MySQL vs MariaDB

[der.hans]

Am 26. Sep, 2011 schwätzte Nathan England so:

> It's going to happen, and I expect sooner than later, that many web hosts are

Sooner.

http://monty-says.blogspot.com/2011/09/oracle-adding-close-source-extensions.html

> going to become irritated with Oracle and switch to something other than
> MySQL. Are any of you currently using MariaDB instead? How does it compare,
> how would you rate it, any gotchas? What are your thoughts?

Currently using Percona InnoDB. Not using extra features, just better
scalability and configurability. Also taking advantage of XtraBackup, but
that can be done with Oracle MySQL.

BTW, Nathan, there's a typo in your Reply-To. You've got '.og' rather than
'.org'.

ciao,

der.hans
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