MariaDB Enterprise Server vs. MariaDB Community Server

oli.sennhauser@fromdual.com (Oli Sennhauser) — Wed, 07 Apr 2021 21:48:47 +0000

MariaDB Enterprise Platform

The MariaDB Enterprise Platform is available on-premises and on the MariaDB SkySQL DBaaS (Cloud database platform). MariaDB Enterprise Platform consists of:

New Features in MySQL and MariaDB

oli.sennhauser@fromdual.com (Oli Sennhauser) — Tue, 22 Nov 2016 15:45:48 +0000

As you probably know MySQL is an Open Source product licensed under the GPL v2. The GPL grants you the right to not just read and understand the code of the product but also to use, modify AND redistribute the code as long as you follow the GPL rules.

Comparing MySQL, MariaDB and Percona Server

oli.sennhauser@fromdual.com (Oli Sennhauser) — Mon, 29 Sep 2014 09:22:08 +0000

	MySQL	Percona	MariaDB
Company	Oracle Corp. (former MySQL AB)	Percona LLC	MariaDB Corp. (former SkySQL)
FromDual support
GA versions	5.5, 5.6	5.5, 5.6	5.5, 10.0
Galera Cluster	supported	supported	supported
License	GPL, commercial (OEM!)	GPL	GPL, LGPL, BSD
Ancestry	Mother of all	Branch of actual release	Fork of MySQL 5.5
Storage Engines	Archive, Blackhole, CSV, Federated (disabled), InnoDB (default), Memory, MyISAM	Archive, Blackhole, CSV, Federated (disabled), InnoDB (default), Memory, MyISAM, TokuDB	Archive, Aria (crash-safe MyISAM), Blackhole, Cassandra, CSV, FederatedX, InnoDB (default), Memory, MyISAM, OQGraph (Graph-SE), TokuDB
Storage Engine enforcement		yes
Fulltext search	MyISAM: yes InnoDB: yes	MyISAM: yes InnoDB: yes	MyISAM: yes Aria: yes InnoDB: yes, Sphinx-SE
Partitions	available	available	available
Plugins	Auth, Auth Socket, MemcacheD, SemiSync Repl	Auth PAM, Auth Socket, Handlersocket, MemcacheD, SemiSync Repl	Auth PAM, Auch Socket, Connect SE, Handlersocket, Sequence, Sphinx, Spider, QueryCache Info, SemiSync Repl
MemcacheD	available
virtual Columns	Since 5.7.6		since 5.2
Performance
General	All 3 branches/forks have roughly the same performance. They mostly distinguish in features not in performance.
`PERFORMANCE_SCHEMA`	enabled (5.6)	enabled (5.6), userstats	enabled (10.0)
Thread Pool	5.5, commercial plugin	5.5 and 5.6	5.1 - 5.3 (old), 5.5 (new)
`DML EXPLAIN`	5.6	5.6?
JSON `EXPLAIN`	5.6	5.6?
Optimizer Trace	5.6	5.6?
Table elimination			available
Security
Roles			since 10.0.5
Password expiration	since 5.6	since 5.6	since 10.0?
Password validation	Plugin since 5.6.6	Plugin since 5.6	Worklog, comes in 10.1/10.2
Password complexity	commercial?
PAM Authentication	MySQL 5.5, commercial plugin	since 5.5	since 5.2
Backup	mysqldump, mysqlbackup	mysqldump, XtraBackup	mysqldump, XtraBackup
Audit Plugin	5.5 a, b MyAfee Audit Plugin	5.5 and 5.6 MyAfee Audit Plugin	5.5 MyAfee Audit Plugin
Slow Query Log	available	available, improved	available
Replication
Master/Slave
multi-Source Replication	MySQL 5.7-labs	unknown	MariaDB 10.0
parallel Replication	MySQL 5.6 (per Schema)	Percona 5.6 (per Schema)	MariaDB 10.0 (per Instance!)
GTID	MySQL style	MySQL style	MariaDB style (incompatibility!)
	MySQL	Percona	MariaDB

Comparison on FromDual GmbH

MariaDB Enterprise Server vs. MariaDB Community Server

MariaDB Enterprise Platform

New Features in MySQL and MariaDB

Comparing MySQL, MariaDB and Percona Server