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MariaDB Xpand

MariaDB Xpand provides a highly scalable and available database solution for mission-critical applications using MariaDB Enterprise Server and MaxScale.

Description

MariaDB Xpand is a scalable database solution built on MariaDB Enterprise Server and MaxScale, designed for mission-critical, data-intensive applications. It addresses the need for high availability and performance by offering various scalability features such as compression, partitioning, parallel query execution, read replicas, and sharding. The solution allows scaling up (by increasing resources on a single instance) and scaling out (by adding multiple database instances), handling both read and write operations efficiently. It leverages multi-master clustering for high availability and read scalability, distributing read requests across multiple nodes while ensuring write consistency. This robust architecture ensures optimal performance even under heavy load and substantial data volumes.

Features

MariaDB Xpand's key features include advanced data compression techniques to reduce storage needs; efficient partitioning for improved query performance; parallel query processing for linear scalability with core increase; asynchronous and semi-synchronous read replicas; and transparent sharding across multiple database instances. It uses MaxScale for advanced replication and read-write splitting, enabling multi-master clustering for both high availability and increased read scalability. The system supports both scaling up (vertical scaling) and scaling out (horizontal scaling), catering to diverse performance and capacity needs.

Benefits

Improved query performance through features like partitioning and parallel query execution. Reduced storage costs via data compression. High availability and fault tolerance through read replicas and multi-master clustering. Enhanced scalability for both read and write operations, handling massive data volumes. Simplified management of large and complex databases through automated scaling and load balancing. Increased efficiency and reduced latency due to optimized resource utilization. Seamless integration with existing applications with minimal disruption. Support for various deployment models to fit different organizational needs.

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