Why “MariaDB” is being discussed
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I’d say Postgres is generally very fast for the average workload in analysis and the external extensibility is truly great, being able to use different index types for example.…
by alexpadula · Oct 8, 2026
Very much possible over time. Currently it’s not. We are working closely with MariaDB and Oracle on making TidesDB available in server releases through extended means. MariaDB y…
by alexpadula · Oct 8, 2026
For MySQL yes on by default, for MariaDB no off by default. In this articles analysis compression was on indeed.
by alexpadula · Oct 8, 2026
Of course MySQL has obviously the deep support for custom storage engines, then it has loadable functions, auth, component service and these are currently internal extensibility…
by alexpadula · Oct 8, 2026
Indeed! Postgres vacuum can be troublesome on lots of write and delete heavy workloads and no way to just set a table to another engine. TidesDB is highly efficient on amplifica…
by alexpadula · Oct 8, 2026
It is available for MariaDB 11.4.x forward to latest 13.x.x and offers real vector support where the MySQL plugin is still lacking though there are proposals in place.
by alexpadula · Oct 8, 2026
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MariaDB is a open-source relational database management system (RDBMS) sharing a common heritage with MySQL, from which it was forked in 2009 by original MySQL developers following Oracle Corporation's acquisition of Sun Microsystems, with the intent to keep it free and open-source software under the GNU General Public License. Read more on Wikipedia