MariaDB The New MySQL
summary
MariaDB positions itself as a drop-in replacement for MySQL with full GPLv2 source, claiming better performance and stability: 12 person-years went into optimizer work, replication gets binary-log group commit and other fixes, and benchmarks (including Facebook) show notable gains versus MySQL 5.5. Features added include a non-blocking client library, dynamic columns, PAM auth plugin, segmented cache, integrated Sphinx, progress reporting for ALTER/LOAD, and an alpha Galera cluster; deployments include Paybox and hundreds of migrated servers. Support timelines and test coverage are public.
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chapters (17)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:56What is MariaDB
- 5:24Differences from MySQL
- 8:40MariaDB 5.5 new features
- 12:19Optimizer improvements
- 15:52Performance benchmarks
- 17:50Geodata support
- 21:10Query progress reporting
- 23:09Authentication and plugins
- 25:47Storage engines performance
- 27:38Version support compatibility
- 28:43Windows support
- 30:38Community openness
- 33:17Adoption and use cases
- 36:24Security regressions
- 38:15Testing and quality
- 39:01MariaDB future
