MariaDB as an open source database
Meaning of MariaDB
MariaDB is a globally established, relational open source database. It was designed by the former developers of MySQL, is also compatible with MySQL and will remain open source in the future. MariaDB is the basis for some of the world's popular websites such as Wordpress.com and Wikipedia. It is also central to social media, banking, mobile and online commerce websites.
Main features of MariaDB
MariaDB supports modern SQL functions such as temporal data tables and JSON functions, general table expressions (CTEs) and window functions. MariaDB's SQL dialect is compatible with MySQL, but expands it to include column-oriented storage and other functions.
With the MariaDB Community Server, MariaDB ColumnStore can be included for column-oriented analysis or hybrid intelligent transactions.
Galera Cluster-Engine is used for replication and status transfer.
MariaDB MaxScale provides a database proxy that enables transaction repetition and failover.
Open Source
MariaDB Community Server guarantees to be free and open source forever. In addition, commercially developed components such as MaxScale are published by the MariaDB Corporation through the Business Software License. The source code is available at any time. The licence will be converted to the GPL after some time, so that the community software is permanently available.
