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August 09, 2012 10:03am
Subscribe [2]#1 / Aug 09, 2012 10:03am
My host is now supporting MariaDB as a drop in replacement for MySQL.
Performance is supposed to be significantly better, and I’d like to try it out.
I just have several EE sites on this host, and want to be sure that EE would be compatible.
Is there anything I should be concerned about or check before trying the switch?
#2 / Aug 09, 2012 11:12am
Hi, Flying Fish -
ExpressionEngine requires MySQL to run; I’m not familiar with MariaDB but I’d be very surprised if it worked with EE.
Sorry for the bad news on that! You’re welcome to submit a feature request for a future change to support the MariaDB option.
Thanks!