What is the goal of Maria 2.0 (current release, developed based on MySQL 5.1)?
A fully transactional storage engine with at least all of InnoDB’s major features. The goal is more clearly defined in the WorkLog for Maria 2.0. Click on ‘Dependent Tasks’ to see the details. Here is a short description: • ACID compliant • Commit/Rollback • Concurrent updates/deletes • Row locking • Group commit • Faster lookup in index pages (Page directory) In Maria 2.5 we will start focusing on performance.