MariaDB Server is a database server. 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.
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.
v10.1 [Dec 24, 2014]
XtraDB updated to XtraDB-5.6.26-74.0
systemd support has been added for those distributions that support it.
For CSV tables, the IETF_QUOTES option enables IETF-compatible parsing of embedded quote and comma characters (MDEV-8682).
wsrep_node_address now supports IPv6 (MDEV-8034).
--silent-startup mysqld option. If specified, mysqld does not print Notes to log during startup.
Replication from MySQL 5.6 with GTID, binlog_rows_query_log_events and ignorable events now works. In this case MariaDB will remove the MySQL GTIDs and other unneeded events and instead adds its own GTIDs.
Feature-rich relational database known for its high performance and excellent concurrency
