An Overview of MariaDB Xpand (formerly ClustrixDB)
MariaDB Xpand is a new product from MariaDB. It was formerly known as ClustrixDB which was acquired in September of 2018 by MariaDB Corporation. ClustrixDB is no longer available as a separate entity, but is...
Tips for Monitoring MariaDB Replication with ClusterControl
MariaDB replication is one of the most popular high availability solutions for MariaDB and widely used by top companies like Booking.com and Google. It is very easy to set up, with some trade-offs on the...
MariaDB Server Database Encryption Basics
Encryption is one of the most important security features to keep your data as secure as possible. Depending on the data that you are handling, not always it is a must but you should at...
Comparing MariaDB Server to MariaDB Cluster
MariaDB Server and MariaDB Cluster are open source products powered by the MariaDB Corporation. MariaDB Server is one of the most popular relational databases, it was originally forked from MySQL server. MariaDB Cluster is a...
Tips for Monitoring MariaDB Cluster
In previous blog posts, we have covered topics for Monitoring Your Galera Cluster whether it's MySQL or MariaDB. Although the technology versions don't differ much, MariaDB Cluster has some major changes since version 10.4.2. In...
MaxScale Basic Management Using MaxCtrl for MariaDB Cluster
In the previous blog post, we have covered some introductions to MaxScale installation, upgrade, and deployment using MaxCtrl command-line client. In this blog post, we are going to cover the MaxScale management aspects for our...
How to Design a Geographically Distributed MariaDB Cluster
It is very common to see databases distributed across multiple geographical locations. One scenario for doing this type of setup is for disaster recovery, where your standby data center is located in a separate location...
Deploying MariaDB Replication for High Availability
MariaDB Server offers asynchronous and synchronous replication. It can be set up to have a multi-source replication or with a multi-master setup. For a read and write intensive application, a master-slave setup is common, but...
What's New in MariaDB MaxScale 2.4
MaxScale 2.4 was released on December 21st, 2019, and ClusterControl 1.7.6 supports the monitoring and managing up to this version. However, for deployment, ClusterControl only supports up to version 2.3. One has to manually upgrade...
Using the MariaDB Audit Plugin for Database Security
There are different ways to keep your data safe. Practices such as controlling database access, securing configuration, upgrading your system, and more are part of database security. It is even possible that you have security...
Exploring Storage Engine Options for MariaDB
MariaDB Server was originally derived from MySQL and has therefore inherited its pluggable storage engine architecture. Different storage engines have different characteristics in terms of performance but also features and possibilities. This allows users to...
What is MariaDB Enterprise Cluster?
MariaDB Enterprise Cluster is a subscription service of a highly available database solution from MariaDB Corporation which is managed with an Enterprise Lifecycle. There are three aspects of the Enterprise Lifecycle that are provided by...