Selecting the optimal database solution is a critical decision for any organization. Evaluating an open source database versus an enterprise solution comes down to a balance between cost and functionality. MariaDB Community Server provides a cost-effective way to explore the capabilities of the MariaDB database without significant upfront investment. However, for mission-critical applications requiring enhanced features, robust support and production-grade reliability, MariaDB Enterprise Platform is the optimal choice, allowing you to gain valuable time and focus on your core business.
Benefits of MariaDB Enterprise Platform
Enterprise-Grade Reliability
MariaDB Enterprise Platform is built with a focus on stability and uptime. It undergoes rigorous testing and is designed to handle production workloads with minimal downtime.
Automated failure management
MariaDB MaxScale, an essential component of the Enterprise Platform, ensures high availability by automatically promoting replicas and migrating connections in the event of a primary database failure or outage.
Fully secured clustered environment
MariaDB Cluster, powered by Galera, ensures complete data security by default, encrypting communication between nodes, the data cache and data stored on disk using SSL/TLS.
Enterprise-grade database security
MariaDB Enterprise Platform is production-ready with preconfigured security and durability settings, including an enterprise audit plugin, disabled remote root and anonymous access, and disabled non-GA plugins.
Designed for Extended Lifespan and Sustainability
MariaDB Enterprise Server, the core database server for MariaDB Enterprise Platform, is engineered for longevity, leading to enhanced sustainability and decreased technical debt.
Reduce the need for major upgrades
Each Enterprise Server release series has a maintenance period of up to 8 years (versus 3 years for MariaDB Community Server).
Access to new features without upgrading
Critical features and bug fixes are backported, giving you access to new features without the need for major version upgrades.
Business-Critical Technical Support
MariaDB Enterprise Platform gives you peace of mind with enhanced, reliable technical support.
World-class technical support
24/7 access to a dedicated team of global support engineers with guaranteed SLAs.
Prioritized bug fixes and hot fixes
Enterprise users receive priority bug fixes and exclusive access to custom hotfix builds.
Personalized support options
Multiple support options offer flexibility to choose what’s right for your organization. Premium tier includes quarterly executive review, faster guaranteed response times (SLAs), a dedicated premium support engineer and more.
Enhanced Database Performance
Unlock the power of enterprise-only features in MariaDB Enterprise Platform to boost performance and drive business growth.
Streamlined change management
Test and manage changes without impacting production with enterprise-exclusive
features such as Workload Capture and Replay, or without moving data to test
environments with the Diff Router.
Reduced impact of DDL in clustered topology
Significantly reduces the impact of data definition language (DDL) statements on the cluster with non-blocking DDL statements.
Distributed transactions across systems
Support for transactions distributed over multiple systems even in clustered environments, through XA transactions.
Enterprise Add-Ons
Enterprise Audit
Provides detailed, connection-based auditing on all changes to audit configuration.
Enterprise Backup
Perform online backups with little to no impact, allowing writes and schema changes during backups.
Enterprise Federation
Federate access to a variety of databases with ease utilizing ODBC to remote databases.
Enterprise Cluster
Encrypts transaction buffers, performs non-blocking DDL replication and includes a “black box” for easier troubleshooting – run secure multi-master clusters uninterrupted.
HashiCorp Vault
Delegates key management for encrypted tables to a HashiCorp Vault deployment to support modern security standards – manage encryption keys outside of the database.
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