Since MariaDB is a fork from MySQL, the syntax is similar, but MariaDB has several additional features. Basic SQL syntax remains the same, but MariaDB handles data storage and functions differently.

Second, the MySQL and MariaDB implementations of the native JSON column data type are also different. This makes for slight incompatibilities that you will need to navigate if you’re migrating ...

MariaDB never should have happened. Monty Widenius, the founder of both MySQL and MariaDB, made a bundle selling MySQL to Oracle years ago, but he then launched MariaDB to try to return the heart ...

And with MariaDB, setting up replication is incredibly simple. Give this a try, and you can rest easier knowing you always have a backup database to use. Subscribe to the Data Insider Newsletter ...

MariaDB, the company behind the eponymous MySQL drop-in replacement database, today announced that it has acquired Clustrix, which itself is a MySQL drop-in replacement database, but with a focus ...

If you still think MySQL is too entrenched to be moved from its spot as the number one, open-source DBMS, you might to look at what Wikipedia is doing.

MariaDB ColumnStore will be sold as a separately priced product, but pricing has not been set. The MariaDB engine is currently priced on a per-node basis at prices of between $6,500 and $7,500 per ...

If you've never backed up your MySQL or MariaDB databases, now's the time. Jack Wallen shows you how to back up that data and restore it, in case your website has met an untimely demise.

MariaDB, an open-source database management system (DBMS) and MySQL fork has been gaining inroads in enterprise software and its founders formed a foundation, the MariaDB Foundation, to promote ...