Summary
In this chapter, we reviewed the general MariaDB architecture. Many features of the mysql client were explained. They increase productivity of the DBA and reduce the need for a GUI.
We discussed the storage engines that are included in MariaDB's binaries or sources. An overview of InnoDB, TokuDB, MyISAM, and Aria was presented. InnoDB will be used in this book and in most practical cases. For this reason, special attention has been dedicated to this engine and its data structures. However, uncommon use cases could benefit from other engines, for one reason or another. Also, a brief description of all the minor storage engines was presented. These engines can be used to solve specific problems. For example, Spider will be discussed in a ...
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