MariaDB Enterprise Server (MariaDB Enterprise Server) is an enterprise-class database with enhanced security and reliability. MariaDB Enterprise Server (MariaDB Enterprise Server) is an enterprise-class database with enhanced backup, cluster construction and auditing functions. The first MariaDB Enterprise Server release was 10.4, but older 10.2 and 10.3 are also available. Relationship out of the split between the MySQL database MariaDB, now also want to provide enterprise version, the official noted that the open source community attaches great importance to the innovation, so the community release there are usually some risk, application may not be safe for enterprise production environment, especially the application to perform critical tasks, reliability may be tested, As a result, they now offer two versions at the same time, the MariaDB Server version, which gets the latest in community development and has more experimental features, and the MariaDB Enterprise Server, which emphasizes reliability and stability.
In terms of security, the community version is not fully encrypted. Although data such as tables, logs and backups are encrypted, in a Cluster of multiple master nodes, data may leak from the Transaction Buffer that MariaDB Enterprise Cluster encrypts. To complement the weak links. MariaDB Enterprise also provides more complete auditing capabilities, including logging multiple updates such as all configuration changes, and simplifying the setup method. MariaDB Enterprise Server includes a number of functions that are portable backwards, allowing enterprises to take advantage of new functionality without the constant risk and uncertainty of upgrading. According to the official, they will evaluate the need for new features in older versions and how the new features affect other application code before deciding to port new features to older versions, such as MariaDB Enterprise backup, which will be ported back to 10.2 and 10.3.