In today’s data-driven world, businesses require robust database solutions that deliver exceptional performance and cost-effectiveness. I’m excited to share a game-changing partnership between MariaDB and IBM that brings MariaDB Enterprise Server to IBM Power architecture (ppc64le). This powerful combination unlocks significant performance improvements and cost savings for organizations running demanding, data-intensive applications.
The Power of Partnership
MariaDB, a leading next-generation database company, has joined forces with IBM to introduce support for MariaDB Enterprise Server on IBM Power. This collaboration combines the scalability and performance of IBM Power with the reliability and flexibility of MariaDB Enterprise Server, creating a powerhouse solution for modern database needs.
Key Benefits
- Unmatched Performance: Running MariaDB Enterprise Server with Red Hat Enterprise Linux on IBM Power10 delivers up to 4.22x the performance compared to Intel x86-based systems. This translates to up to 900,000 transactions per second, enabling high-performance workloads on fewer cores.
- Scalability: IBM Power is renowned for its ability to handle the most demanding workloads. With MariaDB’s scale-out capabilities, organisations can easily manage growing data-intensive demands.
- Enterprise-Grade Reliability: MariaDB Enterprise Server offers stability, long-term support, and advanced features such as non-blocking backups and audit capabilities.
- High Availability: When paired with MariaDB MaxScale, an advanced database proxy, the solution provides automatic failover and zero-downtime rolling upgrades.
- Cost Savings: The increased performance per core means organizations can reduce software and support costs by running their workloads on fewer cores.
- Flexibility: This solution runs anywhere – public, private, and hybrid cloud environments, allowing organisations to choose their optimal deployment strategy.
Ideal Use Cases
MariaDB Enterprise Server on IBM Power is particularly well-suited for:
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) workloads
- Advanced data processing
- Industries heavily relying on hybrid cloud, including:
- Financial services
- Healthcare
- Retail
- Telecommunications
- Public sector
Getting Started
To leverage the power of MariaDB Enterprise Server on IBM Power, follow these steps:
- Choose Your Deployment: Decide between on-premises deployment or IBM Power Virtual Server in the IBM Cloud.
- Install the Environment: Set up Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS, which includes Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.x.
- Configure MariaDB: Follow the detailed configuration steps for optimal performance, including memory settings, replication setup, and MaxScale configuration.
- Optimize for Performance: Utilize the provided best practices guide to fine-tune your MariaDB deployment for maximum performance and stability.
Detailed configuration and tuning steps are available from Jenna’s blog below
The Future of Database Performance
As organizations continue to grapple with ever-increasing data volumes and the need for real-time processing, solutions like MariaDB Enterprise Server on IBM Power become critical. This partnership between MariaDB and IBM represents a significant step forward in database technology, offering a powerful, scalable, and cost-effective solution for businesses of all sizes.
Don’t miss out on the opportunity to transform your data infrastructure. Contact me or reach out to MariaDB today to learn more about how you can leverage this game-changing solution for your organisation.
For more detailed information, including performance benchmarks and technical best practices, please refer to my other MariaDB blogs, plus the official documentation and resources provided by MariaDB and IBM below.
Credits
“MariaDB has always strived to provide customers
Jim Sears, VP of Global Alliances, MariaDB
with the best overall experience for application
performance and scalability. By working closely
with IBM and certifying MariaDB Enterprise Server
to run on IBM Power, customers can run their
demanding, data-intensive applications at scale
with increased performance and stability of an
enterprise-grade, relational, open source database
on IBM Power.”
“Running MariaDB Enterprise Server on IBM Power
Gina King, Director of ISV Ecosystem & Alliances, IBM
offers a range of benefits. Organizations leveraging
the MariaDB and MaxScale database proxy on IBM
Power architecture achieve a reliable and secure
database solution optimized for performance and
scalability.”
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