Tag: MariaDB
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MariaDB 5.5 reached End-of-Life
MariaDB 5.5 has been officially announced to end its life cycle. According to the project maintenance policy of the MariaDB Foundation, the maintenance cycle of each version is 5 years. MariaDB 5.5 announced GA on April 11, 2012, so its EOL time should have been April 11, 2017. However, because it was widely used at…
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How to install MariaDB on Ubuntu
MariaDB database management system is a branch of MySQL, mainly by the open-source community in the maintenance, using GPL license. MariaDB is designed to be fully compatible with MySQL, including API and command line. This post describes the installation of MariaDB on Ubuntu, although it is quite simple. Install the MariaDB database and the console…
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MariaDB announces acquisition of distributed database Clustrix
MariaDB announced yesterday the acquisition of the distributed database Clustrix; the specific acquisition amount has not been disclosed. ClustrixDB is a SQL database with a focus on scalability, supports workloads involving extended transactions and real-time analytics, and built-in fault tolerance for high availability in the cluster. With this acquisition, MariaDB will increase the scale-out capabilities that run…