Features and Concepts

This page is part of MariaDB's Documentation.

The parent of this page is: MariaDB SkySQL previous release

Topics on this page:

Overview
Services
Available Selections at Service Launch
About SkySQL

Overview

MariaDB SkySQL is a cloud database service (DBaaS) from MariaDB Corporation:

MariaDB SkySQL delivers MariaDB Enterprise Server, MariaDB Xpand, and MariaDB ColumnStore for modern applications
MariaDB SkySQL runs on expert-maintained cloud infrastructure

This documentation covers the previous release of SkySQL. A new SkySQL release is now available to explore.

Services

SkySQL services are optimized for your workload:

Topology	Use Case
Distributed Transactions	Read/write scale applications with high concurrency and availability
Replicated Transactions	Read scale applications with high availability
Single Node Transactions	Smaller datasets with moderate concurrency
Multi-Node Analytics	Run complex analytical queries on large datasets
Single Node Analytics	Run complex analytical queries

Available Selections at Service Launch

Engineered for mission-critical applications and enterprise governance, MariaDB SkySQL combines automation with the expertise and experience needed to support production databases in the cloud.

The following selections are required at time of service launch:

Cloud Providers	MariaDB SkySQL is available on Amazon AWS (Amazon Web Services) and Google GCP (Google Cloud Platform).
Instance Sizes	MariaDB SkySQL services can be launched in a variety of instance sizes. Instance sizes vary by service and cloud provider.
Regions and Zones	MariaDB SkySQL services can be launched in a variety of AWS regions and GCP regions. Power Tier customers can request support for additional regions.
Storage	For transactional services, storage is provisioned at time of service launch.
MaxScale Redundancy	Available as an option for Power Tier customers to enable highly available (HA) active-active load balancers and ability to choose load balancer instance sizes.
Software Versions	MariaDB SkySQL services are backed by MariaDB Enterprise Server, MariaDB Xpand, and MariaDB ColumnStore. Software version is selected at time of service launch.
Maintenance Windows	Customer-selected maintenance windows are available for Power Tier customers.
Disable SSL/TLS	SSL/TLS can be disabled as an option at launch.

Topology is also selected at time of service launch. For additional information, see "Services".

Additionally, MariaDB SkySQL includes options, some of which are enabled at time of service launch.

About SkySQL

What is Power Tier?

Power Tier is a premium service offering for MariaDB SkySQL customers who have the most critical requirements for uptime, availability, performance, and support.

How much does SkySQL cost?

Pricing information is shown at time of service launch.

What support options are available?

MariaDB SkySQL has several support options.

What is SkySQL's SLA?

For complete details, see "SLA".