MariaDB developers made an announcement where they release the new version of MariaDB Enterprise Server 10.4. The enterprise version of the open source database, whose code name is "Restful Nights", provides several advanced features, while enhancing your security and reliability.
Unlike Community Server, MariaDB Enterprise Server is configured by default with the best security settings to support critical business applications.
Version Enterprise also offers a superior quality guarantee: while the entire Community Server benefits from some of the more advanced features (improved auditing, improved backup and full data encryption in the rest of the MariaDB Cluster solution).
MariaDB Enterprise Server provides the highest level of quality assurance. Reliability and stability required for production environments.
The priority to resolve the identified issues is also given to the Enterprise version to ensure even more stability for customers.
MariaDB Enterprise Server is also securely distributed with a clearly defined chain of custody from MariaDB to clients to avoid binary code changes.
Additionally, MariaDB Enterprise Server disables all unconfirmed plugins as long as the feature does not meet production standards.
Main new features of MariaDB Enterprise Server 10.4
With the release of this new version, MariaDB Enterprise Server 10.4 has been enhanced with several advanced features, including:
Enhanced backup: organizations with large databases will benefit from guaranteed operational performance by decomposing multi-step non-blocking backups and allowing writes and schema changes during backups instead of the result of these
Improved auditing: MariaDB Enterprise Server 10.4 provides more reliable, powerful and simple auditing capabilities by recording all changes to audit settings and logging more detailed login information companies will have a 360 ° view of changes in the database
Business cluster: This new version comes with full-featured, end-to-end encryption for clusters that ensure enterprise encryption, including transactional buffers for better data security, no matter where it is stored in the database.
Bi-temporal support: a bi-temporal table keeps the history of the information based on the system time, as well as the duration of the activity. With bi-temporal support, you have more flexibility in how you query data by time.
Developers will be able to handle a wider range of cases of use by developing applications that use standard SQL and time data. Previously, this feature was only supported by Oracle Database and IBM Db2
Instant changes to the schematic: Company-wide tables can now iterate faster than ever by allowing changes to demand.
MariaDB Enterprise Server 10.4 is the only open source database that can instantly rearrange columns, delete a column, add a column at any position, increase the size of a column, and resize a column. character set / collation.
MariaDB Enterprise Server 10.4 will arrive at the end of June
MariaDB Enterprise Server 10.4 will be available from the end of June through the MariaDB platform.
The main features of this new version are carefully supported by previously supported versions so that older users can quickly take advantage of the new features.
For example, with the release of MariaDB Enterprise Server 10.4, the company will also update versions 10.2 and 10.3 to add some of the announced advanced features, such as enhanced backup.
It is important to note that the performance of MariaDB Enterprise Server 10.4 is the same regardless of the environment, on premises, in the cloud or in hybrid mode.
This release also incorporates the core components of MariaDB SkySQL, the company's enterprise-class uplink database (DBaaS) offering, which is powered by Kubernetes to harness the power of the hybrid cloud.