Tag: MariaDB 5.2
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MariaDB moves development to Github
Today marks a milestone in terms of the MariaDB project – going forward, the MariaDB project plans to use Github and git for source code management. The migration happens from Launchpad and the bzr tool.
The 10.1 server development (under heavy development now) will happen on Github. You can check it out here: https://github.com/MariaDB/server. Feel free to watch, star or even fork the code, and send us contributions!
Previous maria-captains should now provide their Github IDs so that they can be […]
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MariaDB Crash Course
Ben Forta, the author of MySQL Crash Course and Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes, has written what I believe is the first MariaDB-specific book: MariaDB Crash Course. I just received word from Ben that the book is now shipping.
Most MySQL books can, of course, be used to learn almost everything you need to know about using MariaDB. But with all of the features and abilities MariaDB has gained in the MariaDB 5.2 and MariaDB 5.3 releases, it’s nice there […]
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MariaDB 5.2.7 released!
Quick pointer that MariaDB 5.2.7 is now released. Highlights from the release notes: RHEL 5 RPMs (in addition to the CentOS 5 RPMs), and the inclusion of the HeidiSQL GUI client for the Windows MSI package. As always, the complete changelog, and what are you waiting for – download it now and give it a try!
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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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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