MariaDB MaxScale to manage a cluster of database servers. You’ll see how to split database traffic between servers, automatically manage database failover, and stream large amounts of data to other applications using MaxScale.
Course Fact Sheet
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