MariaDB Valuable Features

Nalin Kumar - PeerSpot reviewer
Quality Assurance Group Lead at Samsung

One of the great features of MariaDB is its scalability. It's easy to handle even with large databases. 

It's also user-friendly and allows you to create complex relationships with the data. It means you can fetch data from multiple correlated or related databases in a single query. So it allows complex relationships with specific databases.

MariaDB supports SQL, and it has an advantage over regular SQL in that it is a lighter version. Even with huge amounts of data, it performs well.

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JohnMitchell - PeerSpot reviewer
jmitchell@natbankmw.com at NBM

The speed and functionality are the most valuable features. Compared to other solutions, there is more value and functionality for the cost. 

The replication is much easier, and I like the administrative portal.

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Faustine Chisasa - PeerSpot reviewer
System Administrator at TZ Telecom Ltd.

The software provides a lot of information on what is happening inside the database. For most performance parameters  it is easy to know if something is not right in the configuration or optimization which helps engineers take remedial finetuning measures. For example if the database is underperforming it is easy to know which performance parameter  can be adjusted to handle the workload. It is difficult to troubleshoot database issues if many performance parameters can not be monitored or debugged which is the case with some  database management systems.

It provides great monitoring data storage, processing and performance stability which is really important for real-time data storage and processing. It's a user friendly product.

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Aidan McCarthy - PeerSpot reviewer
System Engineer at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

I like the global transaction IDs (GTIDs) feature. It's quite reliable for replication between a master and a replica server, and it's a feature that MySQL also has but implemented differently. 

Another thing I like is the flashback feature, which allows you to roll back a transaction from the binary logs, so you can retrieve data. If someone deleted data, you can flash it back. That's a feature I really appreciate.

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Georges BOMBOH - PeerSpot reviewer
Director at Pharos Consulting

We like the easy way that we can collect data from other databases. 

The performance and the security that we got on it are great.

The way that they distribute the database is excellent.

It is a product that is very easy to use.

It's helped us a lot in our data governance procedure.

Technical support is great.

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Ismail Yushaw - PeerSpot reviewer
Supervisor at GGoC1

It works fine. It's easy to set up. 

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Anthony Busulwa - PeerSpot reviewer
Operations Manager Uganda at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

The solution is valuable because it has PL/SQL compatibility. Our base was previously on Oracle and we wanted to change our solution to a DBS which meant finding something compatible with that language. It's really a great language, especially as it's one that you can get for free. If we build our technical knowledge, then we won't need third-party support which is a strong plus.

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EE
IT Manager at Melones Oil Terminal

It's open source. It's freeware. It's very similar to MySQL. MySQL is a very good database management system, a relational database management system. However, the problem, or the potential problem with MySQL, is that it is under Oracle's umbrella, and I want to be prepared in case it's being commercialized and closed.

MariaDB was created by the same creator of MySQL. However, before he sold it to, at that time, Sun Microsystems, it was later acquired by Oracle. It's the same creators. It's the same programmer. That's what I like.

It's a one-time installation and configuration, and then I almost forgot about it. What I like is that it's very easy to configure, and just from time to time, you can make your backups, and that's it.

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Mo Fota - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at Supercar Blondie Social Media FZCO

The most valuable features of the solution are that it is very stable and reliable. I like the fact that MariaDB is an open-source product and not resource-intensive. MariaDB runs on most of the operating systems of Linux. MariaDB is a cross-platform product, making it a great database choice.

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Martin Simons - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant at Matrix technology AG

The most valuable feature of the solution is a relational database, which is fairly reliable. My company is satisfied with most of the features of the solution. My company just provides services to customers depending on what they want, so we don't necessarily dig too deeply into why they want it. If a customer asks for a referral or suggestions for a free database, then my company normally tries to push PostgreSQL, a tool we get directly from the vendor.

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PrabhatRanjan - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Manager at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

The most valuable feature of MariaDB is that it is open-source and we can easily migrate from other databases, such as Oracle to MariaDB.

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Salomon Metre - PeerSpot reviewer
Laboratory Assistant at Strathmore University

The most valuable feature of the solution is its interface, including the web interface and the CLI.

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Mark Griffith - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate, Software Developer (Appian) at The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

The most valuable features of the solution stem from the fact that it is a cloud-based tool, so it is pretty fast. The product is also considered to be an SQL-compliant solution.

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AA
Product Manager at Hyundai Autoever Company

The standout feature is the multitude of features available. There isn't a specific feature that's unavailable in other databases. The key differentiator is the speed. 

When referring to it as a hard code, the core size is crucial. In MariaDB, we can employ multi-processing, allowing users to make use of the core and process data more efficiently and swiftly.

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AhmetÖzdemir - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Database Administrator at Türk Telekom

The product is open-source and free to use. 

If you know the parameters and combine those parameters, you have a lot of advantages over the Microsoft SQL Server.

With MariaDB, you can use it as a column store database. This means you replicate your data, transactional data, as columnar data, and then you can use it as a sort-of business intelligence.

It's a very easy product to set up.

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WASIM JAVAID - PeerSpot reviewer
Database Administrator at National Information Technology Board

MariaDB is valuable if the data growth is a little bit slow. That's why we use MariaDB. Otherwise, we go with other regular databases.

The initial setup is simple. 

The product has been stable and reliable. 

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SR
Talent Acquisition Specialist at Nine A Business Connect

It's user-friendly. It's easy to use.

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RD
CTO at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

The most valuable features of the solution stem from the fact that it is an open-source product and offers its users great online community support.

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Walter Diurno - PeerSpot reviewer
Director - Software Development at PRI

It is very simple to install, and the commands are exactly the same as MySQL.

The learning curve is small and standardized, and not anything complicated. Other than that, it isn’t much different than other solutions. It's very similar to MySQL, but a little bit more light-weighted compared to it. Unless you do a very heavy login of data, it will be fine. It is based on AWS, and MariaDB is good for certain things. 

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DT
Developer at Greenglobal

It's easy to use and open source. Currently, I use it more and more as it is easier than the other.

It's easy to set up.

The product is open-source.

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SH
Senior Data Engineer at Nike

MariaDB is a user-friendly solution. Performance wise, it's better than SQL. With SQL, I would need to write a number of queries. In contrast, MariaDB is light.

In addition, MariaDB's transferring speed is very high compared to that of other DBs.

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PatrickKuria - PeerSpot reviewer
Enterprise Systems Engineer at Sybyl

The solution is open source. The documentation is quite straightforward. It is a flexible database used in many cases, such as central bank systems, simple websites, and IoT projects.

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Nor EL MALKI - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager at Leyton & Associés, SAS

The most valuable feature of MariaDB is the power it provides. It is a powerful solution.

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SS
Solutions Architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

The tech stack we commonly use is Appian, which inherently integrates with MongoDB. This eliminates the need for selecting third-party databases or certifications, as it seamlessly works with MongoDB.

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SsSs34 - PeerSpot reviewer
Solutions Architect at M2p

MariaDB is a fast and flexible tool. 

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SF
Executive Director at Dynamic Tomorrow

MariaDB is a commodity so its value is its ease of use and its availability in most environments. The product is really easy to set up, it's just a matter of doing a PT install and it's done. 

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MariaDB
March 2024
Learn what your peers think about MariaDB. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2024.
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