This post is just to show how easy it is to upgrade or migrate from MySQL to MariaDB.

I should begin by stating this article is geared more towards MySQL 5.1 and prior, as MySQL 5.5 users will likely want to wait until MariaDB 5.5 is available (which I believe will be in the near future).

As you may or may not know, there are actually 3 flavors of MariaDB currently: 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3.

All three are based off of the 5.1 MySQL code base, just 5.2 and 5.3 have further improvements over 5.1. So, that’s why I say this upgrade is “easy” and there’s no need to be afraid, especially for 5.1 users. But even if you were a 5.0 user, the upgrade to MySQL 5.1 compared to MariaDB 5.1 would not be any different. So, why not give it a go?

You’ll have all of the benefits from using MySQL, but also all of the added improvements from MariaDB and XtraDB+.

I like the fact you can “ease” into it. For instance, …