Rapid Restore for MySQL and MariaDB

Open source databases have been on the scene for a number of years as rapidly-deployable databases at the peripheries of enterprises, serving as testing environments and website back-ends. Lately, however, they have been moving into mission-critical production environments in a big way. Today, an open source database is just as likely to be found behind a bank’s customer relationship management system as it is under the hood of the intensive research center of a university.

The rise of open-source databases adds challenges to managing data environments, particularly with explosive data growth. Traditional data-storage systems such as direct-attached storage (DAS) lack the ability to meet modern data demands.