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MariaDB 5.2 has been released
Dear MariaDB users, MariaDB 5.2, a branch of the MySQL database which includes all major open source storage engines, myriad bug fixes and many community patches, has been released. It has all changes up to MySQL 5.1.51.
For an overview of what’s new in MariaDB 5.2.3, please see the release notes (5.2.2, 5.2.1, and 5.2.0 also).
MariaDB 5.2 includes a number of user enhancements including:
- Improved user statistics which help understand server activity better and identify the source of the load
- VIRTUAL and PERSISTENT virtual columns
- Group commit in the Aria storage engine (the engine formerly known as the Maria engine)
- Pluggable authentication
- Segmented key cache for MyISAM to improve performance
- Two new storage engines: OQGRAPH and an interface to the full-text search engine Sphinx by way of SphinxSE. These are in addition to the new storage engines PBXT, FederatedX, XtraDB and Aria that were added in 5.1. Here is a list of all storage engines in MariaDB.
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Email services are down at the moment
If you’re trying to email anyone at @askmonty.org or @montyprogram.com, you’ll notice that you’re getting a bounce. No, we’ve not disappeared from the face of the earth – we’re just having issues with our ISP. We’re still writing code to make MariaDB better, we even managed to sneak in a release of MariaDB (yes, 5.2 is now released – download 5.2.3 now!)
We’ll keep you updated on the situation as our ISP fixes the problem.
Update: 12/11/2010, 8.15am UTC – […]
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Segmented key cache performance results for MariaDB 5.2.2-gamma
Recently I tested our new segmented key cache feature for MyISAM in MariaDB 5.2.2-gamma for performance gains. You can check our new features in MariaDB 5.2 in our Ask Monty Knowledge Base
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MP Istanbul 2010 T-Shirt Giveaway: the winners and extension!
And the winners are, …
There was quite a rush for the t-shirts and we have our three winners:
* Antony Curtis http://antbits.blogspot.com/ * Ray Kawalec http://www.traenq.com/ * Patrick Crews http://www.wc220.com/
Next round
Due to your high interest in our Istanbul2010 t-shirts, we are extending our giveaway quiz until November 30th.
Question: What is Maria in MariaDB and how is it connected to My and Max?
Email your answers to “istanbul2010-contest [at] askmonty (dot) o r g” before 30 Nov […]
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Şerefe! – The MariaDB Knowledge Base in Istanbul
Monty Program along with various guests and our friends at the recently founded SkySQL recently wrapped up a meeting in Istanbul Turkey. Sadly it rained most days but we had a good time and got a lot done.
Besides learning how to say “Şerefe” which is “Cheers” in Turkish, we discussed the future of MariaDB, our companies goals, the MariaDB knowledge base and many other topics. Since I am the web guy, I lead the presentation / talk on the […]
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MP Istanbul 2010 T-Shirt Giveaway
We saved three XL-sized t-shirts from our recent all-company meeting in Istanbul. At first we thought it would be a good idea to give away the shirts through a random drawing. But after mulling it around in our minds for a day or two, we thought we should make it a bit more fun, so we decided to have a small quiz (don’t worry, it’s only one easy question).
Before we get to that, here’s a run-down of what we did […]
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OpenSQLCamp Boston 2010
OpenSQLCamp Boston 2010 happens 16-17 October 2010, at MIT in Boston (there is an evening social session on Friday the 15th as well). Its organised by MySQL community aficionado Sheeri Cabral, and by looking at the schedule and sponsors, it is going to be one of the most diverse OpenSQLCamp’s by far.
Monty Program is a sponsor, and I (Colin) will be participating on behalf of Monty Program to bring some information about what’s new from the Istanbul company meeting. […]
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Powered by MariaDB badges
There are more sites out there that have their backends running MariaDB. In fact, as we work to get it recommended alongside its upstream provider, it seemed time to have “Powered by MariaDB” logos. Check out the badges that Daniel created. Feel free to copy the images or hotlink them from the server.
As an aside, would any readers be interested in purchasing t-shirts or other MariaDB merchandise? What merchandise should we make, besides just stickers?