MariaDB Server is one of the most popular database servers in the world. Its made by the original developers of MySQL and guaranteed to stay open source. Notable users include Wikipedia, WordPress.com and Google. MariaDB turns data into structured information in a wide array of applications, ranging from banking to websites. Originally designed as enhanced, drop-in replacement for MySQL, MariaDB is used because it is fast, scalable and robust, with a rich ecosystem of storage engines, plugins and many other tools make it very versatile for a wide variety of use cases. MariaDB is developed as open source software and as a relational database it provides an SQL interface for accessing data. The latest versions of MariaDB also include GIS and JSON features. MariaDB Server Features MariaDB includes a wide selection of storage engines, including high-performance storage engines, for working with other RDBMS data sources. MariaDB uses a standard and popular querying language. ColumnStore, storage engine optimized for Data warehousing MariaDB runs on a number of operating systems and supports a wide variety of programming languages. MariaDB offers support for PHP, one of the most popular web development languages. MariaDB offers Galera cluster technology. MariaDB also offers many operations and commands unavailable in MySQL, and eliminates/replaces features impacting performance negatively. MySQL Client command line tools Pluggable authentication GIS functionality Progress reporting Multi-source replication