IBM continues as a Platinum Sponsor of MariaDB Foundation

We are delighted to announce that IBM is continuing its support of MariaDB Foundation as a Platinum Sponsor.
IBM’s sponsorship brings together two major enterprise computing platforms, IBM® …

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Say the Name: MariaDB, MySQL, and the Ecosystem We Share

MariaDB and MySQL share history, tools, protocols and a large technical community. But compatibility does not mean identity—especially when reporting bugs. A MariaDB Connector/C issue submitted to the MySQL bug tracker offers a funny reminder to say the product’s actual name.

Deploying the MariaDB Privacy-First Stack Anywhere with Terraform

In my previous post, I introduced the MariaDB Privacy-First Stack.
Nextcloud for collaboration, Passbolt for passwords and secrets, and MariaDB Server for the data. …

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From PostgreSQL 12 to MariaDB 11: A Gradual Fintech Migration with 23% Lower TCO

Database migrations are rarely only about replacing one database server with another.
In real production systems, especially in fintech, a migration is usually about reducing risk, keeping the application online, improving scalability, and giving teams more room to evolve the architecture without freezing product development. …

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MariaDB 13.1 Feature in Focus: Validate Your Configuration Before Starting the Server

Have you ever modified a MariaDB configuration file, restarted the service, and immediately regretted it?
You wanted to change:
but accidentally wrote:
One missing letter.
That is enough to turn a perfectly healthy database server into a service that refuses to start. …

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