This document compares MySQL and MariaDB, noting problems with MySQL like not being truly open source and limited features. It presents MariaDB as a drop-in replacement for MySQL that is open source and provides additional features like those in MySQL Enterprise. Examples are given of companies using MariaDB successfully at large scale like OLX, Wikipedia, and Tumblr. It concludes by offering a proof of concept to demonstrate MariaDB.

1. MariaDB Vs MySQL
Nitin Kumar
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2. Index
 Problem With MySQL
 Available Solution
 Real Solution (MariaDB)
 Success Stories
 POC

3. Problem With MySQL
 Not truly Open Source
 Traditional RDBMS only
 Limited Storage Engine
 Performance
 Community Edition don’t have feature like:
 Improved Thread Pool
 Audit Plugin
 PAM Authentication Plugin

4. Available Solution
 Cassandra
 MongoDB
 PostgreSQL
 SQLite
Problem With Above solution is compatibility & migration effort.

5. Real Solution (MariaDB)
 Drop-in Replacement
 True Open Source
 Provide MySQL Enterprise features
 Combination of RDBMS & NoSQL
 Support more storage engine like SphinxSE

6. Success Stories
 OLX serves 40 million page views per day using MariaDB
 Wikipedia Adopts MariaDB
 Tumblr uses MariaDB for multi-source replication
 Nimbuzz uses MariaDB
 Ars Technica recommends MariaDB

7. POC

8. Thank You
 For any query contact at:
 yanitin@gmail.com
+91 98 7373 1595