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This work started from a conversation with Monty Widenius at Meet Magento Czech in August. We discussed possible ways to improve the scalability of the InnoDB B+Tree, especially its insert path and page splits. … Continue reading "From a Chocolate Wrapper

We want to know how you're really using MariaDB - and databases in general. Not the marketing version or the one-off case study. The real story: what you're building, how you are using it, what's working, and what's frustrating. … Continue reading "Launch

A few weeks ago, we asked a simple question: Which language would you use to write MariaDB plugins? The question related to MDEV-40189 (Support plugins written in various languages), an idea we introduced earlier this summer to lower the barrier to MariaD

As a DBA, there are some surprises I enjoy. Discovering a useful feature is one of them. Discovering that an application behaves differently after a maintenance update is considerably further down the list. … Continue reading "MariaDB Connector/C Compatib

August belonged to transparency: MariaDB published its governance framework, and the first contribution statistics report in over a year put numbers on who actually builds the server. … Continue reading "MariaDB Foundation Newsletter - September 2026" Mar

MariaDB is heading to Percona Live Amsterdam 2026! Join us for sessions on server plugins, protocol security and ecosystem building, hear independent MariaDB experiences, meet Percona's new General Manager for MariaDB, and visit the MariaDB booth for demo

MariaDB Server maintenance releases are here! On August 24, we released updates for our four currently maintained Long Term Support series: As usual, these maintenance releases include bug fixes, stability improvements, and ongoing work across MariaDB Ser

After a long break, I will be taking over reporting on the contributions. FYI, the last one was done in Jan 2025. Just like last time, I'm going to start with a breakdown of all the organizations who have contributed to MariaDB Server during the above per

MariaDB Foundation is delighted to welcome Seravo as a Silver Sponsor, turning a long-standing relationship in the open-source ecosystem into formal support for the future of MariaDB. … Continue reading "Seravo becomes a Silver Sponsor of MariaDB Foundati

An early look at the DuckDB storage engine for MariaDB - columnar, vectorized analytics that live right next to your transactional tables. The problem MariaDB's InnoDB is excellent at what it was built for: transactions. … Continue reading "DuckDB Storage