MariaDB

MariaDB has emerged as the leading MySQL alternative since its 2009 founding by MySQL's original creator Michael "Monty" Widenius, driven by commitment to open-source principles and community-driven development. After Oracle's acquisition of MySQL raised concerns about the future of open-source database development, MariaDB forked to ensure continued innovation under a truly open-source license. Today, MariaDB powers some of the world's largest websites and applications, with adoption by Google, Wikipedia, WordPress.com, and major Linux distributions validating its technical excellence and reliability. The project's governance ensures contributions are accepted based on merit, not corporate agenda, resulting in faster feature development and better community responsiveness than its commercial competitors.

Common Use Cases

Web developers deploy MariaDB as the database backend for PHP applications, WordPress sites, Laravel applications, and content management systems requiring reliable data storage. DevOps teams use it for application databases supporting microservices architectures where each service needs dedicated data persistence. Data analysts leverage it for data warehousing and analytical workloads with the ColumnStore storage engine. E-commerce platforms rely on it for transaction processing, inventory management, and customer data with ACID guarantees. SaaS providers utilize Galera Cluster for high-availability multi-master replication ensuring zero-downtime database operations.

Key Features

• Drop-in MySQL replacement with full compatibility
• ACID compliance with full transaction support
• Multiple storage engines (InnoDB, Aria, ColumnStore)
• Galera Cluster for high availability and multi-master replication
• Temporal tables for historical data queries
• Advanced replication options (parallel, multi-source)
• Oracle PL/SQL compatibility
• Thread pool for improved connection handling
• Enhanced optimizer for better query performance
• JSON data type support
• Encryption at rest and in transit
• Audit plugin for compliance requirements
• Geographic data types and spatial indexes
• Built-in monitoring and diagnostics

Why deploy MariaDB on Hostinger VPS

Deploying MariaDB on Hostinger VPS provides enterprise-grade database hosting without the overhead of managed database services, giving you complete control over configuration, optimization, and scaling. The VPS environment ensures dedicated resources preventing database performance degradation from noisy neighbors, predictable I/O performance critical for database operations, and sufficient memory for effective query caching and buffer pools. You benefit from centralized database services accessible to multiple applications across your infrastructure, automated backup capabilities protecting against data loss, and the flexibility to tune database parameters for your specific workload patterns. The professional hosting ensures consistent availability for applications depending on reliable data access, while direct server access enables advanced configuration and optimization not possible with platform-as-a-service offerings.