Jonathon Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Hi I was just wondering if anyone had used MariaDB as a replacement for MySQL and how they got on with it as a DB and installation etc. Jonathon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HartleySan Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 The original MySQL team is the MariaDB team. If I remember correctly, the MySQL team continued to work on MySQL after Oracle bought it, and after a number of disagreements, they broke away from Oracle and created MariaDB. A lot of people say that MariaDB is the true MySQL, but regardless of what you think, it's good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathon Posted January 9, 2015 Author Share Posted January 9, 2015 Yes, I believe you're right on that front. Oracle did continue development on MySQL after it bought it. I have read up a fair bit on it and seemed better generally in performance and some features, but still being very very similar to MySQL and is useable with PHPMyAdmin etc. I am yet to install and use it yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HartleySan Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 I've only used MariaDB briefly, but it seemed totally fine to me. Also, to be honest, I've never really been one to utilize all the latest-and-greatest most products have to offer, so I'm probably not the best one to comment on the feature sets of MySQL and MariaDB. I generally stick with MySQL only because it's what everyone uses and it has the established history and support. For the most part though, I always stick with basic CRUD queries using prepared statements, which all RDBMSs support anyway, so I'm pretty much RDBMS-agnostic. Anyway, please let us know what your experience is if you use it. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 I have yet to install and use it, too. The argument of "it's MySQL but not owned by Oracle" hasn't been compelling enough for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathon Posted January 9, 2015 Author Share Posted January 9, 2015 I do like MySQL, but I'm considering trying Maria because it does seem to be have better features currently. But I'm intrigued to see what isn't the same or breaks in comparison to MySQL. I'm very comfortable with that. https://mariadb.com/products/mariadb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts