The big difference between MySQL and MariaDB largely revolves around database storage engines and anything related to them. In this article, I’ll walk you through some of the key differences between storage engines in MySQL and MariaDB, explain which is best for your use case, and detail how to change your database’s storage engine if necessary.
Most of you will do just fine with InnoDB on either of the database management systems – however, those of you who are building something more wild and exotic might want to look specifically into MariaDB.
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