MariaDB Acquires Galera Cluster
a year ago
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- MariaDB plc announced the acquisition of Codership Oy and its Galera Cluster product.
- The acquisition aims to integrate Galera's synchronous replication technology into MariaDB Enterprise Platform for enhanced high availability and scalability.
- Galera Cluster has been a standard part of MariaDB Server for over nine years and is used by over a third of MariaDB Enterprise Platform customers.
- The acquisition includes the core Galera team and its founders joining MariaDB, strengthening its European engineering and technical support.
- MariaDB plans to leverage Galera Cluster to enhance high availability, advanced replication, and customer support.
- MariaDB has been focusing on innovation, including open-source vector search capabilities and the new Enterprise Platform version.
- Galera Cluster will continue to support both MariaDB and MySQL environments with no immediate changes for users.
- MariaDB was recognized with a 2025 AI TechAward for its open-source vector search innovation.