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MariaDB 12.3 LTS Webinar: Performance, Scalability, High Availability & the AI-Native Database

Our MariaDB 12.3 LTS webinar is now available as a free PDF download. Over 60 minutes, Shiv Iyer — Founder & CEO of MinervaDB and a database engineer who has spent three decades inside MySQL, [...]

MariaDB High Availability: Maximum Availability Solutions in MariaDB 12.3 LTS

MariaDB high availability reached a new baseline with MariaDB Server 12.3 LTS, GA on 2026-05-29 as version 12.3.2. For the first time, a MariaDB LTS release ships parallel replication between Galera Clusters (MDEV-20065), closing the [...]

MariaDB 12.3 LTS: Advances and Building Fault-Tolerant MariaDB Infrastructure at Internet Scale

MariaDB 12.3 is the current long-term support release of MariaDB Community Server. It reached Stable/GA on 28 May 2026 and is maintained until June 2029, making it the first LTS line since MariaDB 11.8. For [...]

MariaDB Performance Monitoring: 20 Essential Metrics Every DBA Should Track for Troubleshooting

Why MariaDB Performance Monitoring Fails Without Baselines MariaDB performance monitoring is what separates a diagnosis from a guess. Most MariaDB incidents are never actually diagnosed. When a production cluster degrades at 02:00, the on-call DBA [...]

Whitepaper: MariaDB, IBM Storage Virtualize, and VMware — Integrations, Implementation, and Best Practices

MariaDB on VMware vSphere backed by IBM Storage Virtualize block storage has become the default operating model for enterprise database estates, and this whitepaper explains how to architect, implement, and operate it well. Running MariaDB [...]

Tuning MariaDB for Cloud and Containerized Environments

A practical guide to tuning MariaDB for cloud and containerized environments — right-sizing the InnoDB buffer pool, handling cgroup limits in Docker and Kubernetes, taming ephemeral storage and network latency, and building stateful, observable database workloads.

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Troubleshooting MariaDB Performance

MariaDB Performance Troubleshooting: Complete 2026 Guide to Database Optimization Meta Description: Master MariaDB performance troubleshooting with our comprehensive 2026 guide. Learn query optimization, indexing strategies, and advanced diagnostic techniques to boost database speed by up […]

MariaDB 2025 High Availability Best Practices

MariaDB 2025 High Availability Best Practices High availability (HA) has become a critical requirement for modern database infrastructure. As organizations increasingly rely on MariaDB for mission-critical applications, implementing robust HA strategies ensures continuous service delivery […]

Advanced Database Performance Tuning for MariaDB

Advanced Database Performance Tuning for MariaDB Introduction MariaDB performance tuning is a multi-layered discipline that requires deep understanding of database internals, storage mechanisms, query execution paths, and system-level interactions. Effective optimization can yield performance improvements […]

Choosing the Right Database: MariaDB vs. MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB

Choosing the Right Database: MariaDB vs. MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB Selecting the right database management system (DBMS) is one of the most critical decisions in software development. With numerous options available, developers often find themselves […]

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