---
title: "New MariaDB AX Release Featuring MariaDB ColumnStore 1.1.3 GA"
publish_date: 2018-02-24
updated_date: 2020-08-10
author: "MariaDB"
tags:
  - name: "Analytics"
    url: "/resources/blog/tag/analytics.md"
  - name: "Apache Spark Adapter"
    url: "/resources/blog/tag/apache-spark-adapter.md"
  - name: "Beta"
    url: "/resources/blog/tag/beta.md"
  - name: "ColumnStore"
    url: "/resources/blog/tag/columnstore.md"
  - name: "data adapters"
    url: "/resources/blog/tag/data-adapters.md"
  - name: "Java"
    url: "/resources/blog/tag/java.md"
  - name: "MariaDB"
    url: "/resources/blog/tag/mariadb.md"
  - name: "MariaDB AX"
    url: "/resources/blog/tag/mariadb-ax.md"
---

# New MariaDB AX Release Featuring MariaDB ColumnStore 1.1.3 GA

We are happy to announce a new [MariaDB AX](https://staging-mdb.com/mariadb-ax-download) release featuring MariaDB ColumnStore 1.1.3. This is the largest MariaDB ColumnStore maintenance release to date – the streaming data adapters are now GA, a Spark adapter has been introduced (beta), package repositories are now available and there are a large number of fixes.

Notable changes in MariaDB ColumnStore 1.1.3 include:

- [Apache Spark Adapter](https://staging-mdb.com/kb/en/library/mariadb-columnstore-with-spark/) (BETA)
    
    
    - Export data from Spark to ColumnStore via DataFrames and the [bulk write API](https://staging-mdb.com/kb/en/library/columnstore-bulk-write-sdk/)
    - Import data from ColumnStore into Spark via the MariaDB Java connector
- [MaxScale CDC Adapter](https://staging-mdb.com/kb/en/library/columnstore-streaming-data-adapters/#maxscale-cdc-data-adapter) is now GA
- [Apache Kafka Data Adapter](https://staging-mdb.com/kb/en/library/columnstore-streaming-data-adapters//#kafka-data-adapter) is now GA
- [MCOL-1121](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MCOL-1121) – The Kafka adapter now supports generic streams
- [MCOL-1214](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MCOL-1214) – MariaDB AX is now built on MariaDB Server [10.2.13](https://staging-mdb.com/kb/en/mariadb-10213-release-notes/)
- MariaDB AX and MariaDB ColumnStore [package repositories](https://staging-mdb.com/kb/en/library/installing-mariadb-ax-from-the-package-repositories/) now available
- MariaDB AX can be downloaded as a [bundle](https://staging-mdb.com/mariadb-ax-download)

Additional Resources:

- Download the MariaDB AX [bundle](https://staging-mdb.com/mariadb-ax-download)
- Download individual MariaDB AX [components](https://staging-mdb.com/downloads/mariadb-ax)
- Check out the MariaDB ColumnStore 1.1.3 r[elease notes](https://staging-mdb.com/kb/en/library/mariadb-columnstore-113-ga-release-notes/)
- See a list of all the bugs fixed in [JIRA](https://jira.mariadb.org/issues/?jql=project%20%3D%20MCOL%20AND%20status%20%3D%20CLOSED%20AND%20FixVersion%20%3D%201.1.3%20ORDER%20BY%20priority%20DESC%2C%20updated%20DESC)
- Browse the [documentation](https://staging-mdb.com/kb/en/library/mariadb-columnstore/)

For any questions, please email me at <dipti.joshi@mariadb.com>.