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MariaDB pros and cons

Vendor: MariaDB
4.1 out of 5

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PROS

MariaDB is praised for its user-friendly nature and ease of installation.
The high availability and reliability of MariaDB are highly valued.
MariaDB boasts superior performance, particularly in replication modes.
Scalability of MariaDB is appreciated, managing large databases effortlessly.
MariaDB's open-source nature provides powerful features with strong community support.

CONS

MariaDB needs improvements in scalability and redundancy features to handle higher transactions and power operations more efficiently.
Integration with AWS could be improved to enhance MariaDB's interfacing capabilities with cloud platforms.
MariaDB could enhance its document caching to better handle previous queries and rollback processes.
The ability to handle long or complex SQL queries could be improved, as these do not perform as well as in other systems like Oracle.
MariaDB users have reported issues with database corruption following accidental shutdowns or power outages, indicating a need for more robust handling of unexpected failures.
 

MariaDB Pros review quotes

MK
IT Specialist Databases at Botswana Open University
Jul 31, 2019
The solution is very stable. It was originally built under MySQL. It has a similar level of stability.
AsiyeYigit - PeerSpot reviewer
CTO at Gantek
Oct 3, 2019
This solution is user-friendly.
reviewer979968 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager Global Database Services at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Dec 9, 2019
The most valuable feature of MariaDB is the replication mode.
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it_user1254645 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Lead Project Manager at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Jan 7, 2020
I would say that for most use cases it works fine.
YA
Head of IT Planning and Development Division at BRILife
Apr 30, 2020
The performance is very good.
MK
Chief Technology Officer at Feelway, Inc.
May 5, 2020
MariaDB can solve things better than MySQL. Maria DB has better performance than MySQL.
reviewer1131492 - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Vice President - Infra and Managed Hosting at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jun 15, 2020
From the user's perspective, the performance of the columnar queries is very good in terms of the database when comparing it to the Oracle, and MySQL.
DD
Director & CTO at TechnoInfotech
Sep 16, 2020
What I like best about MariaDB is that it is open-source and reliable.
reviewer1381863 - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Sep 23, 2020
MariaDB performs well as the backend database for our cloud-based telephony solution.
PQ
Manager at Sansi Electronic Engineering
Sep 30, 2020
The most valuable feature is that it uses multiple cores, which is better than some of the other databases.
 

MariaDB Cons review quotes

MK
IT Specialist Databases at Botswana Open University
Jul 31, 2019
The interface should be more user-friendly. It should be able to connect directly to the database and Interact with it without having to use commands. It needs better integration.
AsiyeYigit - PeerSpot reviewer
CTO at Gantek
Oct 3, 2019
In the next release, I would like to see improvements in the scalability and redundancy features.
reviewer979968 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager Global Database Services at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Dec 9, 2019
Maria DB has to improve from a management perspective.
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it_user1254645 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Lead Project Manager at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Jan 7, 2020
It's not very stable. It needs improvement.
YA
Head of IT Planning and Development Division at BRILife
Apr 30, 2020
It would be helpful if I could specify multiple drives for the database storage.
MK
Chief Technology Officer at Feelway, Inc.
May 5, 2020
I would like to see more compatibility going forward. This would help if there is a need to change databases.
reviewer1131492 - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Vice President - Infra and Managed Hosting at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jun 15, 2020
The scaling for database online transactions needs improvement.
DD
Director & CTO at TechnoInfotech
Sep 16, 2020
Master-master replication is something that needs to be simplified.
reviewer1381863 - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Sep 23, 2020
With respect to clustering and the master-slave configuration, sometimes the slave goes out of synch.
PQ
Manager at Sansi Electronic Engineering
Sep 30, 2020
When we have had issues with accidental computer shutdown or a power outage, our MariaDB database was corrupted.